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But isn't making awful business decisions part of the human condition? They happen so often that I think they're not exceptions but the norm for almost all large companies.

Its almost impossible to name any company that has not created at least a handful of major flops. And there are plenty of companies that continue to bungle and make multi-million dollar mistakes almost constantly.

What boggles my mind is that there are so many companies that continue to thrive while blowing millions of dollars on stupid decisions. Must be the power of having cash-cow products (and maybe some monopolistic traits too).



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