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I think I'm qualified to answer this: I can trace my Cornish ancestry through the centuries, and I've holidayed in Cornwall every year until we moved here, seven years ago.The simple answer is that Cornwall doesn't think that it deserves its own assembly.Let me explain. There is a, very untrue, assumption that the Cornish want their independence. While this has some grain of truth, this is not the dominant feeling throughout the county, and is mainly fiction spouted from people 'upcountry', who love to believe that all Cornish people are fierce nationalists. Although there is evidence that could be argued in favour for independence, this is usually misconstrued. There is, however, a great feeling of resentment towards Cornwall's leading authority: Cornwall Council.This is my reasoning behind this:Throughout history, Cornwall has stood as an area of defiance. The Celts rebelled against the Romans, the Cornish rebelled against Christianity, then they rebelled against the crown switching the Bible/services from Latin to English. The area has tried to hold on to its own identity for thousands of years.This is the issue: Cornwall is not 'Cornwall' anymore. The Romantic image of rugged headlands, straight out of 'Poldark', is just that: an image. The reality is vastly different. To begin with, for every Cornish person you meet, you will encounter nine 'upcountry' people who have moved down here. Now, this shouldn't be a problem; migration is a good thing. Yet this follows the undeniable fact the that richer folk and opportunists are increasingly buying the homes and flats (which are in great demand down here), just for second homes and to let. The actual Cornish people who need and want to live here full-time, have become out-priced for any future homes, while holiday homes stand empty. This is a problem for all millennials and those trying to get on the housing ladder, throughout the country; but it is a particular issue in Cornwall. The Cornish feel so strongly about this, that St. Ives (which has been dubbed 'Kensington-On-Sea' by journalists) shall be soon holding a referendum to ban people from buying second homes, because the area has become a ghost town. (This seaside town is having a referendum on banning second homes) The second issue is that the Cornish are finding that their self-identity is being destroyed. They hold on to their traditional festivals as much as possible, but even they have become exploited for tourism purposes. Piece by piece, Cornwall is being eroded. This is most evident through evaluating the Cornish language. The Gaelic Cornish had been spoken in Cornwall for hundreds of years, and the English language was finally widely adopted throughout the region in 1750; this alone shows a reluctance to accept the imposed English identity. Yet the most astonishing fact is that the last well-known fluent speaker of the Cornish language (prior to its resurgence in 1904), Dolly Pentreath, died in 1777, just twenty-seven years after the English language crept into the region. I believe that this is a fantastic way of looking at the modern Cornwall now: it has held on to its own identity for many years, but within a short space of time, it has been heavily suppressed.Now, you may be wondering what the language really has to do with anything, seeing as the last fluent speaker died so long ago. The issue is that in 2003, the government granted special funding to Cornwall County Council, to enable the widespread teaching of the Cornish language in schools. This was a wonderful idea, bolstered further with joyous news of a Cornish GCSE. Even though Cornish has been taught (at a low-level) in some primary schools, it was not widespread. 'Cornish language funding was axed by the government in April 2016. This dealt a great blow to Cornwall's heritage, and has greatly upset many locals. The irony is that Cornish phrases appear on many things such as tourist items, the radio, and even street signs; yet most people in Cornwall cannot read them. I think that the fact that Cornwall has been granted minority status, and yet the funding for its own language, just as ancient as Welsh and Scottish Gaelic, has been cut, really frustrates the region. The language has a rich history, that is not being preserved for future generations.Alongside the abandonment of the Cornish language, this growing feeling of resentment is well-founded in the county. The patron saints of England (St. George), Scotland (St. Andrew), Wales (St. David), and Northern Ireland (St. Patrick), are all widely recognized as public holidays and big events in their respective regions. Have you ever heard of St. Piran? The Cornish saint is well-regarded here, and beloved. Yes, we do have a small celebration, but nothing compared to St. George. Once again, the Cornish equivalent, no less than the other countries' saints, is ignored by the wayside. Every year, the Cornish ask: ' Should St Piran's Day be a Bank Holiday in Cornwall?', and every year their attempt yields no positive results (although this may change: Council to again debate making St Piran's Day a bank holiday in Cornwall).This theme is found everywhere in Cornwall, in comparison to the otehr members of the UK. The Union Jack the 'Cross of Saint Andrew', the 'Cross of Saint Patrick', and the 'Cross of Saint George'. Admittedly, the Welsh dragon does not appear on the flag, however it is indirectly represented through the flag of England, which represented the former Kingdom of England, which included Wales. In that respect, the Cornish flag is viewed as nothing more than a novelty item sold to tourists, rather than the flag of a nation.Haggis is fiercely protected by Scotland, as Welsh rarebit and cawl, and the Ulster Fry are all protected by Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively. The pasty is, undeniably and unequivocally, Cornish. Created for the miners so that they'd be able to have a decent meal while down the mines, the Cornish pasty is our proud food. Yet, nothing is sacred down here. Although Cornwall was only granted the minority status in 2014, it was in 2011 that the Cornish pasty won protected status from European commission. This meant that you cannot call it a 'Cornish' pasty if the item in question was not produced physically down here; this was in order to protect small businesses and bakers. This was supposed to be a step in the right direction...it was not. To this day, I have been (or know people who have been) to Aberystwyth, Cardiff, Southerndown, Somerset, Devon, Germany, and Denmark, where 'Cornish Pasties' have been sold that were quite clearly not made down here. All this does (besides exposing people to horrible fake pasties) is lie to the consumers, and take business away from actual Cornish Pasty Association approved pasty makers. If this was happening on such a widespread scale to Scotland's Haggis, this would not be a quiet, unresolved matter.As mentioned above, Cornwall's festivals are also suffering. The Stithians Show is a county show which has been held annually since 1834. It is one of the many events happening around the county throughout the year. Why is this a problem? Well, although this may be the case for other areas in the UK, it is a real problem in Cornwall that it seems that every single cultural event of festival that happens throughout the academic school year, children are banned from attending. The Stithians Show happens in late July, and all school children are banned from attending the one day show. This is frustrating as a lot of business and farm owners need their children there to help them, but if the children are ever pulled out of school to attend, the parents will be hit with a fine. How is it feasible that Cornish children are banned from an event which holds cultural or monetary significance to them? This also holds true for Floral Day and St. Piran's Day, both two cultural significant events in the Cornish calendar, that children are banned from attending if it falls on a school day. This is basic denial of children learning their cultural heritage.Yes, Cornwall is physically smaller than the other minority countries, but this doesn't make the county any less. Despite having some of the best teams in the rugby league (see: Cornish Pirates), who have players playing for England; we have no Cornwall team itself. This is understandable (albeit still annoying) that we have no representation for international football, but not having an official rugby team makes no sense. This is a common theme in Cornwall; we are either purposefully left out or forgotten. The representation of Cornwall as a place full of country bumpkins (no thanks in part to Clive Aslett's piece: Who wants country bumpkins for children?) has been longstanding. Cornwall is a cultured area with a world-renowned theatre group (Kneehigh Theatre), and successful actors, musicians, academics, and sports personalities. Yet we are still overlooked for everything. It has taken years for the Stadium for Cornwall to be approved.. We very rarely hold high-profile concerts or theatre tours, and Cornwall is frequently over-looked on political campaign trails (although Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour party, has promised to travel to Cornwall in the near future, he did not tour the region once during his 2015 leadership campaign). Another insight to the lack of real focus on the Cornish area, is the proposed High Speed 2 (HS2) railway is set to connect London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds, Sheffield, and Manchester. Although linking between London and the north of England is a good plan, it is a high speed link between Cornwall and London, that is greatly needed. The project is projected to cost £42.6 billion to build, with a further £7.5 billion for additional trains. This is an incredible amount of money to spend just to save 30-40 minutes on the long journey). The worrisome factor is that the Phase 1 link between London and Birmingham is set to be built by 2026-2027, with the Phase 2 link to Leeds and Manchester to be built by 2032-2033. This frustrates the Cornish as the journey from London to Cornwall is 4/5 hours plus, which leads to sky-high ticket prices (even with discounts and travel cards), for an incredibly uncomfortably long journey. This leads to a domino effect of businesses unwilling to expand in the region, as well as a 'Brain Drain' in the Cornish area: the price to commute between Cornwall and the capital is simply not worth it, so the best and brightest of the West Country usually do not return to Cornwall. The general consensus within Cornwall is one of great annoyance; the government and others do somewhat recognize the area, but we get little to no real benefits as the other recognized minorities do.The above may put forth a good argument for why it may appear that Cornwall wants its own assembly and own independence, but there is more to the romanticized and fictional idea of the Cornish, the last 'hard-done-by' independent warriors, 'wanting their independence'. However, there is more. In May 2015, the government passed the 'Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016'. Now, many (usually people from across the Tamar) heralded this as a great achievement for the Cornish, especially as Cornwall was the first county to received these new powers. The truth is, despite all of our frustrations with how Cornwall has been treated in recent years, we are still a proud member of the UK, and most of us do not want this to change. When this change was announced, there were great discussions among the Cornish, and the general consensus was one of worry. Why? We do not trust our council. As you say in the question title, Cornwall is the poorest county in the UK, and many families are on the same poverty level as those living in Romania. Cornwall Council has had a shocking amount of cuts to their budget since the Conservatives were elected in 2010, but that's not to say that they don't squander the money. Many of the citizens in the county are desperately poor, yet Cornwall Council though it was a fantastic idea to install a £30,000 bus lane, that was absolutely not needed. The bus lane, installed in Truro in November 2015, was scrapped just weeks later when it was realized that the bus lane confused drivers and was utterly useless. It was scrapped at the extra cost of £60,000 . One of the key features of the 'Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016' was to allow new powers for transport, policing, EU funding, business support, employment, energy, health and social care, heritage and culture, and public estate. As well as the sheer incompetence shown regarding the bus lane decision, a re-adjustment to the Trafalgar roundabout was announced in 2014/2015, which not only cost an estimated £3.43 million, (which was £1.2 million over the anticipated price), it caused major disruption for months, and has since served only to gridlock the Truro traffic . If you were to ask anyone here about these two instances, you would immediately feel the anger. There are no excuses for this decisions when there are Cornish people who are near destitute, homeless, and hungry; yet Cornwall Council spends a total of at least £90,000 on a bus lane that was neither wanted nor used for more than two weeks, and over £3.43 million on a roundabout that still doesn't work properly two years on. The basic point that I am trying to make is that Cornwall doesn't necessarily demand its own assembly or want its independence, we just want competent people to run Cornwall Council, and to be recognized for our cultural and artistic heritage which is so overlooked by the government.Therefore, in conclusion, the above could be construed as evidence for Cornwall wanting independence, but this is not the case. The Cornish are frustrated by their representation in comparison to the other minority status areas, and there is, undeniably, a widespread mistrust in our authority figures. Granted, some members of the Cornish community do want independence and have set up the Mebyon Kernow, The Party for Cornwall (Cornish Nationalist Party), but you can tell exactly what the majority of locals think about the legitimacy of the CNP, just by looking at the Mebyon Kernow election results (they lost every constituency, and received just 1.9% of the total vote) . The supporters of the CNP, are usually just ignored or laughed at. The majority of the Cornish do not want independence, they just want to be recognized. We like being a part of the United Kingdom, and we do not want this to necessarily change. We, the Cornish, have been granted 'Minority Status', with culture and heritage on par with Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Therefore, what we actually want is the same recognition as Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland; we are legally recognized as the same (Cornish people are formally declared a national minority), yet we are not treated with the same acknowledgment as the other minorities.. That's all we want, proper recognition on a national and international stage.Cornwall is a not a county purely for the entertainment and enjoyment of tourists, nor are we daring nationalists who want to fight for our freedom; we are a community who believe we should receive the recognition that we deserve (as well as a competent governing body), on par with Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Our size, nor our economy (particularly our economy) shouldn't matter.

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Campaigners have raised most catastrophic bet ever taken alarm, echoing concerns that most catastrophic bet ever taken so-called “gamblification” of football may serve to normalise sports betting to such an extent that unsuspecting football fans, including children, may be lured towards addiction.James Grimes, a recovering gambling addict, founded Gambling with Lives, which probes ties between gambling and football. He likens most catastrophic bet ever taken spread of betting sponsorship in football to a virus. “Having that relationship normalises it and glamorises it,” says James. He believes children could end up using 32Red, because it’s been desensitised through their football club.The EFL say football has had a long relationship with most catastrophic bet ever taken gambling industry, and they work together in a responsible manner. But chairman of Tranmere Rovers, Mark Palios, who has turned down gambling company sponsorship for his club, isn’t convinced: “I think most catastrophic bet ever taken industry has to wean itself off most catastrophic bet ever taken position that it’s in at most catastrophic bet ever taken moment… I certainly think it’s gone too far.”More than 400,000 of us are problem gamblersFor some, betting is just a bit of fun, and they’re able to “stop when most catastrophic bet ever taken fun stops” – as most catastrophic bet ever taken well-known betting industry slogan goes. But all across most catastrophic bet ever taken UK there are others who can’t, with sometimes catastrophic results. Just over half of men aged 16 to 24 gambled in most catastrophic bet ever taken past year, according to statistics revealed by most catastrophic bet ever taken Gambling Commission, most catastrophic bet ever taken industry’s licensing and regulatory body. And most worryingly, more than 400,000 of us are problem gamblers – a figure that many believe could be much higher.Becky and Ben's story“I remember ringing my mum in absolute hysterics. I couldn’t believe what had happened”Becky Jones, 29, is a midwife and most catastrophic bet ever taken mother of two little girls. She’s been with their dad, Ben, for 15 years. Before their lives unravelled, they lived a quiet, comfortable life in a leafy suburb of Nottingham. But Ben developed a gambling problem that escalated to most catastrophic bet ever taken point where he was unable to control it.Ben was suspended from his job as a wholesales manager at a cake decorating supplies company. He revealed to Becky that over a three-year period he had stolen £374,000 to fund his secret addiction. “I remember ringing my mum in absolute hysterics. I couldn’t believe what had happened. I couldn’t breathe on most catastrophic bet ever taken phone,” says Becky. “I was just absolutely distraught.”Three months ago, Ben was jailed for three years. Becky has lost everything. After Ben confessed, she learned more and more about her husband’s all-consuming addiction to sports betting, and to most catastrophic bet ever taken endless temptations to gamble on matches in all four corners of most catastrophic bet ever taken world, day and night.The perils of in-play bettingThe fastest growing form of online gambling is called in-play or in-running betting. It allows punters to place bets after an event has started. Over most catastrophic bet ever taken course of a 90-minute football match, it opens most catastrophic bet ever taken door to placing dozens of bets at a time – like who will score most catastrophic bet ever taken next goal, or which team will have a player sent off. This is betting without limits.The fastest growing form of online gambling is called in-play or in-running betting. It allows punters to place bets after an event has started.Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones is a gambling addiction specialist and Director of most catastrophic bet ever taken NHS’s National Problem Gambling Clinic. She believes in-play betting poses a significant risk to those vulnerable to addiction: “If you can have constant bets throughout a match… it becomes a never-ending potential for somebody to destroy themselves through their addiction.”“It got to a point where I planned to kill myself”For another problem gambler, Craig, in-play betting proved irresistible and utterly devastating – and almost cost him his life. “I think in-play betting is built for addicts,” says Craig. Often, you will lose a bet – on who will score first, for example – in most catastrophic bet ever taken first few minutes of a game. “Your bet’s over, you panic,” says Craig. “You’re wanting to get most catastrophic bet ever taken next bet on straight away and there’s no restriction of how many bets you can put on.”Craig placed 2.7 million pounds worth of bets over a four-year period. He started on credit cards, but then he managed to take out four £20,000 to £25,000 loans. “There was no way of me getting out of it as far as I was concerned,” says Craig. “I’d ruined everything. I was having suicidal thoughts. It got to a point where I planned to kill myself.”Addicts are being targeted with “VIP status”Craig was given “VIP” status by most catastrophic bet ever taken betting company. A step he now believes was pivotal in his ordeal. He was told he would receive hospitality days out; he was made to feel part of a family. He was losing huge amounts of money at this point, and has no doubt in his mind that most catastrophic bet ever taken company knew he was a problem gambler.Craig’s VIP experience is remarkably similar to that of Ben Jones. Ben was bombarded with messages and emails from his VIP manager at Betway. Over a two-year period, contact was relentless – even when Ben told them he wanted to stop. In total, he was given over £39,000 in bonuses and on a daily basis there would be two, three messages offering him free bets – always in most catastrophic bet ever taken same matey tone. In total, more than a million pounds was gambled through Ben’s one account with Betway, and at times he was losing at a rate of more than £30,000 a month.“They’re expected to lose, and expected to lose more heavily and more quickly”File on 4 spoke to one of most catastrophic bet ever taken senior managers who worked for one of most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest betting companies in Britain. Kevin (not his real name) walked away from most catastrophic bet ever taken sector over personal concerns.At one betting company, whilst only 2% were VIP customers, they accounted for 83% of all most catastrophic bet ever taken deposits made.“What bookmakers do is they look at your future expected profit and loss… and that is what everything is judged on,” says Kevin. He claims that if a player is expected to lose, and lose big, they will be moved over to VIP status. The people who are expected to win, are not. The VIP manager’s role is to facilitate turnover: “If we get turnover from a customer, we’ll make money off them.” If a customer goes quiet, most catastrophic bet ever taken managers are expected to get on WhatsApp or email, any time of most catastrophic bet ever taken day or night and, like a “fake friend”, encourage them to start betting again, says Kevin. If it doesn’t work, most catastrophic bet ever taken VIP manager will find themselves out of a job.A survey conducted by most catastrophic bet ever taken Gambling Commission revealed most catastrophic bet ever taken extent to which some betting companies rely on VIPs for their income. At one company, whilst only 2% were VIP customers, they accounted for 83% of all most catastrophic bet ever taken deposits made.Rules and regulations are often being ignoredKevin claims that rules and regulations were often ignored, including checks on whether a person could afford to gamble and lose. He claims most catastrophic bet ever taken welfare of problem gamblers was not a priority.Betway did ask Ben for proof of income on two separate occasions, and he was deemed ok to continue to gamble. But Becky says most catastrophic bet ever taken number of payday loans, most catastrophic bet ever taken number of credit card payments, and most catastrophic bet ever taken amount of most catastrophic bet ever taken overdraft on Ben’s account should have made it clear that something wasn’t right: “I don’t feel that they had Ben’s welfare at most catastrophic bet ever taken heart of everything.”Are things changing for most catastrophic bet ever taken better?Betway told File on 4 that they recognise that they didn’t perform to their own high standards in most catastrophic bet ever taken Ben Jones case. They say most catastrophic bet ever taken results of this case led them to review and make substantial changes to their responsible gambling policies and procedures, including bringing in much stricter anti-laundering controls and most catastrophic bet ever taken disbanding of most catastrophic bet ever taken VIP program. Brigid Simmonds, Chairman of The Betting and Gaming Council, says although betting companies haven’t been “best in class” in most catastrophic bet ever taken past, they are now very active on checking affordability: “From board level downwards, most catastrophic bet ever taken issue of safer gambling is most catastrophic bet ever taken highest possible priority.”For Becky, any changes have come too late. She says Ben has never blamed anyone for his addiction or his actions but, in her mind, he is not most catastrophic bet ever taken only one who needs to take responsibility for what happened. “I definitely think there is an element of accountability with regards to safeguarding him,” she says. “People need to admit these practices are immoral and unethical.”For now, all she can do is look forward to him getting back home – and a happier, gambling-free future.Years of debt. No money to take a holiday. Mental health problems.These are just some of most catastrophic bet ever taken issues affecting people who've gambled online using their credit card, risking cash they don't own in most catastrophic bet ever taken hope of winning more.But from 14 April 2020, you won't be able to hop onto a gambling website and bet money on your credit card any more.The UK gambling commission is banning most catastrophic bet ever taken use of credit cards in online gambling, so anyone wanting to place a bet or play most catastrophic bet ever taken slots will need to use their own money to do so.Culture Minister Helen Whately told most catastrophic bet ever taken BBC: "Whilst millions gamble responsibly, I have also met people whose lives have been turned upside down by gambling addiction."There is clear evidence of harm from consumers betting with money they do not have, so it is absolutely right that we act decisively to protect them."Here's what three people who have all used credit cards to gamble in most catastrophic bet ever taken past have to say about most catastrophic bet ever taken ban.'It'll take me 10 years to pay off my debts'When Josh, 27, found himself £600 down after just a few days gambling online using his credit card, he says he did "most catastrophic bet ever taken worst thing possible.""I chased most catastrophic bet ever taken loss, which everyone says not to do, they say stop, don't chase losses, you're always going to be down in most catastrophic bet ever taken long run," he says."But I didn't believe it so I just carried on going. It progressed without me even realising to between £20,000 and £25,000, all on credit cards."I feel I'm someone that's more intelligent than that, someone that wouldn't do that. I'm not that person. But I was."Now, Josh is facing most catastrophic bet ever taken fact that his debts will have a long-term effect on his life."I'm looking at eight to 10 years to pay this off," he says."No family holidays, no adventure days out, no real enjoyment other than going to work, being at home and taking most catastrophic bet ever taken kids out when we can afford it - which is shameful."He believes most catastrophic bet ever taken new law would have stopped him early on, because he would have run out of his own money to gamble with online."I think this will stop people from chasing their losses," he says."It would have stopped me because I wouldn't have had any money left in most catastrophic bet ever taken bank. It might not even have begun, because it was just so easy."Now I just sit here ashamed, knowing it's going to take a long time but that's my own fault and I've got deal with it.'The guilt is overwhelming'Carl* started gambling online around five years ago with money on his credit card."I lost control through online slots and games. I initially took out a £2,000 gamble on my credit card," he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.It didn't work out and Carl lost that money. "I thought I learned my lesson and then about six months later, I thought I could pay off my loans with gambling, so I took most catastrophic bet ever taken risk again."He was gambling with five different credit cards, all of which had a big limit on."I won a lot, I've lost a lot, but ultimately, you always hit a rock bottom and you always end up losing most catastrophic bet ever taken lot," he says."I ended up maxing out all most catastrophic bet ever taken credit cards, taking out additional loans that I'm still paying for this day."And it wasn't just his bank balances and credit rating that felt most catastrophic bet ever taken impact of his gambling."I never thought I'd deal with mental health issues but it's affected me that way," he says."It's most catastrophic bet ever taken overwhelming guilt that hangs over you every single day with that debt upon your head. You've just got to try and get through that and be strong.""It's hard to actually pinpoint how much I've lost through most catastrophic bet ever taken years but it's probably £60,000 plus."I've maxed my credit cards out probably three times over, I've consolidated a couple of loans and I think next year, I'm going to have to put all most catastrophic bet ever taken debts into my mortgage."The weight on my shoulders is just too much these days."'If you haven't got most catastrophic bet ever taken money, you shouldn't be gambling'"I've never been a problem gambler but I have used my credit card in most catastrophic bet ever taken past [to gamble], especially when I know that there's money coming in most catastrophic bet ever taken following week," says 24-year-old Tom, who didn't expect to get charged by his bank for using his credit card on gambling websites."It's like taking cash out on your credit card and you pay additional interest."I just think that if you haven't got most catastrophic bet ever taken money to be gambling, then you shouldn't be gambling at all."There needs to be more barriers put in place".The 9 Most Brilliant (and most catastrophic bet ever taken 9 Most Disastrous) Business Moves of most catastrophic bet ever taken DecadeFrom forward-thinking acquisitions to hare-brained lapses of judgment, these were most catastrophic bet ever taken decisions that crushed most catastrophic bet ever taken competition — and most catastrophic bet ever taken ones that backfired horriblyTThis was most catastrophic bet ever taken decade of most catastrophic bet ever taken pivot, most catastrophic bet ever taken unicorn, and most catastrophic bet ever taken unicorpse. It seemed like everyone — from cosmetics retailers to pizza chains — began calling itself a tech company. Yet they do have a point: Tech has redefined everything, ushering in a business world that moves with unprecedented speed. You either disrupt or get disrupted. You’re nimble or you collapse. The bold are both rewarded and punished. Here’s a look back at some of most catastrophic bet ever taken best and worst business moves of most catastrophic bet ever taken decade.The 9 Best Moves1. Netflix rethought its business modelWe’re all so used to bingeing Netflix that we might have forgotten that its CEO, Reed Hastings, made a bold (and, at most catastrophic bet ever taken time, very unpopular) move back in 2011 to separate streaming from its DVD business. He took another big step in 2013, sending an 11-page memo to employees and investors announcing that instead of just distributing digital content, Netflix would be most catastrophic bet ever taken maker of it. It turned out to be a smart move: The company’s revenue hit $16 billion last year, up from $3.6 billion in 2012. (The company also had most catastrophic bet ever taken best-performing stock of most catastrophic bet ever taken decade, with shares up more than 3,700% over most catastrophic bet ever taken past 10 years.) Last year, Netflix spent more than $12 billion on content, with most catastrophic bet ever taken vast majority of that money earmarked for original films and series. Leaders, however, have followers, and most catastrophic bet ever taken competition — including Disney, AT&T’s WarnerMedia, and Comcast’s NBCUniversal — is gunning for a piece of most catastrophic bet ever taken pie.2. Amazon bet on voice recognitionIn 2011, Amazon executives listened to a pitch for a novel idea: a household appliance that would let you talk to it from anywhere, listen to music, hear most catastrophic bet ever taken news, and, of course, order stuff from Amazon. Many on most catastrophic bet ever taken team thought it sounded like a huge amount of work to build, but Bezos believed in it. Four years later, most catastrophic bet ever taken Echo became most catastrophic bet ever taken future — and eventually transformed into being known simply as Alexa. Amazon has sold well over 100 million devices with Alexa built in, and voice shopping is expected to reach $40 billion in sales by 2022.3. Facebook snatched up InstagramIn 2012, Facebook shelled out $1 billion for Instagram, most catastrophic bet ever taken social media site that at most catastrophic bet ever taken time had just 30 million users and no revenue. Turns out, it was a pretty smart purchase: As some fell out of love with Facebook, its baby, Instagram, gained momentum, especially among millennials and Gen Yers. The app now has 1 billion users, and analysts estimate that Instagram makes up a sizable portion of Facebook’s $56 billion annual revenue and could account for up to 70% of its future revenue growth. Many argue that most catastrophic bet ever taken purchase made Facebook too powerful; most catastrophic bet ever taken company is now facing an antitrust probe.4. Disney invested in a galaxy far, far awayDisney snapped up most catastrophic bet ever taken Star Wars empire, aka Lucasfilm, for $4 billion in 2012. The entertainment giant knew most catastrophic bet ever taken value of a good franchise: It acquired Marvel in 2009 for $4 billion (and has subsequently made 16 films and $18 billion at most catastrophic bet ever taken box office). With most catastrophic bet ever taken addition of Lucasfilm, Disney shot off faster than a TIE fighter, with revenue increasing some 67% since 2012 to nearly $70 billion in 2019. It introduced a new trilogy: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (which opened this month), as well as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story. The combined box office revenue of everything: $9 billion and one of most catastrophic bet ever taken highest-grossing film franchises. And its new series, The Mandolorian, is driving subscriptions to its $7 per month Disney+ streaming service, which launched in November (as well as causing Baby Yoda fever). When you add in all most catastrophic bet ever taken stuffed animals, plastic toys, posters, and other Star Wars merchandising, most catastrophic bet ever taken franchise is now valued at more than $30 billion.5. Microsoft pivoted to most catastrophic bet ever taken cloudWhen Satya Nadella took most catastrophic bet ever taken helm of Microsoft in 2014, he didn’t reach for most catastrophic bet ever taken stars—he reached for most catastrophic bet ever taken cloud. As a result, he guided an amazing turnaround of most catastrophic bet ever taken software company. Nadella arrived following most catastrophic bet ever taken disaster that was Windows 8; in less than five years, he and his team completely altered Microsoft’s course, repositioning most catastrophic bet ever taken company from a devices and services company to a mobile and cloud company. In addition to acquiring LinkedIn, Minecraft, and GitHub, Nadella grew Microsoft’s Azure platform to become most catastrophic bet ever taken number two cloud provider behind Amazon. Microsoft’s share price tripled, and its valuation recently hit $100 billion, surpassing Apple. Nadella also embarked on a cultural change within most catastrophic bet ever taken walls of most catastrophic bet ever taken company and has been credited for “making Microsoft cool again.”6. Google mapped its future with WazeIn most catastrophic bet ever taken age of artificial intelligence, data is gold. And Google walked away with a sizable nugget when it bought social map startup Waze for $1.1 billion in 2013. The app helps drivers “outsmart” traffic, showing most catastrophic bet ever taken most ideal routes that route around construction, jams, and accidents, while collecting GPS data from most catastrophic bet ever taken phones of 130 million users. (It has since baked a lot of these features into Google Maps as well.) That location technology can be used in advertising, apps, social tools, and e-commerce.Waze contributes to most catastrophic bet ever taken growing chunk of information Google collects about your behavior, whether it’s your online searches about nose-hair trimmers, most catastrophic bet ever taken makeup tutorial you watched on YouTube, most catastrophic bet ever taken shirt you bought via Google Home, your heart rate while running to most catastrophic bet ever taken train (courtesy of your Fitbit), or your coffee meeting with an old friend at Starbucks (scheduled in Google Calendar). All most catastrophic bet ever taken better to target you with relevant ads.7. Domino’s admitted its pizza sucked — and fixed itWhen Patrick Doyle took most catastrophic bet ever taken job of CEO at Domino’s in 2010, most catastrophic bet ever taken first thing he did was admit that most catastrophic bet ever taken pizza was terrible. While fixing most catastrophic bet ever taken food, Doyle’s team launched a bold ad campaign that shared negative comments from focus groups about most catastrophic bet ever taken chain, such as “worst pizza I ever had” and “most catastrophic bet ever taken crust tastes like cardboard.” In most catastrophic bet ever taken campaign, Doyle promised to “work days, nights, and weekends” to get better.The company did, and its reputation bounced back. Doyle also rolled out a training program and empowered every employee — no matter their level — to fix customer issues with free pizzas, vouchers, or extra toppings. The company also invested in technology, including self-driving cars, in-car pizza warmers, a better website, and apps. Its online ordering system may be most catastrophic bet ever taken best out there, and most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s share price has ballooned from $11 in 2010 to today’s $291 per share.8. Merck made a big bet on Schering PloughMerck laid down $41 billion to acquire U.S. drugmaker Schering Plough a decade ago. Historically, about 90% of mergers and acquisition deals in pharma never get off most catastrophic bet ever taken ground (and 70% them don’t create long-term shareholder value). But this one was a winner. From that acquisition, Merck got its blockbuster oncology drug Keytruda, which is most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s top seller, generating $7 billion last year. Schering Plough also gave Merck a host of brand-name products, like most catastrophic bet ever taken prescription allergy spray Nasonex and Dr. Scholl’s orthopedic products. Just five years after it closed most catastrophic bet ever taken deal, Bayer came along and acquired Merck’s consumer-care business, including Dr. Scholl’s, for $14 billion. Merck’s stock price has also done pretty well: up to $89 per share, from $27 prior to most catastrophic bet ever taken acquisition.9. Walmart did a 180 for its workersFor decades, people vilified Walmart for all most catastrophic bet ever taken evils in its supply chain, its crushing impact on small retailers, and not-so-stellar labor policies. But in 2015, Walmart said it would spend $2.7 billion on 1.5 million U.S. employees — mainly improving employee wages, vacation policies, and investment in training. Wall Street didn’t like it: Shares tumbled upon most catastrophic bet ever taken news. Walmart pushed forward anyway, and today, most catastrophic bet ever taken average full-time Walmart store associate in most catastrophic bet ever taken United States makes $14.26 per hour, almost double most catastrophic bet ever taken federal minimum wage of $7.25. Walmart saw a payoff two years into most catastrophic bet ever taken pay raises: The company reduced turnover and improved most catastrophic bet ever taken caliber of its workers. And as most catastrophic bet ever taken largest employer in 19 states, Walmart upped most catastrophic bet ever taken ante for most catastrophic bet ever taken rest of most catastrophic bet ever taken country’s minimum-wage employers, pushing them to match wages and driving most catastrophic bet ever taken conversation about raising most catastrophic bet ever taken minimum wage and reducing pay inequality.The 9 Worst Moves1. Facebook took a laissez-faire attitude on privacy and abuses of its platformThe social media giant has faced growing controversy since 2017, when Mark Zuckerberg apologized for letting Russia spend more than $100,000 in Facebook ads to spread propaganda that influenced most catastrophic bet ever taken 2016 presidential election. Then came most catastrophic bet ever taken news that research firm Cambridge Analytica harvested Facebook user data to build psychological profiles of voters (resulting in a $5 billion Federal Trade Commission fine this summer), followed by a security breach that may have exposed millions of users’ personal information.The company put a fact-checking system in place to reduce fake news following most catastrophic bet ever taken 2016 presidential election, but just this fall, it clarified a controversial advertising policy that says it won’t verify most catastrophic bet ever taken claims made by political ads on most catastrophic bet ever taken platform. Critics say this will allow politicians to spread misinformation across most catastrophic bet ever taken site.2. SoftBank turned a blind eye to WeWork’s problemsThe Japanese conglomerate bet most catastrophic bet ever taken farm on WeWork, investing more than $10 billion at a valuation of $47 billion. The co-working company failed to go public in 2019 after news of company mismanagement, including founder and CEO Adam Neumann cashing out $700 million of most catastrophic bet ever taken company for personal investments and properties and “summer camp” events akin to frat parties for employees.SoftBank took a nearly $4.6 billion loss on most catastrophic bet ever taken investment. Meanwhile, Neumann walked away from most catastrophic bet ever taken mess with a $1.7 billion payout. SoftBank leader Masayoshi Son recently told investors that most catastrophic bet ever taken WeWork investment was a mistake. “In many cases, I turned a blind eye, especially when it comes to governance,” he said. “It was a very harsh lesson.”3. Volkswagen cheated and got caughtThe German carmaker will go down in history for “emissionsgate,” one of most catastrophic bet ever taken most audacious corporate frauds in history. For nearly a decade, VW aimed to surpass Toyota as most catastrophic bet ever taken world’s top carmaker and bet on a breed of cars that were touted as “clean diesel” vehicles. It turned out to be a hoax. Regulators discovered that software programmed most catastrophic bet ever taken exhaust control equipment in diesel vehicles to shut off after emissions tests. The tailpipes then puffed out illegal types of nitrogen oxides that led to air pollution — and health problems.After it was revealed in 2015 that most catastrophic bet ever taken carmaker intentionally rigged diesel-powered vehicles to cheat on emissions tests, VW officials said it was just a technical glitch or rogue engineers. But most catastrophic bet ever taken car company later admitted that it had rigged most catastrophic bet ever taken cars to deceive regulators. The emissions scandal led to criminal charges against VW’s chairman and CEO, who were both fired, as well as more than $30 billion in fines, penalties, and restitution — not to mention a tarnished reputation.4. Uber took too long to fix its cultureSince its founding in 2009, Uber has challenged most catastrophic bet ever taken status quo, including sometimes overtly defying local taxi regulations. But it turned out rules were being broken inside most catastrophic bet ever taken company, too. Case in point: In 2017, Susan Fowler, a former Uber engineer, wrote a blog post accusing Uber of having a culture of sexism and sexual harassment, which helped spark most catastrophic bet ever taken #MeToo movement. Facing boycotts, CEO and founder Travis Kalanick hired former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder to launch an “urgent investigation” into most catastrophic bet ever taken allegations. While this was happening, Kalanick was caught on video arguing with an Uber driver over pay rates.A line of C-suite execs quit over most catastrophic bet ever taken next few months, saying their beliefs clashed with leadership’s approach. A few months later, most catastrophic bet ever taken U.S. Department of Justice launched a criminal investigation into Greyball, a software tool that Uber used to evade law enforcement officials in cities where ride-sharing wasn’t allowed. Finally, a companywide email from Kalanick went public. In it, he set ground rules for using drugs and having sex with other employees at a company retreat in Miami.After months of scandal, Uber’s board eventually asked Kalanick to resign before launching an IPO roadshow. Today, he’s worth an estimated $3.2 billion.5. Sony ignored hacker red flagsHackers infiltrated Sony Pictures in 2014 in what’s been called “most catastrophic bet ever taken hack of most catastrophic bet ever taken century.” Hackers uploaded malware that attacked Sony’s hub for media distribution, as well as billings, bookings, and more. Executives initially blew off most catastrophic bet ever taken incident, simply disabling two affected email accounts, instead of investigating emerging malware and exploits and figuring out that hackers wanted to infiltrate most catastrophic bet ever taken corporation.Months later, a sophisticated “wiper” malware crippled Sony, shutting down half its global network, stealing scripts and personal information like salaries and Social Security numbers, as well as exposing damaging internal emails that cost some employees their careers. It even erased everything on its 3,262 computers and 837 servers. The U.S. government found that North Korean hackers were responsible, likely in response to most catastrophic bet ever taken Seth Rogen movie The Interview, which lampooned most catastrophic bet ever taken North Korean dictator.6. Yahoo made a bad bet on TumblrIn 2013, Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion, assuming most catastrophic bet ever taken fast-growing social media site could help most catastrophic bet ever taken company compete with Google and Facebook. At most catastrophic bet ever taken time, CEO Marissa Mayer posted on Tumblr that Yahoo would “not to screw it up.” Two years later, Tumblr was still in most catastrophic bet ever taken red, and employees left en masse after Mayer reorganized most catastrophic bet ever taken ad sales teams at Yahoo and Tumbler and established a $100 million sales target. It didn’t work, and Yahoo wrote off $712 million on its purchase.7. United Airlines dragged an old man off a planeIn 2017, United Airlines made headlines when it dragged 69-year-old Dr. David Dao off an overbooked flight in Chicago. Videos of most catastrophic bet ever taken bloody man being dragged down most catastrophic bet ever taken aisle went viral, sparking outrage worldwide. United found itself in one of most catastrophic bet ever taken worst public relations nightmares in its history, which was made worse after CEO Oscar Munoz described most catastrophic bet ever taken incident in a statement of apology as an attempt to “reaccommodate” most catastrophic bet ever taken passenger and then later called passenger Dao “disruptive and belligerent,” which other passengers (and another video) disputed. United was one of most catastrophic bet ever taken lowest-ranked airlines by consumers most catastrophic bet ever taken next year.8. Equifax botched its data securityCredit reporting agency Equifax has struggled to recover from its 2017 data breach, labeled most catastrophic bet ever taken “worst data breach in history” by federal lawmakers because it exposed Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver’s license numbers of 150 million Americans. Those people will be at risk for identity theft and fraud for most catastrophic bet ever taken rest of their lives, according to an investigation by most catastrophic bet ever taken House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Equifax had failed to use well-known security practices and didn’t have internal security controls and security reviews.In July 2019, Equifax paid $650 million to settle with most catastrophic bet ever taken Federal Trade Commission to resolve investigations by several state attorneys, most catastrophic bet ever taken Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and a consumer class-action lawsuit.9. YouTube focused on engagement above all elseYouTube used A.I.-powered algorithms to drive “minutes” of watch time on its videos, suggesting videos to watch next. But this drive to increase “engagement” led to YouTube recommending conspiracy theories, hate speech, and pedophile content. For years, top YouTube execs ignored employee warnings that there was too much misinformation and nastiness on most catastrophic bet ever taken site. Plus, most catastrophic bet ever taken company even monetized some of this content, realizing that algorithms drove 70% of what we watched on YouTube. Its parent, Google, has since started making changes in most catastrophic bet ever taken algorithms to prevent harmful content from appearing and make it harder to find videos on conspiracy theories on most catastrophic bet ever taken video page. It even directs viewers to “authoritative” news sites most catastrophic bet ever taken company considers trustworthy. The company also took down millions of channels and videos that violate harmful-content policies.If you’re living with a compulsive gambler, you’re already familiar with most catastrophic bet ever taken never-ending cycle of lies, half-truths, and deliberate distortion of facts. But if you haven’t yet confirmed (but do suspect) that your spouse or partner has a gambling addiction, look carefully at his or her behavior patterns for signs that gambling has become more than just a casual occurrence. Compulsive lying is one of most catastrophic bet ever taken symptoms of compulsive or pathological gamblers. These gamblers are addicted to gambling, and lying becomes second nature to them. What are some of most catastrophic bet ever taken common lies compulsive gamblers tell? Read on.#1: I don’t have a gambling problem.Anyone who flat-out denies they have a gambling problem, despite evidence to most catastrophic bet ever taken contrary, is either well on their way to full-blown gambling addiction or is already there. By most catastrophic bet ever taken time someone is deep into gambling, their behavior becomes consistent and predictable. They will do anything and say anything to get to their primary goal: gambling. That they stretch most catastrophic bet ever taken truth or tell outright lies is an understatement. Gambling addicts, even after disastrous losses, bankruptcy and financial ruin, legal problems, deteriorating family and personal relationships, will often steadfastly maintain that they don’t have a gambling problem.Denial is a coping mechanism most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler uses to attempt to mask his or her problem. By hoping to keep most catastrophic bet ever taken truth from coming out, most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler tries to buy time – time he or she uses to keep on gambling. Thus, there’s self-denial and denial to others. Both types of denial are symptoms of many kinds of addiction, not just gambling addiction. The more a person swears they don’t have a problem – gambling or alcohol or drugs or other addictive behavior – most catastrophic bet ever taken more likely it is that they do.Lie #2: I can stop anytime I want.Confronting a compulsive gambler – calling him or her on most catastrophic bet ever taken indisputable facts that indicate gambling has become an addictive behavior – will usually generate this kind of lie in response. The gambler cannot admit to you or him/her self that there’s a problem, number one, and, number two, if that doesn’t work, he or she will profess vehemently that stopping is no problem. To prove it, most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler may even stay away from most catastrophic bet ever taken casino, sports book, Internet gaming, or track for a short period of time.But most catastrophic bet ever taken lure of cashing in on most catastrophic bet ever taken big score, snagging most catastrophic bet ever taken elusive prize is too great. Before long, most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler is right back at it. He or she simply cannot resist most catastrophic bet ever taken temptation. The urge to gamble has become a craving that gnaws incessantly on most catastrophic bet ever taken consciousness. To ignore most catastrophic bet ever taken craving is to suffer – and most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler only wants most catastrophic bet ever taken high that comes from gambling.Lie #3: My gambling doesn’t hurt anyone.Most addicts believe – some, even sincerely – that their addiction doesn’t hurt anyone. Some even believe their addiction doesn’t even hurt them. It’s just as true with compulsive gambling as addiction to alcohol, illicit drugs, prescription drugs used nonmedically, or other addictive behavior including compulsive sex, overwork, eating disorders, and so on. In fact, gambling addiction, like all addictions, is considered a family disease/disorder. What happens when one individual in most catastrophic bet ever taken family is addicted impacts all members of most catastrophic bet ever taken family.What kinds of harm does this potentially involve? Depending on most catastrophic bet ever taken length of time most catastrophic bet ever taken individual has been gambling, and most catastrophic bet ever taken other addictions most catastrophic bet ever taken person may also have, most catastrophic bet ever taken damage may be extensive. Compulsive gamblers often are addicted to alcohol, nicotine, or other harmful substances. This can result in physical deterioration to most catastrophic bet ever taken addict as well as mental and emotional difficulties: cognitive impairment, difficulty concentrating, loss of memory, explosive rage, extreme mood swings, depression, psychosis, and thoughts of suicide, among others.Dealing with most catastrophic bet ever taken effects of gambling addiction, most catastrophic bet ever taken family suffers right along with most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler. As gambling takes up more and more of most catastrophic bet ever taken individual’s life, taking care of family responsibilities becomes less important. Many gamblers lose their home, go bankrupt, get arrested for various crimes (embezzlement, fraud, theft, violence, DUIs, etc.), lose their job or source of income, become violent and abusive to family members, lose their families. As a unit, most catastrophic bet ever taken family often disintegrates. In fact, without treatment, compulsive gambling is a downward spiral that has, at its final stage, a predictable outcome for most catastrophic bet ever taken individual: prison, commitment to a mental institution, or death.Lie #4: I didn’t go gambling.Meeting most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler at most catastrophic bet ever taken door and asking where he or she was is like asking for most catastrophic bet ever taken inevitable lie: I didn’t go gambling. What else can most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler say? Admitting that he or she went gambling is tantamount to admitting loss of control, an inability to set and keep boundaries, and a refusal to keep a promise. If there’s most catastrophic bet ever taken smell of alcohol and most catastrophic bet ever taken individual reeks of cigarette smoke or there are other telltale signs of substance use – and you know most catastrophic bet ever taken person has a history of gambling – hearing most catastrophic bet ever taken denial will only add fuel to most catastrophic bet ever taken fire.You know it’s an outright lie. Confrontation isn’t most catastrophic bet ever taken way to deal with it. At least, it’s not most catastrophic bet ever taken solution right now. You need to pick your time for most catastrophic bet ever taken discussion, and it needs to be when most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler is rational, calm, and able to carry on a conversation about most catastrophic bet ever taken situation in a normal manner.Lie #5: I have my gambling under control.If you are most catastrophic bet ever taken partner or spouse who relies on most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler to take care of most catastrophic bet ever taken bills and other financial responsibilities in most catastrophic bet ever taken household, you may be tempted to believe this lie. He or she has unrestricted access to most catastrophic bet ever taken checking and savings accounts, credit cards, lines of credit and other avenues. If, on most catastrophic bet ever taken other hand, you are most catastrophic bet ever taken one who controls most catastrophic bet ever taken purse strings, so to speak, and you constantly give in to most catastrophic bet ever taken requests for money, you are enabling most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler to continue with his or her addictive behavior. You are complicit, codependent, and have just magnified most catastrophic bet ever taken problem by making it easier for most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler to continue.When someone says they have their gambling under control, they are lying not only to you but also to themselves. A person who only buys a Lotto ticket once in a while will never make this statement. Someone who goes to most catastrophic bet ever taken track daily, or can’t go by most catastrophic bet ever taken casino without going in and gambling for hours, maxing out most catastrophic bet ever taken ATM withdrawals, badgering friends for cash, is very likely to utter these words – and probably more than just a few times. After a while, they just aren’t believable anymore. And most catastrophic bet ever taken evidence will mount to prove just how big a lie it is.Lie #6: I didn’t touch our savings.Desperation sets in most catastrophic bet ever taken longer most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler engages in most catastrophic bet ever taken addictive behavior. Why is this? While most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler may initially (in most catastrophic bet ever taken early stages of gambling behavior) have some wins, most catastrophic bet ever taken odds are literally stacked against him or her. Sooner or later, most catastrophic bet ever taken house always wins. It doesn’t matter if most catastrophic bet ever taken form of gambling is at an actual casino, or sports betting, or Internet gaming, most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler’s luck eventually runs out.But most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler is convinced it’s only a temporary setback. If he or she just keeps gambling, most catastrophic bet ever taken luck will return. There’s always most catastrophic bet ever taken big score, most catastrophic bet ever taken huge payout, just around most catastrophic bet ever taken corner. All that’s needed is most catastrophic bet ever taken infusion of cash.Where to get most catastrophic bet ever taken cash? Gamblers will rob savings accounts, jockey funds back and forth, hide most catastrophic bet ever taken passbook or bank statements, and delay most catastrophic bet ever taken inevitable – all in most catastrophic bet ever taken futile attempt to keep you from most catastrophic bet ever taken truth. If you hear your partner or spouse say he or she didn’t touch your savings, you’d better check it out with most catastrophic bet ever taken bank yourself. Chances are this is just another lie most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler tells you.Lie #7: You won’t believe what happened…The more deep in debt most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler gets – and there’s no way around most catastrophic bet ever taken fact that this will occur – most catastrophic bet ever taken more elaborate and exaggerated most catastrophic bet ever taken lies and stories he or she begins to concoct. There’ll be most catastrophic bet ever taken robbery that occurred as he or she was depositing money in most catastrophic bet ever taken bank – and now everything’s gone. Or someone stole his or her wallet and now most catastrophic bet ever taken credit cards are gone. There may have been an unbelievable investment opportunity and it had a limited window, so he or she had to jump in now or lose most catastrophic bet ever taken chance… All this and more will come out of most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler’s mouth as a way to explain what happened to your money.If you hear most catastrophic bet ever taken words: You won’t believe what happened… don’t believe it. No matter how convincing it sounds, it’s likely a lie.Lie #8: My friend was in trouble and needed money.This lie is an evergreen one that almost every compulsive gambler uses on more than one occasion. In fact, it’s so common that it’s nearly predictable that you will hear it sooner or later. Certainly there are times when your spouse or partner’s friends may be in trouble. Who doesn’t have such an experience? But when your partner is a compulsive gambler, you have reason to be suspicious. Naturally, you want to give someone you care about most catastrophic bet ever taken benefit of most catastrophic bet ever taken doubt, but after falling for this lie time and time again, you’re again only enabling most catastrophic bet ever taken addictive behavior to continue.The story about a friend being in trouble and needing money fast also falls into most catastrophic bet ever taken lie category of you won’t believe what happened. Elaborate, exaggerated, and preposterous stories – all lies – are part and parcel of most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler’s repertoire.Lie #9: You can trust me now.Trust is a fragile thing. Once you lose trust in another individual, it’s very hard to ever trust that person again. The closer you are to most catastrophic bet ever taken person, especially if you are married or live with him or her, most catastrophic bet ever taken more difficult it is to re-establish trust once it’s lost.Compulsive gamblers need to be able to continue their addictive behavior. In order to do that, they either have to have a complicit or codependent partner, or they have to convince whomever they need to in order to continue to gain access to cash. Friends will eventually see through most catastrophic bet ever taken lies and refuse to lend any more money to most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler. After all, this money is rarely, if ever, repaid. They know it’s going for gambling, despite most catastrophic bet ever taken lies most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler tells. They gradually avoid most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler, refusing to take his or her calls, quickly finding an excuse to leave if approached. There’s no trust there now.But when you live with most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler, have a relationship that’s lasted for some period of time, even have children with most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler – you have a vested interest in maintaining most catastrophic bet ever taken relationship. You obviously care for (or have cared for) most catastrophic bet ever taken person. Your heart breaks over what’s been happening as your loved one slides deeper into gambling addiction. Time and time again, you’ve given in and accepted most catastrophic bet ever taken lies. You’ve told yourself that it’s only a phase, or it’s not that bad, or he or she will outgrow it. Who’s lying to whom now?Trust is earned through action. Trust is not gained through words. If your partner or spouse says you can trust him or her now, say that it will take time and action – getting treatment, quitting gambling – for you to again be able to place your trust in him/her.Lie #10: I’ll never gamble again.The compulsive gambler will tell you what you want to hear – even though it’s a lie. Usually, when you hear most catastrophic bet ever taken person swear that he or she will never gamble again, it’s after a particularly disastrous loss, arrest, legal entanglement, loss of a job, or other serious consequence.Instead of letting most catastrophic bet ever taken lie go unchallenged, you will need to take a stand. Will you continue to put up with this addiction? What are your options? Only you can decide how you will handle your spouse or partner’s gambling addiction. While you certainly can’t force someone else – even one you love dearly – to quit gambling, you can decide how you are going to live your own life. You need to tell this individual how his or her gambling has hurt you and most catastrophic bet ever taken family, how much you care about most catastrophic bet ever taken person and want him/her to get help to overcome this situation. You can choose not to involve yourself in his/her behavior. No more lying to friends, family, employer or others about your partner’s gambling. No more excuses. No more looking most catastrophic bet ever taken other way when most catastrophic bet ever taken signs and consequences of mounting gambling debt are all around you.If and when your spouse or partner is ready to admit to most catastrophic bet ever taken problem and genuinely wants to get treatment to overcome gambling addiction, then you may begin to see a glimmer of hope on most catastrophic bet ever taken horizon. The words alone shouldn’t convince you. In order for them to have meaning, they need to be backed up by action. Your spouse/partner needs to go into treatment.You can help by looking into available treatment facilities, either residential treatment facility for gambling addiction or outpatient treatment facilities. Remember that most catastrophic bet ever taken gambling addict has to want to change in order for change to have a chance. He or she will need professional help in order to overcome his/her addiction. With treatment, not only will most catastrophic bet ever taken addict learn about most catastrophic bet ever taken disease of addiction, but he or she will also learn how to avoid triggers and learn and practice coping behaviors to prevent relapse. Part of most catastrophic bet ever taken gambling addiction treatment process will be to identify most catastrophic bet ever taken underlying reasons why compulsive gambling is so attractive and to work on overcoming those urges.If most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler is adamant about not getting treatment but still maintains he or she will never gamble again, there’s nothing you can do about it – for him or her. But there is something you can do for you. Attend Gam-Anon meetings. These are 12-step fellowship groups whose purpose is to help those family members and friends of gambling addicts cope with most catastrophic bet ever taken situation. You cannot change most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler, but you can change how you interact with most catastrophic bet ever taken gambler and change your behaviors so that you are not enabling most catastrophic bet ever taken gambling to continue.Bottom line: When you’ve had enough of most catastrophic bet ever taken lies, you must make a choice. If you set limits, be sure that you’re willing to enforce them. Don’t make a statement that you’re not able to back up. If you say that you will leave most catastrophic bet ever taken compulsive gambler if he/she doesn’t get help, you’d better be ready to go through with it. Again, what you do is very much your choice. But you don’t have to try to wade through most catastrophic bet ever taken emotional minefield on your own. Get help and support from others in your situation.Will most catastrophic bet ever taken lies ever stop? The good news is that gambling addiction is treatable. If your spouse or partner seeks and completes treatment and attends 12-step meetings (such as Gamblers Anonymous) in recovery, with your support and encouragement (and your own Gam-Anon meeting attendance), there’s a very good possibility that compulsive lies – and compulsive gambling – will become a thing of most catastrophic bet ever taken past.Taking risks is part of human nature. Whether it is gambling on a slot machine or riding a skateboard, every day we engage in activities offering both a potential risk and a potential reward.We are motivated to take these risks by most catastrophic bet ever taken release of dopamine. This feel-good chemical activates most catastrophic bet ever taken same pleasurable reward pathways in our brains as eating our favourite food, or having sex.Risk-taking can help to advance most catastrophic bet ever taken human race when it leads to entrepreneurship, innovation and enhanced creativity. But problems can arise when an increased desire to take risks causes harm.This includes problem gambling, which is estimated to affect as many as 1% of most catastrophic bet ever taken population. Recent attempts to tackle most catastrophic bet ever taken issue include plans to ban internet betting with credit cards and making treatment more widely available.Who is most likely to have a gambling problem?Extreme gambling is recognised as a disorder by most catastrophic bet ever taken World Health Organization.Most people can enjoy placing an occasional bet, even if it means they lose some money. But some become problem gamblers, where most catastrophic bet ever taken activity disrupts or compromises their lives and those of their families.In 2016, most catastrophic bet ever taken Gambling Commission estimated there were up to 340,000 problem gamblers in most catastrophic bet ever taken UK, with many more individuals at risk.Their report suggested problem gamblers were:Five times more likely to be male than femaleMore likely to be unemployed than in work, studying or retiredMost likely to be aged 25 to 34 (if male)More likely to be from a black or other minority ethnic background than from a white or Asian background (on a three-year view)More likely to indicate signs of mental ill healthMore likely to indicate signs of low wellbeingIn most catastrophic bet ever taken year to March 2019, UK gamblers collectively lost about £14.4bn.Signs that somebody may have a problem include feelings of anxiety or stress around their gambling habit, betting more than they can afford to lose, and gambling ever larger amounts of money to feel most catastrophic bet ever taken same "high" as before.The number of gambling-related hospital admissions in England has more than doubled in most catastrophic bet ever taken last six years to a record high. This includes people whose gambling could lead them to carry out crimes, and cases of psychosis.There are now plans to open 14 more problem gambling clinics by 2023-24.Why do some people have a problem?Gambling, alongside most catastrophic bet ever taken use of substances like drugs and alcohol and even activities like shopping, can become an addiction when its use becomes compulsive and spirals out of control.These addictions stem from two separate reward pathways in most catastrophic bet ever taken brain that affect our behaviour - liking and wanting.Liking describes most catastrophic bet ever taken spontaneous delight of eating a chocolate biscuit. Wanting is our desire to have one when we see a packet of chocolate biscuits in most catastrophic bet ever taken supermarket.Wanting something motivates us - it makes us desire things and do them repeatedly.In essence, addiction can be simply viewed as rewiring of these reward systems.When people become addicted to gambling, or to drugs, these wanting and liking systems are no longer intertwined. The wanting remains constant, but most catastrophic bet ever taken feeling of liking what we get is reduced.The addicted person needs to engage in more of most catastrophic bet ever taken behaviour or most catastrophic bet ever taken drug to get most catastrophic bet ever taken same pleasure.Certain factors leave some people at greater risk of addiction. This can include having family members with addictions, or encountering high-level stress or adversity - experiences which relate to most catastrophic bet ever taken way we are nurtured.Nature can also play a part. A study using brain scans suggests problem gamblers may have lower impulse-control than most catastrophic bet ever taken general population.Gambling 24/7Some steps have been taken to reduce most catastrophic bet ever taken problems gambling can cause.In recent years, campaigns have focused on fixed odds betting terminals, with most catastrophic bet ever taken maximum stake cut from £100 to £2. These machines have been described as most catastrophic bet ever taken "crack cocaine of gambling" and had made it easy for users to lose a lot of money quickly.The focus is now shifting to online and mobile gambling, which allows people to gamble 24 hours a day - often with most catastrophic bet ever taken possibility of setting up automatic bets.Extensive promotion of gambling on apps and betting websites includes sponsorship deals with famous sports players and teams supported by millions of people.Mobile gambling means individuals can easily lose large sums of money. There is also most catastrophic bet ever taken risk of children using stolen details to gamble online, with one study suggesting two-fifths of 11-16 year-olds have gambled in most catastrophic bet ever taken past year.There have also been claims that online data profiling is being used to target poorer people, who tend to spend a higher proportion of their income on gambling.One way to reduce most catastrophic bet ever taken risks could be for problem gamblers to be recognised by most catastrophic bet ever taken same algorithms used to offer rewards on gaming websites. Instead, they could be offered targeted support, and potentially have their access to these sites restricted.There are growing calls for gambling to be reframed as a public health issue, like smoking and physical inactivity, which also disproportionately affect poorer people.National campaigns about most catastrophic bet ever taken dangers of gambling, similar to those used to combat obesity and smoking, could be launched, and most catastrophic bet ever taken issue highlighted by health professionals, debt advisers and within most catastrophic bet ever taken school curriculum.In most catastrophic bet ever taken future, we may have to ask ourselves as a society whether most catastrophic bet ever taken benefits of promoting gambling outweigh most catastrophic bet ever taken harms.With most catastrophic bet ever taken Supreme Court ending a federal ban on sports betting, most catastrophic bet ever taken floodgates have opened for some, or all, of most catastrophic bet ever taken 50 states to legalize wagers on athletic events. With this brave new world of gaming, we’ll see extra focus on players, officials, spreads, lines and money, all as leagues, law enforcement and sports books try to ensure that sports gambling stays incorruptible. Good luck with that: Ever since professional sports were created, players have been betting on games and gamblers have been finding ways to infiltrate most catastrophic bet ever taken games to shift most catastrophic bet ever taken odds in their favor. Here are 11 of most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest scandals in sports gambling history.1. The Black Sox (1919 World Series): “Never before in most catastrophic bet ever taken history of America’s biggest baseball spectacle has a pennant-winning club received such a disastrous drubbing in an opening game.” So wrote The New York Times after most catastrophic bet ever taken Chicago White Sox were defeated 9-1 in Game 1 of most catastrophic bet ever taken 1919 World Series, unaware that said drubbing was most catastrophic bet ever taken result of eight players who had agreed to help throw most catastrophic bet ever taken Series for gamblers.The degree to which each player helped has been a debate for almost a century. Joe Jackson, banned for life along with seven teammates, hit .375 with a .956 OPS over most catastrophic bet ever taken eight games and didn’t make an error. “How do you explain that?” Kevin Costner correctly asks in Field of Dreams. (Jackson admitted taking money.) Others, like pitcher Eddie Cicotte and Chick Gandil (allegedly most catastrophic bet ever taken on-field mastermind) took a noticeable dive.It turns out that most catastrophic bet ever taken Sox throwing most catastrophic bet ever taken Series was most catastrophic bet ever taken worst-kept secret in baseball. Even before Game 1, most catastrophic bet ever taken baseball world was atwitter with word that most catastrophic bet ever taken fix was in but most catastrophic bet ever taken commissioner’s office was apparently content to look most catastrophic bet ever taken other way. It was until a separate case one year later that most catastrophic bet ever taken word about 1919 got out. None of most catastrophic bet ever taken Black Sox were found guilty in court (a rumor suggests that owner Charlie Comiskey and kingpin Arnold Rothstein helped disappear some key paperwork) but were banned from baseball for life.2. CCNY point shaving (1950): In 1951, 32 college basketball players from seven schools around most catastrophic bet ever taken country were caught up in a mafia-run point shaving scheme that hit four New York schools and three out-of-state teams, including Kentucky. It was a major blow for college basketball, especially considering that most catastrophic bet ever taken bulk of most catastrophic bet ever taken accused players had been on CCNY’s 1950 team, which became most catastrophic bet ever taken first (and only) team to ever win most catastrophic bet ever taken NCAA and NIT tournaments. The scandal decimated most catastrophic bet ever taken team — which rivaled most catastrophic bet ever taken Yankees and most catastrophic bet ever taken Dodgers for New York sports supremacy at most catastrophic bet ever taken time — and effectively ended most catastrophic bet ever taken school’s affiliation with big-time athletics. Despite an insistence from a holier-than-thou Adolph Rupp that his boys weren’t involved in such nefarious schemes, Kentucky was banned for a full season as well.3. Pete Rose: The all-time hit king was banned for life in 1989 for betting on games, something he adamently denied for 15 years. He finally admitted to betting while managing most catastrophic bet ever taken Reds, but insisted he never bet on baseball while he was a player. Never! A few years later, that was proven to be another lie — evidence showed that Rose bet about once a day in 1987, typically for around $2,000. Though he frequently bet on his Reds, Rose vows he never bet against his own team and, despite his flexibility with most catastrophic bet ever taken truth, this claim seems legit. No evidence has ever come out to suggest otherwise and, to be honest, it doesn’t really fit with what we know about most catastrophic bet ever taken man.4. Paul Hornung and Alex Karras: Before Pete Rose, there was Paul Hornung and Alex Karras. The former was an NFL MVP who set a league scoring record in 1960 that stood for 46 years (and is still most catastrophic bet ever taken second-highest total in history). The latter was a first-team All-Pro defensive lineman. Despite their success (or maybe because of it), Hornung and Karras routinely bet up to $500 on NFL games while associating with known gamblers. Both men were contrite (Rose should have taken note of that in 1989) and, in issuing his indefinite suspension, Rozelle took care to mention that neither player bet on or against their own teams. The suspension was dropped after a full season. Hornung was later elected to most catastrophic bet ever taken Hall of Fame and Karras starred on most catastrophic bet ever taken 1980s sitcom Webster.5. BC Goodfellas: The most notorious real-life gangster portrayed in Goodfellas didn’t go down for most catastrophic bet ever taken Lufthansa heist, whacking Billy Batts, robbery, murders or aiding and abetting Joe Pesci being called a clown. Jimmy Burke (played by Robert DeNiro in Martin Scorsese’s mob masterpiece) went to jail because Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) ratted, almost off-handedly, about a point shaving scandal involving most catastrophic bet ever taken Boston College basketball team. Hill had been arrested on various drug counts and, in his interviews, casually mentioned most catastrophic bet ever taken BC story. Once it became clear that most catastrophic bet ever taken Feds were interested in this to help bring down members of most catastrophic bet ever taken Lucchese family (remember, Al Capone went down for tax evasion), Hill asked for immunity and ratted on his friends. It had been a successful partnership, for a little. After a rocky start, most catastrophic bet ever taken syndicate began winning money on Boston College, by betting most catastrophic bet ever taken Eagles to win games but lose against most catastrophic bet ever taken spread or fail to cover a big spread in a game they wouldn’t have won anyway.6. John “Hot Rod” Williams: Before he became a beloved NBA veteran, John “Hot Rod” Williams faced jail time over a 1985 point shaving scandal at Tulane that ended up shuttering most catastrophic bet ever taken basketball program for four seasons. With a healthy mix of money, cocaine and 1980s-era bravado, five players were accused of shaving points in two games, all for a shared pot of $17,000. Williams twice went to trial – most catastrophic bet ever taken first was declared a mistrial and most catastrophic bet ever taken second ended with his acquittal on five counts. He went on to play 13 years in most catastrophic bet ever taken NBA.7. Rick Tocchet: The story of Tocchet, an NHL All-Star and Stanley Cup champion, was sordid enough. He pled guilty to involvement with a $2 million gambling ring that took bets from most catastrophic bet ever taken rich and famous. But Tocchet’s tale took an unexpected turn when most catastrophic bet ever taken name of Janet Gretzky, wife of most catastrophic bet ever taken Great One, appeared in most catastrophic bet ever taken books.8. Art Schlichter: The fourth pick of most catastrophic bet ever taken 1982 draft accrued nearly $1 million in gambling debts by most catastrophic bet ever taken end of his first year in most catastrophic bet ever taken NFL, by betting various sports including, allegedly, 10 NFL games. (Like Hornung and Karras, Schlichter was never accused of betting on his own team or using his position to influence his wagers.) Schlichter was reinstated in 1984, was out of most catastrophic bet ever taken league by 1985, never won an NFL game and has spent most catastrophic bet ever taken last 30 years in and out of jail. His latest offense — a scan selling phony tickets to sporting events — sent him to prison for a decade.9. Joe Namath: After Super Bowl III, Namath, a playboy bachelor, was most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest thing in American sports. He decided to capitalize on it by opening a night club named, cleverly, Bachelor III. Mark Kriegel wrote in his biography Namath: “[His] regulars included con men, fences, bookmakers and of course made men — exactly most catastrophic bet ever taken kind of guys you’d expect to find in a hot East Side joint.”Commissioner Pete Rozelle told Namath to sell his interest in most catastrophic bet ever taken club because of its reputation but, rather than sell, Namath retired instead. He changed his tune one month later after a meeting with Rozelle. On his way out of most catastrophic bet ever taken commissioner’s apartment, after agreeing to cut ties with his club, Namath was approached by Rozelle’s 11-year-old daughter. “Mr. Namath, I just want you to know that everyone in most catastrophic bet ever taken Rozelle family doesn’t hate you.”10. Tim Donaghy: In 2007, an FBI investigation revealed that Tim Donaghy, a longtime NBA referee, had bet on NBA games and fed information to other gamblers after falling into debt. The scandal was both a huge story and quickly faded from most catastrophic bet ever taken public consciousness, almost like sports fans want to delude themselves into thinking that everything is always on most catastrophic bet ever taken up and up.11. Northwestern: Dewey Williams and a teammate were given a brief prison sentence for their role in fixing games during most catastrophic bet ever taken 1995 season. Why gamblers didn’t trust Northwestern basketball players to simply lose games on their own, as per usual, is most catastrophic bet ever taken enduring mystery of this tale.Nuclear energy has no place in a safe, clean, sustainable future. Nuclear energy is both expensive and dangerous, and just because nuclear pollution is invisible doesn’t mean it’s clean. Renewable energy is better for most catastrophic bet ever taken environment, most catastrophic bet ever taken economy, and doesn’t come with most catastrophic bet ever taken risk of a nuclear meltdown.Greenpeace got its start protesting nuclear weapons testing back in 1971. We’ve been fighting against nuclear weapons and nuclear power ever since.High profile disasters in Chernobyl, Ukraine in 1986 and Fukushima, Japan in 2011 have raised public awareness of most catastrophic bet ever taken dangers of nuclear power. Consequently, zeal for nuclear energy has fizzled. The catastrophic risks of nuclear energy — like most catastrophic bet ever taken meltdowns of nuclear reactors in Japan or Ukraine — far outweigh most catastrophic bet ever taken potential benefits.New nuclear plants are more expensive and take longer to build than renewable energy sources like wind or solar. If we are to avoid most catastrophic bet ever taken most damaging impacts of climate change, we need solutions that are fast and affordable. Nuclear power is neither.We can do better than trading off one disaster for another. The nuclear age is over and most catastrophic bet ever taken age of renewables has begun.The Dangers of Nuclear EnergyMeltdowns like most catastrophic bet ever taken ones in Fukushima or Chernobyl released enormous amounts of radiation into most catastrophic bet ever taken surrounding communities, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate. Many of them may never come back. If most catastrophic bet ever taken industry’s current track record is any indication, we can expect a major meltdown about once per decade.The possibility of a catastrophic accident at a U.S. nuclear plant can not be dismissed.There is still no safe, reliable solution for dealing with most catastrophic bet ever taken radioactive waste produced by nuclear plants. Every waste dump in most catastrophic bet ever taken U.S. leaks radiation into most catastrophic bet ever taken environment, and nuclear plants themselves are running out of ways to store highly radioactive waste on site. The site selected to store most catastrophic bet ever taken U.S.’s radioactive waste — Yucca Mountain in Nevada — is both volcanically and seismically active.Beyond most catastrophic bet ever taken risks associated with nuclear power and radioactive waste, most catastrophic bet ever taken threat of nuclear weapons looms large. The spread of nuclear technology and nuclear weapons is a threat for national security and most catastrophic bet ever taken safety of most catastrophic bet ever taken entire planet.Nuclear Energy’s True CostsNuclear energy isn’t just bad for most catastrophic bet ever taken environment, it’s bad for our economy.Nuclear power plants are expensive to build, prompting Wall Street to call new nuclear a “bet most catastrophic bet ever taken farm” risk. Every nuclear plant under construction in most catastrophic bet ever taken United States is well behind schedule and at least $1 billion over budget.This is even before taking into account most catastrophic bet ever taken astounding cleanup and health costs caused by radioactive waste pollution and nuclear meltdowns. Cleaning up Fukushima, if ever possible, will cost at least $100 billion and could be more than double that.Why invest money in a dangerous, unsustainable form of energy when we can have clean, renewable energy for less?What We Need: No New NukesNuclear energy is diverting attention and investment from most catastrophic bet ever taken sustainable energy solutions we need. It’s time to stop building new nuclear facilities, phase out most catastrophic bet ever taken ones that exist, and focus on clean energy for most catastrophic bet ever taken future.Call it a blessing or call it a curse, but star athletes are put on a pedestal. They are regarded as above humans, their accomplishments are expected and their mistakes are scrutinized to no extent.A year and a half ago, perhaps most catastrophic bet ever taken athlete most put on a pedestal, Tiger Woods, had his own fall from grace, and one of most catastrophic bet ever taken most magnificent of them all.When it came out that he had several affairs, he received more straight headlines in most catastrophic bet ever taken newspaper than on most catastrophic bet ever taken days following 9/11 (this is true).Though it may have been most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest scandal, it is evidently not most catastrophic bet ever taken only one in sports history. A scandal in sports can be huge, and these are magnified another 10 times because of most catastrophic bet ever taken athlete's place in society and because of most catastrophic bet ever taken fact that, to many children, they are considered role models.Thus, I thought it would be amusing to look over most catastrophic bet ever taken 20 biggest scandals in sports history.Let's begin...This baseball scandal, known now simply as most catastrophic bet ever taken "Black Sox Scandal," took place during most catastrophic bet ever taken 1919 World Series, where most catastrophic bet ever taken White Sox were playing against most catastrophic bet ever taken Cincinnati Reds.It featured eight players banned for life from MLB for purposely losing games during most catastrophic bet ever taken World Series with most catastrophic bet ever taken benefit of large amounts of money.Arnold "Chick" Gandil orchestrated most catastrophic bet ever taken throwing of most catastrophic bet ever taken games, and it was he who convinced his teammates to take most catastrophic bet ever taken money as well.This scandal is most catastrophic bet ever taken story behind most catastrophic bet ever taken fantastic movie Eight Men Out and is still a common topic when discussing most catastrophic bet ever taken right of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (a player on most catastrophic bet ever taken White Sox at most catastrophic bet ever taken time whose involvement has been widely disputed) to be in most catastrophic bet ever taken Hall of Fame.Also known as "Crashgate," Nelson Piquet Jr.'s crash didn't become scandalous until a while after it occurred.In a race in 2008, Piquet had somewhat of a large crash with an opponent. It didn't seem like such a big deal, because, in Formula 1 (where Nelson raced), crashes were anything but a rarity.However, a while later, after Nelson pulled out of his team (Renault F1), allegations surfaced that most catastrophic bet ever taken crash was on purpose, solely for most catastrophic bet ever taken purpose to get Fernando Alonso a victory in most catastrophic bet ever taken race.Nelson came out and spoke to most catastrophic bet ever taken FIA and claimed that, indeed, he had been asked by his coach to stage most catastrophic bet ever taken crash.The case was intense for a while, with lots of charges from most catastrophic bet ever taken team against Piquet and vice versa. Since then, though, it has simmered down, and now Nelson is a certified NASCAR racer.Now a simple assistant coach at James Monroe High School, Danny Almonte used to be most catastrophic bet ever taken subject of much criticism.In 2001, he absolutely dominated most catastrophic bet ever taken Little League World Series. He was out of their league; unfortunately, this was literal.Amidst much speculation, it was finally revealed that Almonte was actually three years older than he should have been and claimed to be.Though this may not sound like much, it is most catastrophic bet ever taken single biggest scandal in Little League baseball history and may have cost him a career in MLB.In 2006, Floyd Landis, an American cyclist, was racing in most catastrophic bet ever taken Tour de France and was far behind in stage 16. Yet, astonishingly, he came back unbelievably in most catastrophic bet ever taken next round. This is when most catastrophic bet ever taken first speculation about doping first arose.Doping and cycling weren't synonyms back then, and it had rarely been most catastrophic bet ever taken case that any sort of steroids had been used. Yet Landis' urine samples came back three times over most catastrophic bet ever taken amount of testosterone was in his body, and it was an evident case of doping.The scandal was already large, yet it also uncovered a huge number of other cyclists who had used steroids or some other sort of performance-enhancing drug.Furthermore, Landis accused Lance Armstrong of doping, a scandal we still see present today in court.This is perhaps one of most catastrophic bet ever taken more unethical, unsportsmanlike and disgusting moments in sports history. Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan were both great ice skaters, rivals on most catastrophic bet ever taken rink evidently, but it was never suspected that they had less than full respect for each other's achievements.Yet in 1994, a man struck Kerrigan with a metal pole on her leg right before most catastrophic bet ever taken U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The video is dreadful, with her crying and screaming, obviously in an unbelievable amount of pain.It wasn't suspected at all, at first, that Harding had had anything to do with most catastrophic bet ever taken attack, and she performed in most catastrophic bet ever taken championships. Yet amid suspicion, she came out and declared that Harding, her now ex-husband and her bodyguard had conspired together and hired most catastrophic bet ever taken man to break her leg.At first, Harding was banned from skating, but after threatening to sue them, they accepted her back. In most catastrophic bet ever taken following Olympics, Harding placed eighth as most catastrophic bet ever taken rehabilitated Kerrigan secured a silver medal—a feel-good moment in sports.Sorry if most catastrophic bet ever taken picture is blurred; you can't quite see all most catastrophic bet ever taken details. Ironically, this mirrors Rosie Ruiz's Boston Marathon in 1980.At first, she was most catastrophic bet ever taken clear victor, and not by a little amount. Yet later witnesses and different testimonies and finally her admittance clarified that she had, in fact, not run most catastrophic bet ever taken course and instead taken a gigantic shortcut to finish most catastrophic bet ever taken race.Though this obviously wasn't a big sporting event compared to others, in many ways it still shocked most catastrophic bet ever taken sporting world that this could have gone unseen and that it wasn't that hard for her to do.2000 Paralympic Spanish Basketball TeamCheating at most catastrophic bet ever taken Paralympics is a disgraceful thing to do, yet I think many a fan would be astonished at how often it happens. Perhaps none were as shocking as most catastrophic bet ever taken 2000 Paralympic Spanish basketball team.The Spanish team had won most catastrophic bet ever taken gold medal in most catastrophic bet ever taken basketball tournament, and for a while it was deemed an honest and good victory. Yet a Spanish journalist revealed to most catastrophic bet ever taken managers of most catastrophic bet ever taken tournament that most of most catastrophic bet ever taken players on most catastrophic bet ever taken Spanish team had not been checked for a mental disability.In fact, after further investigation, it was revealed that 10 out of most catastrophic bet ever taken 12 players were in fact not mentally disabled; Spain had just wanted to win a gold medal.Southern Methodist University, SMU, had been found in 1986 to have had 16 years of continuously violating NCAA rules.Players had been given enormous sums of money from boosters and from most catastrophic bet ever taken college itself, and coaches and management being aware and not admitting it made matters even worse.The NCAA decided that it was too much and for most catastrophic bet ever taken only time in history gave SMU most catastrophic bet ever taken death penalty for most catastrophic bet ever taken '87 season. They weren't allowed to play any games. This did not only affect one season though; most catastrophic bet ever taken next year SMU didn't have most catastrophic bet ever taken players to form a team and sat out that season as well.In most catastrophic bet ever taken following 20 years, Southern Methodist University had one winning season.For any of you who saw most catastrophic bet ever taken New York Giants game on Monday and were convinced that they had faked injuries to stop most catastrophic bet ever taken time, I present to you an extreme case of faking an injury.During a rugby game several years ago, Tom Williams started bleeding on most catastrophic bet ever taken field from his mouth. By no measure is this rare in rugby, but accusations that it was fake blood started flooding most catastrophic bet ever taken papers.Here's most catastrophic bet ever taken whole story:Club manager Dean Richards had promised Williams a lofty increase in pay if he agreed to keep a blood capsule in his sock and insert it in his mouth and then bite upon contact to make it seem like he was bleeding, and thus stop most catastrophic bet ever taken time.The first problem ensued when, in front of live cameras and hundreds in attendance, Williams dropped most catastrophic bet ever taken capsule and had to pick it up and then start all over again.He later admitted that it was indeed a blood capsule and suffered a four-month suspension, yet luckily nowhere near most catastrophic bet ever taken four-year suspension of Richards.Pete Rose was undoubtedly one of baseball's best players of all time. Thus, he had made a lot of money. Yet he still felt most catastrophic bet ever taken need to bet, which eventually led to his demise, and to most catastrophic bet ever taken fact that he is permanently banned from MLB and most catastrophic bet ever taken Hall of Fame ballot.After years of saying most catastrophic bet ever taken accusations were senseless and false, more and more evidence piled up until, in most catastrophic bet ever taken '80s, commissioner Peter Ueberroth asked Rose to take a voluntary ban from MLB if he promised to cease investigations on how much Rose gambled.What made Rose's gambling worse was most catastrophic bet ever taken fact that was later revealed that stated he bet on Reds games while being their manager.His legacy has not been completely tarnished (he still gets unauthorized write-ups for most catastrophic bet ever taken Hall of Fame ballot every year), but his name will forever be synonymous with gambling.In most catastrophic bet ever taken picture to most catastrophic bet ever taken left, Bush is taking a free fall to most catastrophic bet ever taken ground. In many ways, that represents his football career as a whole.After completely and utterly dominating most catastrophic bet ever taken football world as most catastrophic bet ever taken USC Trojans running back, Bush was drafted No. 2 overall in most catastrophic bet ever taken NFL, and many thought he should have easily been picked No. 1. Many thought he would revolutionize most catastrophic bet ever taken position of running back as we knew it.Yet soon after most catastrophic bet ever taken draft, allegations started coming out that Bush had received more than a bit of money from boosters.It was a debate for several years before, last year, he "voluntarily" gave up his Heisman Trophy.USC's championship trophy, and wins as a whole, were taken away by most catastrophic bet ever taken NCAA for most catastrophic bet ever taken 2004-2005 season.Furthermore, Bush has never really enjoyed any success in most catastrophic bet ever taken NFL, his stats slowly diminishing season after season.Salt Lake had wanted to host most catastrophic bet ever taken Winter Olympics four straight times and was getting increasingly frustrated. It felt as if it had a perfect place and that it wasn't getting its due because other American cities had hosted years prior.In 1998, though, in most catastrophic bet ever taken bid for most catastrophic bet ever taken 2002 Winter Olympics, IOC members had a drastic change of mind, and Salt Lake won most catastrophic bet ever taken voting by a landslide. Though somewhat weird, Salt Lake City has very nice ski slopes and seemed like an ideal place, so many ignored most catastrophic bet ever taken change of minds.Yet it was later revealed that most catastrophic bet ever taken spokespeople for most catastrophic bet ever taken Salt Lake City Team had bribed several highly ranked IOC members into voting for them.The Olympics, perhaps most catastrophic bet ever taken sanctuary for all things sports, doing this left a mark on a number of people.During most catastrophic bet ever taken 1986 World Cup, Argentine Diego Maradona scored most catastrophic bet ever taken most controversial and scandalous goal in soccer history. This match was a quarterfinal encounter between Argentina and England.At 0-0 in most catastrophic bet ever taken 51st minute, Maradona, arguably most catastrophic bet ever taken greatest footballer ever, received a pass in front of goal—he proceeded to tap most catastrophic bet ever taken ball in with his hand.The ref, Tunisian Ali Bin Nasser, did not blow his whistle, and most catastrophic bet ever taken goal stood.Diego went on to score another, and Argentina won most catastrophic bet ever taken match and eventually most catastrophic bet ever taken tournament for most catastrophic bet ever taken second time in three Cups.Maradona later admitted to cheating and gave his hand most catastrophic bet ever taken name "Hand of God."Bill Belichick and most catastrophic bet ever taken Patriots seemingly have ways of always getting back to most catastrophic bet ever taken Super Bowl. Sadly, some of those ways are highly illegal.In 2007, most catastrophic bet ever taken Jets sent a complaint to most catastrophic bet ever taken commissioner of most catastrophic bet ever taken NFL, Roger Goodell, that stated most catastrophic bet ever taken Patriots had filmed their defensive coordinators' signals during a game. Goodell later spoke with most catastrophic bet ever taken Patriots, and it was found out that, indeed, most catastrophic bet ever taken Patriots had filmed their signals.Belichick explained to Goodell, and to most catastrophic bet ever taken public, how he had misinterpreted most catastrophic bet ever taken rules, but he was still docked a pretty huge $500,000.The situation's tenseness increased when it also found out they had taped a Rams practice in 2000. It went on for quite a while and in many ways was disastrous for most catastrophic bet ever taken Patriots and most catastrophic bet ever taken NFL, thus most catastrophic bet ever taken name Spygate, yet both have evidently bounced back quite well.There was a time before now, where Kobe Bryant is viewed as most catastrophic bet ever taken sage, skilled veteran of most catastrophic bet ever taken NBA, one of most catastrophic bet ever taken smarter, more mature players out there.Before, he was quite most catastrophic bet ever taken opposite. He was immature and selfish on most catastrophic bet ever taken court and regularly crossed most catastrophic bet ever taken line with celebrations and speaking about teammates to most catastrophic bet ever taken media.This immaturity sadly transcended most catastrophic bet ever taken court.In 2003, it was reported that Kobe Bryant had been arrested for sexually assaulting a hotel employee in California. If this was true, he faced probation to life.The woman refused to testify in court, so it was settled outside, but Bryant adamantly stated that, though he was married, he never assaulted her and most catastrophic bet ever taken sex was purely consensual. His wife sat next to him during this teary admittance, and it will forever be remembered as something that badly hurt his image and restored most catastrophic bet ever taken NBA's "thug" reputation.Records were falling left and right—and left and right arms were getting bigger.At first it wasn't obvious. Then it became obvious, but players, league managers and especially audience members were in denial. Then most catastrophic bet ever taken Mitchell Report came out, and it was too obvious to miss.Now, it's simply remembered (though some fear it isn't fully over) as most catastrophic bet ever taken infamous Steroid Era.Two gamblers in one picture. The difference? One confined himself to most catastrophic bet ever taken legal stages of gambling; most catastrophic bet ever taken other bet on games in which he participated.The culprit? Unless you've never followed most catastrophic bet ever taken NBA you know that Tim Donaghy, now most catastrophic bet ever taken most notorious ref in most catastrophic bet ever taken history of sports, bet on many games in which he reffed, and undoubtedly calling most catastrophic bet ever taken game according to where he had money to gain.Vick is now one of most catastrophic bet ever taken flashiest players in most catastrophic bet ever taken league, but just two years ago he was finishing off his 21-month sentence in federal prison.In 2007, Vick was implicated in a dog fighting ring scandal that had apparently been going on for five years. Numerous dogs of Vick's were killed, and many more harmed and destroyed mentally beyond belief.It was huge when Vick was arrested, and it shocked most catastrophic bet ever taken NFL world. When he was eligible to play again, his former team, most catastrophic bet ever taken Falcons, like many others, refused to take in most catastrophic bet ever taken convict.The Eagles were one of few that accepted him, and though he started as a third-stringer, he came into most catastrophic bet ever taken season as an MVP favorite.He still poses most catastrophic bet ever taken question every day amongst Eagles fans and even just general fans: Forgive and forget, or shouldn't even be playing in most catastrophic bet ever taken NFL?Speculation vs. Gambling: An OverviewSpeculation and gambling are two different actions used to increase wealth under conditions of risk or uncertainty. However, these two terms are very different in most catastrophic bet ever taken world of investing. Gambling refers to wagering money in an event that has an uncertain outcome in hopes of winning more money, whereas speculation involves taking a calculated risk in an uncertain outcome. Speculation involves some sort of positive expected return on investment—even though most catastrophic bet ever taken end result may very well be a loss. While most catastrophic bet ever taken expected return for gambling is negative for most catastrophic bet ever taken player—even though some people may get lucky and win.SpeculationSpeculation involves calculating risk and conducting research before entering a financial transaction. A speculator buys or sells assets in hopes of having a bigger potential gain than most catastrophic bet ever taken amount he risks. A speculator takes risks and knows that most catastrophic bet ever taken more risk they assume, in theory, most catastrophic bet ever taken higher their potential gain. However, they also know they may lose more than their potential gain.For example, an investor may speculate that a market index will increase due to strong economic numbers by buying one contract in one market futures contract. If their analysis is correct, they may be able to sell most catastrophic bet ever taken futures contract for more than they paid, within a short- to medium-term period. However, if they are wrong, most catastrophic bet ever taken investor can lose more than their expected risk.GamblingConverse to speculation, gambling involves a game of chance. Generally, most catastrophic bet ever taken odds are stacked against gamblers. When gambling, most catastrophic bet ever taken probability of losing an investment is usually higher than most catastrophic bet ever taken probability of winning more than most catastrophic bet ever taken investment. In comparison to speculation, gambling has a higher risk of losing most catastrophic bet ever taken investment.For example, a gambler opts to play a game of American roulette instead of speculating in most catastrophic bet ever taken stock market. The gambler only places their bets on single numbers. However, most catastrophic bet ever taken payout is only 35 to 1, while most catastrophic bet ever taken odds against them winning are 37 to 1. So if a gambler bets $2 on a single number, their potential gambling income is $70 (35*$2) but most catastrophic bet ever taken odds of them winning is approximately 1/37.Key DifferencesAlthough there may be some superficial similarities between most catastrophic bet ever taken two concepts, a strict definition of both speculation and gambling reveals most catastrophic bet ever taken principle differences between them. A standard dictionary defines speculation as a risky type of investment, where investing means to put money to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering profitable returns, especially interest or income. The same dictionary defines gambling as follows: To play at any game of chance for stakes. To stake or risk money, or anything of value, on most catastrophic bet ever taken outcome of something involving chance; bet; wager.Speculation refers to most catastrophic bet ever taken act of conducting a financial transaction that has a substantial risk of losing value but also holds most catastrophic bet ever taken expectation of a significant gain or other major value. With speculation, most catastrophic bet ever taken risk of loss is more than offset by most catastrophic bet ever taken possibility of a substantial gain or other recompense. Some market pros view speculators as gamblers, but a healthy market is made up of not only hedgers and arbitrageurs, but also speculators. A hedger is a risk-averse investor who purchases positions contrary to others already owned. If a hedger owned 500 shares of Marathon Oil but was afraid that most catastrophic bet ever taken price of oil may soon drop significantly in value, they may short sell most catastrophic bet ever taken stock, purchase a put option, or use one of most catastrophic bet ever taken many other hedging strategies.While speculation is risky, it does often have a positive expected return, even though that return may never manifest. Gambling, on most catastrophic bet ever taken other hand, always involves a negative expected return—most catastrophic bet ever taken house always has most catastrophic bet ever taken advantage. Gambling tendencies run far deeper than most people initially perceive and well beyond most catastrophic bet ever taken standard definitions. Gambling can take most catastrophic bet ever taken form of needing to socially prove one's self or acting in a way to be socially accepted, which results in taking action in a field one knows little about.Gambling in most catastrophic bet ever taken markets is often evident in people who do it mostly for most catastrophic bet ever taken emotional high they receive from most catastrophic bet ever taken excitement and action of most catastrophic bet ever taken markets. Finally, relying on emotion or a must-win attitude to create profits rather than trading in a methodical and tested system, indicates most catastrophic bet ever taken person is gambling in most catastrophic bet ever taken markets and is unlikely to succeed over most catastrophic bet ever taken course of many trades.Compete Risk Free with $100,000 in Virtual CashPut your trading skills to most catastrophic bet ever taken test with our FREE Stock Simulator. Compete with thousands of Investopedia traders and trade your way to most catastrophic bet ever taken top! Submit trades in a virtual environment before you start risking your own money. Practice trading strategies so that when you're ready to enter most catastrophic bet ever taken real market, you've had most catastrophic bet ever taken practice you need.Direct free-kicks are an art; one that needs to be honed with years of patience and practice. And yet, in truth, it's an ability that is still not fully appreciated in most catastrophic bet ever taken modern game.People write it off as a luxury as opposed to a necessity but players who can threaten from dead-ball situations on a regular basis are proof there's value in having a specialist.Placing most catastrophic bet ever taken ball into most catastrophic bet ever taken top corner from 30-yards isn't down to luck. Some of most catastrophic bet ever taken best players in Premier League history built their reputation on being able to bend most catastrophic bet ever taken ball past a goalkeeper. Just ask David Beckham.There's something special about watching a player lift a free-kick over a wall and beyond a keeper who is left grasping at thin air.Seb Larsson, Dimitri Payet, Steven Gerrard, Robin van Persie, Cristiano Ronaldo and Philippe Coutinho all wowed fans with goals of such ilk. Their set-piece ability isn't what made them most catastrophic bet ever taken players they were, or are, but it supplemented their other traits.With this in mind, we've taken a look at most catastrophic bet ever taken deadliest free-kick takers in most catastrophic bet ever taken Premier League since most catastrophic bet ever taken start of most catastrophic bet ever taken 2016/17 season. To do so we've analysed most catastrophic bet ever taken players who have taken 15 or more free-kick shots and worked out their conversion rates.One of most catastrophic bet ever taken caveats is for players to be taken into account they have to be plying their trade in most catastrophic bet ever taken Premier League, so that rules out Coutinho and Payet.There are ten players on most catastrophic bet ever taken list, but they're not necessarily ones you'd expect to see mentioned.8. David LuizThe Brazilian centre-back went from being a key player in Chelsea‘s Premier League winning side to nothing more than a squad player after a falling out with Antonio Conte.Starts in most catastrophic bet ever taken first team have been scarce since he questioned most catastrophic bet ever taken manager's tactics after a Champions League defeat to Roma but that doesn't detract from his free-kick ability.He scored a memorable goal against Liverpool last season when he caught out Simon Mignolet with some quick thinking in a monumental battle at Anfield.However, he's converted just 4.76 per cent of his free-kick attempts.7. Manuel LanziniThe West Ham United maestro has put on a show for fans at most catastrophic bet ever taken London stadium since his arrival in 2015.He's not as deadly as Payet from distance but he has scored one goal direct from a free-kick – giving him a 5.56 per cent conversion rate. It came against Leicester City and it was perfectly guided over most catastrophic bet ever taken ball and into most catastrophic bet ever taken top corner.Foxes keeper Kasper Schmeichel was rooted to most catastrophic bet ever taken spot and Hammers supporters will hope Lanzini can repeat most catastrophic bet ever taken trick in most catastrophic bet ever taken coming weeks as they battle against relegation.6. Riyad MahrezThe want-away Leicester attacker is highly skilled in several areas, including when it comes to striking shots from distance.His technical ability from dead ball situations is one of most catastrophic bet ever taken reasons Manchester City reportedly bid £65million to bring him to most catastrophic bet ever taken Etihad during most catastrophic bet ever taken winter window.He's scored one of his 14 free-kick attempts. It came against Bournemouth earlier this month when he curled most catastrophic bet ever taken ball around most catastrophic bet ever taken wall and past Asmir Begovic. The Leicester No.26 has a 7.14 per cent conversion rate.5. James Ward-ProwseWard-Prowse is a set piece specialist. His corner kicks cause havoc in most catastrophic bet ever taken penalty area and he's always a threat when lining up a free-kick.Like Mahrez, most catastrophic bet ever taken Southampton midfielder has a 7.14 per cent conversion rate. His one free-kick goal was against West Bromwich Albion. It was a whipped effort beyond Ben Foster.4. Gylfi SigurðssonThe Iceland international almost single handedly kept Swansea City up last season.He was a creative whirlwind on most catastrophic bet ever taken ball and he managed to find most catastrophic bet ever taken back of most catastrophic bet ever taken net with high frequency. He's scored two of his last 26 free-kick efforts. Both were vital.He grabbed most catastrophic bet ever taken equaliser at Old Trafford and his goal against Crystal Palace got most catastrophic bet ever taken Swans back into most catastrophic bet ever taken game in what was a relegation six-pointer.He hasn't yet scored from a free-kick for Everton and given he could be ruled out until next season, Toffees fans may have to wait a while yet to witness a Sigurðsson special first hand.3. Alexis SánchezThe Manchester United No.7 has converted 7.69 per cent of his free-kicks over most catastrophic bet ever taken past two seasons.He's yet to manage one for most catastrophic bet ever taken Red Devils but Arsenal benefitted from his ability from dead ball situations.Interestingly, though, both goals arrived early on in most catastrophic bet ever taken 2016/17 season. The Chilean needs to step up his game before he drops down most catastrophic bet ever taken list.2. Kevin De BruyneThe Belgian is arguably most catastrophic bet ever taken best midfielder in Europe but when it comes to converting free-kicks he's only second on our list.In his last 27 attempts for Pep Guardiola's side he's managed to score three, which gives him a conversion rate of 11.11 per cent.He's way clear of Sánchez but he's nowhere near most catastrophic bet ever taken man topping most catastrophic bet ever taken charts.1. Marcos AlonsoThe Chelsea wing-back isn't just a goal threat from dead ball situations. He's scored 12 goals since arriving in England at most catastrophic bet ever taken start of most catastrophic bet ever taken 2016/17 season and a quarter of them have come from free-kicks.The Spaniard, who struck most catastrophic bet ever taken post against Barcelona in midweek from a free-kick, has converted 20 per cent of his efforts in most catastrophic bet ever taken Premier League, a quite frankly incredible return.When it comes to dead ball situations there really is nobody better than Alonso in England's top flight.With this earthquake calculator, you can estimate most catastrophic bet ever taken energy release of an earthquake. We understand that enormous energy values expressed in joules are not very intuitive or informative, so we have chosen a few earthquake energy equivalents - if you've ever wondered what magnitude of earthquake an atomic bomb💣 or volcanic eruption🌋 is equivalent to, this earthquake magnitude calculator has most catastrophic bet ever taken answer. 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The strongest earthquake ever recorded - most catastrophic bet ever taken one in Chile in 1960 - was 8.6 in most catastrophic bet ever taken Richter magnitude scale, but had a moment magnitude of ~9.5.Sometimes journalists confuse earthquake measures and throw Richter's name into most catastrophic bet ever taken mix - but that is incorrect, as Richter's scale has not been used since '70, when seismologists Kanamori and Hanks developed a new measure. Moment magnitude, for now, is most catastrophic bet ever taken most reliable way of presenting most catastrophic bet ever taken relative size of an earthquake - especially for large earthquakes.To calculate most catastrophic bet ever taken moment magnitude, seismologists need to know most catastrophic bet ever taken seismic moment, M0:Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has finally ended his disastrous $1 billion bet against Herbalife.In December 2012, Ackman famously made a short bet against Herbalife, an investment that makes money when most catastrophic bet ever taken stock price falls.Ackman called most catastrophic bet ever taken nutritional supplements company a pyramid scheme that he thought would eventually go to zero. He spelled it all out in a three-hour presentation at an investment conference.The stock was trading at about $45 when Ackman first disclosed that his Pershing Square Capital Management firm was shorting Herbalife (HLF) to most catastrophic bet ever taken tune of $1 billion.Shares are now trading around $92. The stock surged 35% this year alone. And Ackman conceded in an interview with CNBC Wednesday that he's now completely exited most catastrophic bet ever taken bearish bet against Herballfe.Meanwhile, rival hedge fund manager Carl Icahn told CNBC in an interview Thursday that he has now made $1 billion from his huge purchase of Herbalife stock a few years ago.Icahn's firm owns more than a quarter of Herbalife, making it most catastrophic bet ever taken company's top shareholder.Related: Icahn and Ackman duked it out over Herbalife in epic battleIcahn and Ackman even had a famous (for financial nerds at least) argument on CNBC about Herbalife in 2013.The two traded personal barbs, with Ackman saying that "Carl Icahn unfortunately does not have a good reputation for being a handshake guy" and Icahn telling Ackman "I wouldn't invest with you if you were most catastrophic bet ever taken last man on Earth!"Ackman and Icahn buried most catastrophic bet ever taken hatchet a year later, with both men agreeing to let bygones be bygones during an investment conference in 2014.But their battle about Herbalife wound up becoming most catastrophic bet ever taken subject of a 2016 documentary called "Betting on Zero."To most catastrophic bet ever taken chagrin of Ackman and delight of Icahn and anyone else who took most catastrophic bet ever taken opposite side of Ackman's trade, it seems "Betting on $100" may be a more apt title given Herbalife's current price.From financial fraud to just running out of money, we scanned our database to identify 208 of most catastrophic bet ever taken most expensive startup flameouts in history.WHERE IS THIS DATA COMING FROM?Start your free trial todayEmailEmailWe’ve had failure on most catastrophic bet ever taken brain recently.Why? Partly because it’s a good counterbalance to most catastrophic bet ever taken typical survivorship bias-laden stories we read, and also because understanding failure is critical to most catastrophic bet ever taken algorithms underlying our product.Some of most catastrophic bet ever taken fail-related research we’ve issued includes:368 Startup Failure Post-MortemsThe Top 20 Reasons Startups FailThe 160 Biggest Product Failures Of All TimeIn this review of failure, we’ve combed through our database to find most catastrophic bet ever taken most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than most catastrophic bet ever taken total funding raised by most catastrophic bet ever taken company.As you’ll see below, most catastrophic bet ever taken reasons for failure are varied. But a few common threads do emerge, such as an inability to generate sustainable revenue, bad product-market fit, losing to competitors, and (of course) simply running out of money.WANT TO KNOW THE TOP 20 REASONS STARTUPSBut we’ve also uncovered some more uncommon — and dramatic — causes of failure, including:Financial fraudLawsuitsA most-wanted founderA global pandemicWe’ve broken down most catastrophic bet ever taken companies that failed by most catastrophic bet ever taken amount of funding they received, starting with those that failed that raised over $100M. (Ouch.) We then highlight discussions about most catastrophic bet ever taken reasons for failure based on press reports, founder post-mortems, and company statements.This post was last updated in February 2021.Total funding: $100M+Company: QuibiSelect VC investors: Goldman Sachs, NBC Universal, JPMorgan ChaseTotal disclosed funding: $1.75BQuibi Holdings LLC is shutting down a mere six months after launching its streaming service, a crash landing for a once highly touted startup that attracted some of most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest names in Hollywood and had looked to revolutionize how people consume entertainment. […]“Our failure was not for lack of trying,” founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and Chief Executive Meg Whitman said in an open letter to employees and investors. “We’ve considered and exhausted every option available to us.”Google’s dream of delivering global internet access with a fleet of balloons floating on most catastrophic bet ever taken edge of space came to an end on Thursday, as parent company Alphabet disclosed most catastrophic bet ever taken nine-year project was being closed down. […]Astro Teller, head of X, said on Thursday that, “despite most catastrophic bet ever taken team’s groundbreaking technical achievements over most catastrophic bet ever taken last nine years, most catastrophic bet ever taken road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped.” X would not comment on why its view of Loon’s commercial prospects had shifted in most catastrophic bet ever taken space of most catastrophic bet ever taken past six months.“After a year marked by Covid-19 and an increasingly difficult capital-raising environment, and following a review of most catastrophic bet ever taken market in Australia, Xinja has decided to withdraw most catastrophic bet ever taken bank account and Stash (savings) account and cease being a bank. This was an incredibly hard decision. We hope to refocus most catastrophic bet ever taken business in other areas such as our US share trading product, Dabble, should circumstances allow.”via FinextraCompany: Essential ProductsSelect VC investors: Redpoint Ventures, Playground Global, Tencent HoldingsTotal disclosed funding: $330MEssential is shutting down less than three years after most catastrophic bet ever taken startup unveiled its first smartphone. The company’s only complete product, most catastrophic bet ever taken Essential Phone, sold poorly and received mixed reviews. A follow-up phone was canceled, and a number of other promised devices — like a smart home assistant and operating system — never materialized.via The VergeCompany: ScaleFactorSelect VC investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Coatue ManagementTotal disclosed funding: $104MThough most catastrophic bet ever taken pandemic may have been a death knell, ScaleFactor was on rocky ground long before, Forbes found. Technology startups are often rewarded for a “fake it ‘til you make it” mentality by venture capital firms willing to throw money at a product until it meets expectations. But ScaleFactor used aggressive sales tactics and prioritized chasing capital instead of building software that ultimately fell far short of what it promised, according to interviews with 15 former employees and executives. When customers fled, executives tried to obscure most catastrophic bet ever taken real damage.via ForbesCompany: LeSportsSelect VC investors: HNA Capital, Caissa Travel, Zhongtai Securities, Fortune LinkTotal disclosed funding: $1.7BThe Hong Kong-based sports streaming arm of cash-starved mainland Chinese conglomerate LeEco closed on Thursday night because of overdue rent. LeSports HK confirmed its shutdown amid other problems – most catastrophic bet ever taken Consumer Council revealed it also received 30 subscription-related complaints against most catastrophic bet ever taken troubled company.via South China Morning PostCompany: SingulexSelect VC investors: OrbiMed Advisors, Fisk Ventures, Prolog Ventures, Advantage Capital, GE CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $219MDuring a two-week jury trial held in Charleston, South Carolina, most catastrophic bet ever taken government introduced evidence that [HDL and Singulex] paid physicians remuneration disguised as processing and handling fees… for each patient they referred to two blood testing laboratories: Health Diagnostics Laboratory Inc. (HDL), of Richmond, Virginia; and Singulex Inc., of Alameda, California.The government also introduced evidence that most catastrophic bet ever taken kickback scheme resulted in physicians referring patients to HDL and Singulex for medically unnecessary tests, which were then billed to federal health care programs.via US Department of JusticeCompany: Tink Labs (hi Inc.)Select VC investors: SoftBank Group, FIH Mobile (Foxconn subsidiary), Sinovation VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $125MInterviews conducted by most catastrophic bet ever taken FT with several former employees have painted a picture of an organisation that pursued growth too aggressively, falling back to earth when its profits did not meet its vision. [Founder] Terence Kwok declined to comment on “potential ongoing labour disputes” or “business transaction details” in terms of outstanding bills. “I am trying to do what I can, but a lot of things are now out of my hands,” he said.via Financial TimesCompany: uBiomeSelect VC investors: 8VC, Y Combinator, Dentsu VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $110MThe company’s cofounders have resigned, it faces law enforcement scrutiny over its billing practices, it’s currently in bankruptcy proceedings, and it filed a motion Tuesday to move from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which would mean liquidating its assets and shutting down.via ForbesCompany: BeequickSelect VC investors: Sequoia Capital China, Eastern Bell Capital, Tiantu CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $110MAccording to media reports, Beequick has now moved out of its original office space, and most catastrophic bet ever taken app has been removed from major app stores such as Apple and Xiaomi. It is suspected to be out of service. At most catastrophic bet ever taken same time, most catastrophic bet ever taken owner of Beequick has also received a formal notice of suspension. This community convenience store [startup], which once set off most catastrophic bet ever taken Online-to-Offline wave, has ended.via 36Kr (article translated from Mandarin; lightly edited for clarity)Company: AnkiSelect VC investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Two Sigma VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $205MIt is with a heavy heart to inform you that Anki has ceased product development and we are no longer manufacturing robots. To our partners and customers, thank you for all your support and joining us on this journey to bring robotics and AI out of research labs and into your homes.via AnkiCompany: Roadstar.ai | Drive Future MobilitySelect VC investors: CMB International Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group, Vision Plus CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $128MIn an announcement published on WeChat in late January, Tong and Heng announced they had fired Zhou, accusing him of receiving kickbacks during fundraising, deliberately hiding codes, and putting false data into a government regulatory report.via Synced ReviewCompany: Panda TVSelect VC investors: Bright Stone, HanFor Holdings, Woken Asset ManagementTotal disclosed funding: $194MPanda TV announced that most catastrophic bet ever taken company was in a potential bankruptcy, posting an image of its panda mascot facing a sunset, alongside most catastrophic bet ever taken word “Bye.” The reasons behind this bankruptcy have not yet been officially published.via Esports ObserverCompany: Seven Dreamers LaboratoriesSelect VC investors: Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions, Daiwa House Group, KKRTotal disclosed funding: $104MClearly, most catastrophic bet ever taken product was too ambitious. Seven Dreamers had planned a simpler, but still potentially-impressive version that merely folded and sorted clothes. The first-gen model still required a complex combination of robotics, image analysis and artificial intelligence to achieve its goals, however.via EngadgetCompany: ArrivoSelect VC investors: Plug and Play Ventures, Trucks VCTotal disclosed funding: $1BFuturistic transportation startup Arrivo shut down its operations this week, The Verge has learned. All of most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s 30 or so employees were furloughed in late November, with about half being completely laid off at most catastrophic bet ever taken end of that month … Now, most catastrophic bet ever taken Los Angeles startup is shutting down because it hasn’t been able to secure new funding, these people say. Remaining employees were informed Friday via text messages seen by The Verge, or by phone.via The VergeCompany: AiwujiwuSelect VC investors: GGV Capital, Temasek Holdings, Gaorong CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $305MWhile no official statement has been made, most catastrophic bet ever taken former unicorn’s website appears to be inactive:Aiwujiwu, most catastrophic bet ever taken Chinese online property listings platform and “unicorn,” had ceased regular operations as of most catastrophic bet ever taken end of January 2019, according to mainland news reports. The company is in a liquidation phase, and services are no longer available on its website (http://www.iwjw.com) and app.via SinoInsiderCompany: MuncherySelect VC investors: Greycroft Partners, Menlo Ventures, Sherpa CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $117MAs a player in most catastrophic bet ever taken increasingly crowded food delivery space, Munchery writes:Today, with heavy heart, we’re announcing that Munchery is closing its doors and ending operations effective immediately. Any outstanding orders with Munchery will be cancelled and refunded. Please allow 2-3 business days for these refunds to process.via MuncheryCompany: SolyndraSelect VC investors: Redpoint Ventures, US Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $1.22BEven industry heavyweights such as China’s Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd and U.S.-based First Solar Inc are struggling with dwindling profits, while small, up-and-coming solar companies are finding it increasingly difficult to stay afloat.Solyndra said it was evaluating options, including a sale of most catastrophic bet ever taken business and licensing its copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) technology.via ReutersCompany: JawboneSelect VC investors: Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersTotal disclosed funding: $929.9MIn July 2017, device maker Jawbone became one of most catastrophic bet ever taken most spectacular failures in most catastrophic bet ever taken history of startups.The company’s announcement that it was selling off its assets was long coming: despite grabbing $930M in funding during its 17-year lifespan, Jawbone failed to hold on to significant market share for its line of headsets, fitness trackers, and wireless speakers.With its demise, Jawbone become most catastrophic bet ever taken second-costliest VC-backed startup failure of all time (per CB Insights’ 2017 Hardware Failure report).Company: Abound SolarSelect VC investors: Technology Partners, DCM Ventures, BP Alternative Energy VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $614MAbound Solar was most catastrophic bet ever taken manufacturer of cadium telluride thin-film photovoltaic modules for solar panels. During its run, most catastrophic bet ever taken company received support from institutions like Colorado State University and most catastrophic bet ever taken National Science Foundation.In addition to its VC investors, most catastrophic bet ever taken startup was heavily backed by a loan from most catastrophic bet ever taken US Department of Defense and a grant from most catastrophic bet ever taken US Department of Energy. With $614M in Total disclosed funding when it went under in 2012, most catastrophic bet ever taken company is most catastrophic bet ever taken third-costliest startup failure in our database.Company: TheranosSelect VC investors: BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Rupert Murdoch, WalgreensTotal disclosed funding: $500MTheranos is going out with barely a whisper. Once heralded as a revolutionary new way to conduct a blood test to detect myriad diseases, all with a single finger prick, most catastrophic bet ever taken company is making preparations to close its operations, according to a letter sent to shareholders.“We are now out of time,” David Taylor, most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s chief executive and general counsel, informed investors in an email first reported on Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal, whose in-depth investigation unraveled most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s claims. Mr. Taylor declined to comment further, saying most catastrophic bet ever taken letter spoke for itself.Theranos’s efforts are now focused on avoiding bankruptcy.via The New York TimesCompany: ReVision OpticsSelect VC investors: InterWest Partners, Canaan Partners, Domain Associates, ProQuest InvestmentsTotal disclosed funding: $172MReVision Optics developed an implantable corneal device to treat presbyopia, a vision condition which results in most catastrophic bet ever taken loss of most catastrophic bet ever taken eyes’ ability to focus on nearby objects.In an interview with OIS Weekly, ReVision president and CEO John Kilcoyne called most catastrophic bet ever taken presbyopia segment “very challenging.” He said most catastrophic bet ever taken reason for shuttering ReVision was that most catastrophic bet ever taken company “could not get most catastrophic bet ever taken business to grow fast enough.” The firm would have needed significantly more capital to achieve positive cash flow, and most catastrophic bet ever taken investors … were reluctant to put more money in.Corneal inlays may yet find their place in ophthalmologists’ business models, but as of now they require more time and effort in a practice than either refractive or cataract surgery, which typically involve most catastrophic bet ever taken operation itself and one follow-up visit. “Ophthalmic surgeons do not want to keep seeing their patients,” Kilcoyne said.via OISCompany: WongaSelect VC investors: 83North, The Accelerator GroupTotal disclosed funding: $158.4MWhile most catastrophic bet ever taken company received a £10m emergency cash infusion earlier this month, it also saw a new rise in compensation claims, with one source saying that complaints had risen 80 percent since most catastrophic bet ever taken funds were received. Each complaint costs Wonga £550 in fees before any compensation is even issued, which is more than most catastrophic bet ever taken lender’s average loan size.After admitting its algorithmic technology had been lending money to people who couldn’t pay it back, Wonga agreed to write off most catastrophic bet ever taken loans of 330,000 customers, as well as waive most catastrophic bet ever taken interest and fees for an additional 45,000. The company was also censured by most catastrophic bet ever taken FCA for sending fake lawyers’ letters to customers in arrears, which led to most catastrophic bet ever taken company being forced to pay out a further £2.6 million in compensation.via PYMNTS and most catastrophic bet ever taken Financial TimesCompany: BeepiSelect VC investors: SAIC Motor, Foundation Capital, Gil Penchina, Redpoint VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $147.7MRiding on most catastrophic bet ever taken hype of transportation startups and marketplaces, Beepi may have raised too much, too soon. “They were running most catastrophic bet ever taken business to raise money, and then to get someone else to take it on,” was how one person described it.One investor in most catastrophic bet ever taken startup said that most catastrophic bet ever taken founders were too aggressive in pushing for higher valuations. Indeed, co-founder Alejandro Resnik, most catastrophic bet ever taken CEO, told most catastrophic bet ever taken WSJ in 2015 that it was looking to raise a “monster round” of $300 million at a $2 billion valuation to fuel its national expansion.via TechCrunchCompany: AOptix TechnologiesSelect VC investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lehman Brothers, Clearstone Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $107.9MLong-time Free-Space Optics (FSO) player AOptix has shut up shop and is selling off its assets at auction next week… most catastrophic bet ever taken company is currently trying to shop around its intellectual property.A source tells Light Reading that AOptix’s hybrid radio-FSO units were expensive, selling for up to $80,000 a link. Carriers in most catastrophic bet ever taken US and beyond are looking at wireless backhaul as alternative to fiber, but most catastrophic bet ever taken expectation is that it should be cheaper and easier to install as well.via Light ReadingCompany: DEFY MediaSelect VC investors: ABS Capital Partners, ZM Capital, Wellington ManagementTotal disclosed funding: $100M“Regretfully, Defy Media has ceased operations today,” most catastrophic bet ever taken company said in a statement released Tuesday evening. “We are extremely proud of what we accomplished here at Defy and in particular want to thank all most catastrophic bet ever taken employees who worked here. We deeply regret most catastrophic bet ever taken impact that this has had on them today… Unfortunately, market conditions got in most catastrophic bet ever taken way of us completing our mission.”via VarietyCompany: Primary DataSelect VC investors: Battery Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Accel, Pelion Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $103MAccording to a trusted source close to most catastrophic bet ever taken company, Primary Data’s problem from most catastrophic bet ever taken outset was that its technology was never quite as compelling as it needed to be, given that it was trying to sell mission-critical software. (If it’s not up to snuff, data virtualization software can create challenges with manageability, usability, data quality and performance.)Immediately upon joining Primary Data, [former CEO] Lance Smith realized that its burn rate was out of control, particularly for a company with no revenue. But while most catastrophic bet ever taken processes Smith instituted helped, they didn’t change most catastrophic bet ever taken fact that Fortune 500 companies weren’t prepared to buy Primary Data’s technology.via TechCrunchCompany: GuveraSelect VC investors: AMMA Private InvestmentTotal disclosed funding: $102.6MAustralian music streaming company Guvera has reportedly stopped operating, with its co-founder and biggest financial backer walking away from most catastrophic bet ever taken project. The startup, which was established in 2008, privately raised $185 million before its $100 million initial public offering was blocked by most catastrophic bet ever taken Australian Securities Exchange last year.Guvera’s IPO prospectus was widely criticised and most catastrophic bet ever taken company was forced to issue an updated version with 45 amendments after scrutiny from most catastrophic bet ever taken Australian Securities and Investments Commission. The company had lost $81 million in most catastrophic bet ever taken 2016 financial year with revenue of just $1.2 million.via Business InsiderCompany: ChaChaSelect VC investors: Qualcomm Ventures, Rho Ventures, VantagePoint Capital PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $108MAdvertising revenue declined sharply [2016], leaving most catastrophic bet ever taken company unable to service its debt, and no suitors took a bite. So its secured lender, which [founder Scott] Jones didn’t name, recently emptied ChaCha’s bank accounts.“We sold some assets, but not enough to sufficiently cover all of our obligations,” Jones said in an email Monday morning. “Unfortunately, our debtholders and shareholders, including me, will be writing off their investment.”via Indianapolis Business JournalCompany: Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for YouSelect VC investors: Amazon, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, MaveronTotal disclosed funding: $157M[Walgreen’s wants] to make sure they can invest more of most catastrophic bet ever taken equity in Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You. Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You and Beauty Products | Walgreens are distractions.via Wall Street JournalAt most catastrophic bet ever taken end of most catastrophic bet ever taken day, it’s about getting new customers, increasing most catastrophic bet ever taken frequency of transactions and increasing transaction sizes. When I see most catastrophic bet ever taken retirement of these two domain names, I see a play (for Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You) in all those spaces.via Chicago TribuneCompany: Mode MediaSelect VC investors: Accel Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Greycroft PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $229M“The general consensus of most catastrophic bet ever taken employee base is that there was mismanagement of finances,” said one former company executive…The day after most catastrophic bet ever taken shutdown announcement, one Mode manager of an overseas office described receiving frantic emails from headquarters requesting immediate transfer of all funds and assets back to most catastrophic bet ever taken US.“It was most catastrophic bet ever taken most unprofessional, unethical experience imaginable. [A] confirmed catastrophe,” another exec said about most catastrophic bet ever taken shutdown. “It’s so catastrophically unethical. No one can believe it.”via Business InsiderCompany: Next Step LivingSelect VC investors: Black Coral Capital, Braemar Energy Ventures, VantagePoint Capital PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $100.8MThe firm intended to provide a missing channel for residential energy services leveraging its core energy-audit business. At one point Next Step Living had more than 800 employees and was generating more than $100 million in annual revenue.In order to spur revenue, most catastrophic bet ever taken company moved into downstream energy services such as solar installation and insulation installation and found itself in a low-margin business with a high rate of cash burn. The company also found itself confronted by conflicting energy program mandates and regulations.By most catastrophic bet ever taken time NSL tried to return to its core home energy audit skills and jettison its downstream installation businesses, many of most catastrophic bet ever taken VC investors had chosen to stop investing in NSL, despite their earlier entreaties for growth at all costs.via GreenTech MediaCompany: AirwareSelect VC investors: Andreessen Horowitz, GE Ventures, Google Ventures, Intel Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersTotal disclosed funding: $101MIt appears [Airware] wasn’t able to raise necessary funding to save most catastrophic bet ever taken company or secure an acquisition from one of its strategic partners like Catepillar.Airware will serve as cautionary tale of startup overspending in hopes of finding product-market fit. Had it been more frugal, saved cash to extend its runway, and given corporate clients more time to figure out how to use drones, Airware might have stayed afloat. Sometimes, even having most catastrophic bet ever taken most prestigious investors can’t save a startup from mismanagement.via TechCrunchCompany: AwarePointSelect VC investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Leaf Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $100.9MAwarepoint executives and board members could not be reached to comment on a recent tip from a former Awarepoint employee, who asked to remain anonymous and who said most catastrophic bet ever taken company had unexpectedly shut down. A separate tip, sent to me Tuesday by direct message on Twitter from a pseudonym, said most catastrophic bet ever taken company shut down on May 24. CEO Tim Roche did not respond to a voice message left on his office phone or to an e-mail. Awarepoint’s offices on most catastrophic bet ever taken second floor of most catastrophic bet ever taken One America Plaza building in downtown San Diego were locked Wednesday afternoon, and a building representative said most catastrophic bet ever taken company was gone.via XconomyCompany: KiORSelect VC investors: Khosla Ventures, Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Artis Capital ManagementTotal disclosed funding: $252.9MDifferent parties disagree about which side was responsible — Khosla Ventures or [chemical engineer Paul] O’Connor and most catastrophic bet ever taken CEO — but most agree that KiOR made poor hiring decisions as it staffed up. The result was a relative preponderance of lab researchers with Ph.D.s and a dearth of people with technical, operational experience running energy facilities. The lack of people with real operational experience “hurt KiOR a lot,” says O’Connor.via FortuneCompany: Aquion EnergySelect VC investors: Bill Gates, CapX Partners, Constellation Technology VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $196.6MCompany CEO, Scott Pearson, commented: “Creating a new electrochemistry and an associated battery platform at commercial scale is extremely complex, time-consuming, and very capital intensive. Despite our best efforts to fund most catastrophic bet ever taken company and continue to fuel our growth, most catastrophic bet ever taken Company has been unable to raise most catastrophic bet ever taken growth capital needed to continue operating as a going concern.”via CleantechnicaCompany: QuixeySelect VC investors: Alibaba Group, Atlantic Bridge Capital, GGV CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $164.2MQuixey, which revealed last month it was ‘exploring strategic options,’ has reportedly shut down… in part due to its inability to repay a loan provided by a shareholder, e-commerce firm Alibaba. (Read most catastrophic bet ever taken Axios report here.)via Global Corporate VenturingCompany: QuirkySelect VC investors: RRE Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Andreessen HorowitzTotal disclosed funding: $185.3MSteering most catastrophic bet ever taken ship — handling all of most catastrophic bet ever taken engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and retailing, even when you’re taking 90 percent of most catastrophic bet ever taken subsequent profits — was ultimately too expensive of a proposition, especially in comparison to other, less-handholding-oriented start-ups. “The reason why Kickstarter makes a ton of money is they don’t have to do anything besides put up a website,” [founder Ben] Kaufman notes.via New York MagazineCompany: Powa TechnologiesSelect VC investors: Wellington Management, Otto GroupTotal disclosed funding: $176.3M + at least $50M of debtThe chief executive’s downbeat tone was a stark contrast to an optimistic tone last year. “I’ve forced you to hold out your nerve because I asked you to and I’ve taken you through that, but we’re past that point and now it’s all sunshine and light,” he said in a staff video.In a meeting with most catastrophic bet ever taken Financial Times last April, [Dan] Wagner compared himself to John Rockefeller, most catastrophic bet ever taken US business magnate who dominated most catastrophic bet ever taken oil and rail industries in most catastrophic bet ever taken 19th century. He believed Powa would set down mobile payments infrastructure that would be just as revolutionary.“What we’re building here is most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest tech company in living memory,” he said in his offices in Heron Tower, a skyscraper in most catastrophic bet ever taken heart of most catastrophic bet ever taken City of London. A person with knowledge of most catastrophic bet ever taken matter said that Powa could be paying as much as £2.5m a year.via Financial TimesCompany: Lilliputian SystemsSelect VC investors: Kleiner Perkins, Atlas Venture, Intel CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $150.4MThe Nectar system had its roots at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Lab — and may have simply left most catastrophic bet ever taken lab a few years too early.via Beta BostonCompany: RdioSelect VC investors: Atomico, Mangrove Capital PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $117.5M“Rdio, I guess, made most catastrophic bet ever taken mistake of trying to be sustainable too early,” says [early employee Wilson] Miner. “That classic startup mistake of worrying about being profitable and having a business that makes any sense before you’ve reached this astronomical growth curve. Which is partly most catastrophic bet ever taken trap of most catastrophic bet ever taken business model itself — because of most catastrophic bet ever taken content licensing deals, most catastrophic bet ever taken margins for most catastrophic bet ever taken business were so incredibly thin. No matter what we did, most catastrophic bet ever taken labels made most catastrophic bet ever taken lion’s share of most catastrophic bet ever taken revenue. You have to make it up with extreme volume, which is why you see Spotify going after every human being in most catastrophic bet ever taken world.”via The VergeCompany: OnLiveSelect VC investors: Lauder Partners, Time Warner InvestmentsTotal disclosed funding: $116.5MFirst there were doubts about its ability to deliver a lag-free experience, then business troubles led to a form of bankruptcy followed by big layoffs and a buyout, and all sorts of uncertainty after that.via KotakuCompany: CoraidSelect VC investors: Azure Capital Partners, Menlo VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $114.3MIts U.S. operations and had not been successful in raising new funding, among other things. A CRN report earlier this month said most catastrophic bet ever taken company was closing up for good and was filing for bankruptcy.via Venture BeatCompany: TerrallianceSelect VC investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Goldman Sachs, DAG VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $296.3M“All told, most catastrophic bet ever taken investors had sunk nearly half-a-billion dollars into Terralliance, an astounding sum given most catastrophic bet ever taken audacity of most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s aspirations — and most catastrophic bet ever taken paucity of its accomplishments.”via FortuneCompany: Webvan GroupSelect VC investors: Sequoia Capital, Softbank CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $275.2M“They spent so much money on all this infrastructure, which was basically part of their business model,” [stock analyst David] Kathman said. “But what they hoped was going to be their advantage turned out to be their downfall. They got big fast, but size turned out to be an albatross when most catastrophic bet ever taken demand wasn’t there.”One reason demand fell short was that Webvan wasn’t as convenient as it billed itself, Kathman said.via SFGateCompany: Better PlaceSelect VC investors: VantagePoint Capital Partners, Lend Lease VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $675.3MThe bet was risky because it required large geographies — indeed, entire nations — to adopt most catastrophic bet ever taken technology in order for it to scale successfully. The company chose small countries like Israel and Denmark to test its model, but most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s upfront costs kept mounting, and it kept delaying debuts. Also, a number of competing electric car efforts, including most catastrophic bet ever taken venture by new company Tesla but also by most catastrophic bet ever taken Big 3 and other manufacturers, kept most catastrophic bet ever taken industry from adopting any one standard.via VentureBeatCompany: Amp’d MobileSelect VC investors: Highland Capital Partners, Columbia Capital, Redpoint VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $324.5MMaybe it was Verizon’s most recent in-court request to stop serving up costly airwaves for which it couldn’t pay, maybe it was most catastrophic bet ever taken cold reality that it’ll allegedly have a mere $9,000 in most catastrophic bet ever taken bank as of next Monday — but at any rate, Amp’d Mobile appears ready to throw in most catastrophic bet ever taken towel.via EngadgetCompany: Page Loading...Make Money from Home with Cash Gifting System TodaySelect VC investors: Alloy Ventures, Walden Venture CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $133.8MIn a statement posted on most catastrophic bet ever taken site, most catastrophic bet ever taken company said most catastrophic bet ever taken move was taken because “most catastrophic bet ever taken advertising and capital markets have changed so fundamentally that it is now impossible to continue our infomediary incentive programs and benefits.”… The company saw traffic to its Web site drop significantly during most catastrophic bet ever taken last six months of 2000. In June, most catastrophic bet ever taken site was drawing visitors 2 million visitors each month, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. That number dropped to less than 600,000 by December.via San Francisco Business TimesCompany: Warehouse Club 2.0. Stock up & Save moneySelect VC investors: Oak Investment Partners, Flatiron PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $256.5MIf making money on operations was a near impossibility, Kozmo seemed perpetually on most catastrophic bet ever taken precipice of tapping into most catastrophic bet ever taken public equity markets. Meanwhile, it floated other plans, like starting a print catalogue and delivering for local retailers. But then they discovered that other retailers had their own deliverymen.via ForbesCompany: eToysSelect VC investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Sequoia CapitalTotal disclosed funding: Undisclosed, but raised $166.4M at IPOThe company also said it was on most catastrophic bet ever taken verge of being delisted from most catastrophic bet ever taken Nasdaq stock exchange. The exchange sent a notice to eToys, threatening to remove most catastrophic bet ever taken company by May 2 because it has failed to maintain at least a $1 share price for 30 consecutive days, according to Gary Gerdemann, spokesman for eToys.The events were not a complete surprise, given that company executives had cautioned late last year that eToys had only enough cash to remain open through March.via The New York TimesCompany: Caspian NetworksSelect VC investors: New Enterprise Associates, US Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $260MFirst core routing. Then P2P networking. Then net neutrality. Investors apparently put most catastrophic bet ever taken kibosh on most catastrophic bet ever taken company before it crow-barred itself into another communications fad.via Light ReadingCompany: Pay By TouchSelect VC investors: Mobius Venture Capital, Rembrandt Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $130MDespite those early customers, processing fingerprint payments has not taken off as expected. Pay By Touch claims that it has fingerprint scanners in 3,000 stores, but most catastrophic bet ever taken privately held company has never disclosed how many transactions it processes. For millions of consumers accustomed to using credit and debit cards, most catastrophic bet ever taken proposition of using a fingerprint hasn’t been all that appealing. “It’s hard to fight most catastrophic bet ever taken credit-card companies,” says Gartner (IT) analyst Avivah Litan. “Consumers are so used to racking up frequent-flier miles and other rewards that it’s like a David vs. Goliath situation. There’s just not much of a value proposition for most catastrophic bet ever taken consumer to use a fingerprint.”via Bloomberg BusinessweekCompany: RealNames CorporationSelect VC investors: Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Clearstone Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $116.2MRealNames said it had no choice to but to close operations as Microsoft was its primary distribution partner. Microsoft was owed $25 million for RealNames “resolutions” already delivered over most catastrophic bet ever taken past two years and remained unwilling to bet that RealNames would become successful in most catastrophic bet ever taken long-term. In addition, Microsoft expressed concerns about most catastrophic bet ever taken quality of RealNames keywords that were sold.The bad guy in all of this is clear: Microsoft, at least when reading most catastrophic bet ever taken commentary posted on most catastrophic bet ever taken weblog run by RealNames founder and former CEO Keith Teare, as well as comments he’s made to most catastrophic bet ever taken press.via Search Engine WatchCompany: Hostels Worldwide - Online Hostel Bookings, Ratings and ReviewsSelect VC investors: Arts AllianceTotal disclosed funding: $135M“The firm mis-timed and failed to execute on a good idea,” Torris said. “They started by keeping most of their target audience out,” she added, referring to most catastrophic bet ever taken need for high-speed connections to easily use most catastrophic bet ever taken site.Torris said Hostels Worldwide - Online Hostel Bookings, Ratings and Reviews also spent too much on advertising and promotions and failed to keep pushing forward on technology innovations. She pointed out that sites such as Lands' End: Turtlenecks, Sweaters, Winter Coats, Pajamas now feature similar “try on” technology and that third party vendors have begun to develop similar Web sites.via eCommerce TimesCompany: Savaje TechnologiesSelect VC investors: VantagePoint Venture Partners, RRE VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $113.7MNow most catastrophic bet ever taken company is close to closing its doors as it seeks additional funding from venture capitalists. The company, which employs about 140 people, had furloughed its developers and some other employees early in October, asking them to use up their vacation time or go on unpaid leave while Savaje moved to find its way out of its financial troubles.via eWeekCompany: Pet Supplies, Accessories and Products OnlineSelect VC investors: Hummer Winblad Partners, Bowman CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $110MAlmost from most catastrophic bet ever taken start, Pet Supplies, Accessories and Products Online was a losing proposition, despite its backers’ talk about how much money consumers lavish on their pets. Many pet supplies are heavy and costly to ship – cat litter, cans of dog food – and most catastrophic bet ever taken firm couldn’t sell enough higher-profit items such as pet toys. Moreover, to attract customers, most catastrophic bet ever taken company depended heavily on discounts, said Jupiter Communications analyst Heather Dougherty. As a result, most catastrophic bet ever taken firm was selling supplies below cost most catastrophic bet ever taken entire time.via The Wall Street JournalCompany: Cereva NetworksSelect VC investors: Oak Investment Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Goldman SachsTotal disclosed funding: $109.5MA victim of swiftly shrinking corporate IT budgets and a sharp drop in demand for most catastrophic bet ever taken startup’s large-scale enterprise storage systems, most catastrophic bet ever taken Marlborough, MA.-based company last week abruptly shut down and laid off 140 employees.via DSstarCompany: COPAN SystemsSelect VC investors: Globespan Capital Partners, Austin VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $108.4MThe COPAN product was well differentiated. The weakness was their not understanding, focusing and exploiting its sweet spot. A consequence of an incomplete or erroneous market understanding and a sole reliance on most catastrophic bet ever taken internal body of experience and knowledge.via http://Toolbox.comCompany: CalxedaSelect VC investors: Battery Ventures, Flybridge Capital PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $103MARM server chip designer Calxeda has shut down as one of its executives told The Register: “We simply ran out of money.”via The RegisterTotal funding: $75M — $100MCompany: GoBearSelect VC investors: Walvis Participaties, AegonTotal disclosed funding: $97MIn a statement, most catastrophic bet ever taken fintech firm said Covid-19 has made most catastrophic bet ever taken operating and fundraising environment “very challenging,” despite most catastrophic bet ever taken firm having made progress in its growth and transformation plans last year.The factors included a prolonged period of weakened demand for some financial products and services, in particular travel insurance.Its chief executive Adrian Chng said: “GoBear has made most catastrophic bet ever taken difficult decision to close most catastrophic bet ever taken business. Our purpose has been to improve most catastrophic bet ever taken financial health of people across Asia, and I’m proud and grateful for most catastrophic bet ever taken contributions that all our employees and partners have made towards that mission.”via The Straits TimesCompany: Aura FinancialSelect VC investors: FirstMark Capital, Varadero Capital, Revolution VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $82M + $264M of debtHit hard by most catastrophic bet ever taken pandemic-induced recession, most catastrophic bet ever taken consumer lender Aura Financial has suspended its operations.“When most catastrophic bet ever taken pandemic first hit, Aura was on most catastrophic bet ever taken verge of closing new financing on its final march to profitability. However, suddenly, all capital dried up as most catastrophic bet ever taken uncertainty of how our low-income, mostly Latino customer base would recover from a pandemic that disproportionately impacted their jobs, health, and finances intimidated investors,” [co-founder James Gutierrez] wrote.via American BankerCompany: JumpshotSelect VC investors: Avast Software, AscentialTotal disclosed funding: $83MOur investigation found that Avast, through a subsidiary called Jumpshot, made millions of dollars following its users around most catastrophic bet ever taken internet. Jumpshot told its clients, which include Microsoft, Google, McKinsey, Pepsi, Home Depot, Yelp, and many others that it could track “every search. Every click. Every buy. On every site.”Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek wrote in a public letter Thursday morning that he and most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s board of directors have decided to “terminate most catastrophic bet ever taken Jumpshot data collection and wind down Jumpshot’s operations, with immediate effect.”via ViceCompany: AtriumSelect VC investors: Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Y CombinatorTotal disclosed funding: $76MJustin Kan’s hybrid legal software and law firm startup Atrium is shutting down today after failing to figure out how to deliver better efficiency than a traditional law firm, most catastrophic bet ever taken CEO tells TechCrunch exclusively. The startup has now laid off all its employees, which totaled just over 100. It will return some of its $75.5 million in funding to investors, including Series B lead Andreessen Horowitz. The separate Atrium law firm will continue to operate.via TechCrunchCompany: Sienna BiopharmaceuticalsSelect VC investors: Fidelity Investments, Altitude Life Science Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Partner Fund ManagementTotal disclosed funding: $86MThe company, founded in 2010, had hoped to sell itself and restructure but didn’t receive any bids for most catastrophic bet ever taken whole company. It sold its topical photoparticle therapy assets to Sebacia, a dermatology company, for $1.7 million.via Becker’s Hospital ReviewCompany: LesaraSelect VC investors: Mangrove Capital Partners, Northzone Ventures, 3L CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $99MLesara, which was an online fashion retailer, stated on its website:We regret to inform you that most catastrophic bet ever taken Lesara Online Store has closed. Rest assured, we will do our best to fulfill orders that have been placed. Orders placed before 28th February will have a return policy of 30 days.via LesaraCompany: JuiceroSelect VC investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Thrive CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $99.9MOn Sept. 1, as many U.S. businesses closed early for most catastrophic bet ever taken Labor Day holiday weekend, Juicero Inc. — a lavishly funded startup that once sold a $699 Wi-Fi-connected juice press — announced it was shutting down forever.Juicero’s demise was not unexpected. Its collapse was most catastrophic bet ever taken consequence of unsustainable costs, unflattering headlines and a bungled product launch. After attracting about $134 million in funding from such illustrious investors as Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Juicero was losing about $4 million a month. Four years after its founding, most catastrophic bet ever taken startup was unable to find new backers willing to fund its ambition of making fresh juice accessible to all.via BloombergCompany: AuctionataSelect VC investors: German Startups Group, Bright Capital, e.ventures, Earlybird Venture CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $97.4MAuctionata has been in decline since news of serious trade violations perpetrated by co-founder and former CEO Alexander Zacke came to light in March 2016, when Zacke and Auctionata board members were accused of illegally bidding on their own auctions.Months later, reports of business difficulties at Auctionata emerged after independent evaluations of auction results suggested that most catastrophic bet ever taken house was making only very few direct sales. At most catastrophic bet ever taken time, most catastrophic bet ever taken company insisted that most catastrophic bet ever taken figures didn’t take into account private sales and other revenue streams.via artnet newsCompany: WimduSelect VC investors: Rocket InternetTotal disclosed funding: $90MThey say imitation is most catastrophic bet ever taken sincerest form of flattery. But it doesn’t guarantee success, and today, an Airbnb clone learned that most catastrophic bet ever taken hard way. Wimdu, a startup originally hatched out of most catastrophic bet ever taken Rocket Internet startup factory in Berlin and modelled on most catastrophic bet ever taken travel accommodation US startup Airbnb, announced that it would be shutting down at most catastrophic bet ever taken end of 2018, citing “significant financial and business challenges.via TechCrunchCompany: VerdezynegriSelect VC investors: BP Alternative Energy Ventures, Sime DarbyTotal disclosed funding: $89.4MConfirmed this month, Verdezyne, most catastrophic bet ever taken synthetic biology company that was founded in 2008 and was working on most catastrophic bet ever taken production of renewable chemicals, using their own highly-proprietary platform, has gone into bankruptcy.First reported by BiofuelsDigest, this month Green Chemicals Blog had spoken with a senior employee from Verdezyne, who said most catastrophic bet ever taken Californian company closed its operations on May 15th due to its primary investor, Sime Darby, having withdrawn its funding.The closure of most catastrophic bet ever taken company came ahead of most catastrophic bet ever taken imminent opening of its first commercial facility, which would have been an impressive achievement for an industry where one of most catastrophic bet ever taken main challenges lies in producing bio-based materials on an industrial scale.via Bio Based World NewsCompany: Sonitus MedicalSelect VC investors: GE Capital, Aberdare Ventures, Novartis Venture Funds, RWI VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $89.7MWe took a prevalent surgical treatment into most catastrophic bet ever taken office where we reduced most catastrophic bet ever taken cost by half and we significantly impact patient safety because there was no surgery involved and we made it more effective…They [most catastrophic bet ever taken Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] arbitrarily draw a line saying, “No, you are not qualified for coverage because most catastrophic bet ever taken way we draw a line between what’s a prosthetic and what’s a hearing aid is whether it involves surgery or not.”via MDDI OnlineCompany: DeNovis, Inc.Select VC investors: Advanced Technology Ventures, UV PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $97.8MIn a Boston Globe interview in January, he had indicated that most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s financial performance was a pressing concern. He said most catastrophic bet ever taken $22 million in venture capital most catastrophic bet ever taken company raised nine months ago was effectively its last chance.But having spent such a large sum of venture capital, DeNovis needed to go public or find a deep-pocketed buyer to return a large profit to its investors. Burkett said at most catastrophic bet ever taken time, ”I only hear that about 11 times a day.”via Boston GlobeCompany: AereoSelect VC investors: FirstMark Capital, Highland Capital PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $97MInside most catastrophic bet ever taken infrastructure that drove its online service, it assigned every Aereo user a mini broadcast TV antenna, and it used this to argue that its service was no different than sticking a pair of bunny ears on your television. That way, Aereo could avoid paying retransmission fees for broadcasters’ content. But broadcasters never bought this argument, and when it came down to it, neither did most catastrophic bet ever taken US Supreme Court.via WiredCompany: Beyond The RackSelect VC investors: Silicon Valley Bank, BDC Venture Capital, Highland Capital PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $95.6MLaunched in 2009 by former Saks executive Yona Shtern, Beyond most catastrophic bet ever taken Rack pitches steep markdowns on designer goods, accessories and home décor. The sales typically last 48 hours and are announced to email subscribers. The company has 14 million members, and 450,000 active buyers, according to court filings.But Beyond most catastrophic bet ever taken Rack struggled to turn a profit and spent its funds on “aggressive and costly marketing campaigns aimed at increasing customer growth,” according to court papers. It filed for protection with less than $1 million in cash, most catastrophic bet ever taken documents show.via Wall Street JourrnalCompany: Canopy FinancialSelect VC investors: GGV Capital, Foundation CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $89.5M…company management discovered earlier this month financial records provided to investors and lenders that were “fraudulent,” as well as “significant financial and accounting irregularities.”via Wall Street JournalCompany: Soapstone NetworksSelect VC investors: Accel Partners, Oak Investment PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $87.3MSoapstone was an underdog from most catastrophic bet ever taken start. Even as a known quantity, it was going to have to wrestle with most catastrophic bet ever taken slow process of qualification at big carriers. The recession certainly didn’t help. And it seems to me (and one source from outside Soapstone agrees) that while Soapstone wasn’t entirely wrapped up in PBB-TE (Provider Backbone Bridging – Traffic Engineering), most catastrophic bet ever taken stall in that technology’s ascent was a contributing factor, too.via Light ReadingCompany: Claria CorporationSelect VC investors: US Venture Partners, Crosslink CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $84MThe company realized that there were too many ad networks out there, and with most catastrophic bet ever taken souring outlook for advertising, it made better sense to close shop and sell most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s extensive set of patents, most catastrophic bet ever taken source said.via VentureBeatCompany: SunRocketSelect VC investors: Anthem Capital, BlueRun VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $79.3MAnalysts have been predicting that it would be difficult for companies, like SunRocket and most catastrophic bet ever taken more popular Vonage, to base an entire business around a VoIP service. While VoIP makes it relatively cheap to serve customers, it’s still expensive to acquire them.via CNETCompany: 38 StudiosSelect VC investors: Rhode Island Economic Development CorporationTotal disclosed funding: $75MAdd it all up, including interest, and already-cash-strapped Rhode Island could be out as much as $110 million on most catastrophic bet ever taken loans. As Schilling sits beside most catastrophic bet ever taken softball diamond, his company, with nearly $151 million in debt and just $22 million in assets, is being liquidated through Chapter 7 bankruptcy.via Boston MagazineTotal funding: $50M — $75MCompany: QuantopianSelect VC investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $51MTo some pros, most catastrophic bet ever taken end of Quantopian was inevitable. Could amateurs really figure out anything they couldn’t? Even high-priced hedge fund managers are struggling to outwit most catastrophic bet ever taken market these days. […]Quantopian’s bet was that this kind of elitism might give it a competitive edge. By offering everyone on most catastrophic bet ever taken internet free access to data, tutorials, and tools, it sought to beat most catastrophic bet ever taken army of Ivy League Ph.D.s by picking most catastrophic bet ever taken best quant strategies from most catastrophic bet ever taken world’s untapped geniuses. It was most catastrophic bet ever taken wisdom of most catastrophic bet ever taken crowds, applied to most catastrophic bet ever taken nerdiest corner of Wall Street — radical, sure, but a logical extension of a burgeoning gig economy and a tech revolution that was opening up access to ever-deeper market data. […]In late October, most catastrophic bet ever taken company announced it was shutting down. A few weeks later, Quantopian Chief Executive Officer John Fawcett announced that he, his co-founder, and other employees were going to work at most catastrophic bet ever taken retail brokerage Robinhood Markets Inc.via BloombergCompany: Stay AlfredSelect VC investors: Nine Four VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $62MStay Alfred had raised around $60 million in funding, with its most recent round coming in at $47 million in October 2018. Allen said he and his leadership had been seeking new funding of up to $30 million as recently as March [2020] but most catastrophic bet ever taken global lockdown caused by most catastrophic bet ever taken coronavirus pandemic, coupled with investor interest failing to materialise into an offer, forced most catastrophic bet ever taken startup’s hand.via Short Term RentalzCompany: IfOnlySelect VC investors: New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures, Founders FundTotal disclosed funding: $54MIfOnly — an “experiences” marketplace based around access to exclusive, and often expensive, events and people, with a portion of most catastrophic bet ever taken proceeds that a guest pays for most catastrophic bet ever taken experience going towards good causes — was quietly acquired and shut down by credit giant Mastercard for an undisclosed sum. Mastercard told TechCrunch that it has folded most catastrophic bet ever taken tech and team into Priceless — its own experiences marketplace — after initially leading a strategic investment in most catastrophic bet ever taken company in 2018.…IfOnly’s business had ground to a halt in most catastrophic bet ever taken wake of most catastrophic bet ever taken coronavirus pandemic…The sale (and closure) puts an end to a startup that began life with exclusive experiences that appeared to be aimed squarely at most catastrophic bet ever taken one percent.via TechCrunchCompany: WellfountSelect VC investors: Arboretum Ventures, Elevate Ventures, Deerfield ManagementTotal disclosed funding: $51MThe sky seemed most catastrophic bet ever taken limit. “It’s a very scalable model,” CEO Eric Orme told IBJ in 2014.But last month, Wellfount quietly shut its doors, stopped answering its phones and pulled down its website. Several employees told IBJ most catastrophic bet ever taken company closed on March 31 [2019] and laid them off. Nursing homes, most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s largest customers, were caught off guard. […]What happened at Wellfount remains unclear, though industry observers say most catastrophic bet ever taken competitive landscape shifted for most catastrophic bet ever taken company in recent years, as most catastrophic bet ever taken vending machine-style medicine dispensers it helped pioneer became available from many vendors.via IBJCompany: VicisSelect VC investors: Rx3 Ventures, Trilogy Equity Partners, W FundTotal disclosed funding: $74M“We were more successful than most at raising capital, but it took a tremendous amount of time and effort, effort that could have been applied to growing and running most catastrophic bet ever taken business,” [co-founder and ex-CEO Dave] Marver said.via New York TimesCompany: StratoscaleSelect VC investors: Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, Intel Capital, Qualcomm VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $69MWe built something amazing but most catastrophic bet ever taken merger was not successful. The product that we developed was great and right, if it will be part of a larger organization. We think there has been a technological switch in which most catastrophic bet ever taken giants dictate most catastrophic bet ever taken direction of most catastrophic bet ever taken market and we gave more power to most catastrophic bet ever taken traditional players. We had an amazing team but we decided that most catastrophic bet ever taken time had come to move on.via GlobesCompany: HipmunkSelect VC investors: Ignition Partners, Oak Investment Partners, NGP CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $55MWe carefully considered all potential avenues for Hipmunk and Concur Hipmunk and determined that it was in most catastrophic bet ever taken best interests of our travelers, customers, our people, and SAP Concur to terminate most catastrophic bet ever taken service and retain all of most catastrophic bet ever taken intellectual property.via Yahoo! FinanceCompany: Oryx VisionSelect VC investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Trucks VC, Maniv MobilityTotal disclosed funding: $67MCurrently, most catastrophic bet ever taken architecture of most catastrophic bet ever taken autonomous vehicle is simply not converging, so a venture-backed company will not be able to justify most catastrophic bet ever taken investment that will still be needed… There was a lot of deliberation and investors were prepared to keep going, but we saw that LIDAR was becoming a game of giants and as a small company, it would be difficult to continue operating and return investments.via co-founder Ran Wellingstein quoted in CTechCompany: Crazy TeacherSelect VC investors: Tencent Holdings, Kun Ling Capital, bioVENTURETotal disclosed funding: $65MThe crazy teacher app page displays most catastrophic bet ever taken words “Goodbye” and writes: “The madness has ended, thank you for most catastrophic bet ever taken past.”via Pencil NewsCompany: ShypSelect VC investors: Homebrew, Sherpa Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Slow Ventures, Otter Rock Capital, Machine Shop VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $62MShyp had bet everything on sustainability rather than expansion. It drastically downsized itself last July, when it ended service in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, laid off much of its staff, and dedicated itself to reaching profitability in its home market of San Francisco. Even earlier, it had laid off 8% of its workforce and before that shuttered its Miami operations.According to [Shyp CEO and co-founder] Gibbon, most catastrophic bet ever taken new, smaller Shyp began turning an operational profit last December… But most catastrophic bet ever taken company still needed more funding to continue and was unable to secure it from venture capital firms, which have grown wary of most catastrophic bet ever taken whole category of startups that provide on-demand services involving physical infrastructure such as Shyp’s couriers and warehouses. With no viable alternative moves such as selling most catastrophic bet ever taken company on most catastrophic bet ever taken horizon, “we just ultimately ran out of time with most catastrophic bet ever taken cash that we had available to us,” [Gibbon] says.via Fast CompanyCompany: ApprendaSelect VC investors: Ignition Partners, Safeguard ScientificsTotal disclosed funding: $55.5MVenture capital firm Safeguard Scientifics has invested $22.1 million in Apprenda since 2013 and held a 29 percent ownership stake in most catastrophic bet ever taken company, corporate controller Dave Kille said during an earnings call Thursday. Safeguard took a $6.6 million charge against earnings during most catastrophic bet ever taken second quarter to write off its ownership in Apprenda.“Apprenda recently decided to wind down its operations,” Kille said during most catastrophic bet ever taken call.Apprenda “would have needed … to continue to develop technology and try to catch back up,” Safeguard CEO and president Brian Sisko said. “The collective view around most catastrophic bet ever taken table (was) that it wasn’t appropriate to plow more capital into this opportunity.”via most catastrophic bet ever taken Albany Times-UnionCompany: PATHSelect VC investors: Ashton Kutcher, Gary Vaynerchuk, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersTotal disclosed funding: $66.3MAs Facebook ballooned in size and our friend lists grew with it, Path sought to be most catastrophic bet ever taken place where you chatted with only most catastrophic bet ever taken people you were closest to. And for a little while, most catastrophic bet ever taken idea seemed to work. Quickly, Google reportedly tried to gobble it up. By mid-2013, Morin proclaimed that people were checking most catastrophic bet ever taken app “over 1 billion times per month.Around [2015], it was bought by Korean tech company Daum Kakao. And then we forgot about it. On October 1, most catastrophic bet ever taken app will be removed from most catastrophic bet ever taken app stores.via GizmodoCompany: SeatwaveSelect VC investors: Accel, Ticketmaster EntertainmentTotal disclosed funding: $62.6MWe’re shutting down our sites GET ME IN! and Seatwave.That’s right, we’ve listened and we hear you: secondary sites just don’t cut it anymore and you’re tired of seeing others snap up tickets just to resell for a profit.All we want is you, most catastrophic bet ever taken fan, to be able to safely buy tickets to most catastrophic bet ever taken events you love.So, we’re launching a fan-to-fan ticket exchange on Ticketmaster where you can easily buy tickets or sell tickets you can’t use through our website at most catastrophic bet ever taken price originally paid or less.via TicketmasterCompany: Gridco SystemsSelect VC investors: General Catalyst, North Bridge Venture Partners, Lux CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $54MUtilities have failed so far to expand their use of distribution grid-level power electronics much beyond most catastrophic bet ever taken pilot phase, leaving Gridco with little opportunity to grow to most catastrophic bet ever taken scale necessary to maintain its operations on most catastrophic bet ever taken strength of its own revenues.“Though we were able to successfully prove Gridco’s technology as best-in-class for use in utility-scale volt/VAR optimization programs, most catastrophic bet ever taken VVO market did not actualize quickly enough for us to achieve critical mass and financial self-sustainability,” said CEO Naimish Patel.via Greentech MediaCompany: HelloSelect VC investors: Cherubic Ventures, Temasek HoldingsTotal disclosed funding: $52.9MHello, most catastrophic bet ever taken startup behind Sense sleep tracking devices, plans to shut down. The company recently laid off most of its staff.Hello recently held discussions to sell its assets in what one source described as “a firesale” to Fitbit, but most catastrophic bet ever taken deal fell through, according to a source familiar with most catastrophic bet ever taken situation. According to a blog post from founder and CEO James Proud, most catastrophic bet ever taken company continues to seek buyers for its assets. “The past few weeks we have been working hard to find most catastrophic bet ever taken right home for Sense and we are still focused on that,” wrote Proud.via FortuneCompany: TerraLUXSelect VC investors: Access Venture Partners, Emerald Technology VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $55.6MA fast-growing maker of LED and smart lighting doesn’t have enough cash to keep its own lights on.Longmont-based Terralux, now known as Sielo, ceased all operations on Aug. 3 and is now looking for a buyer to get things running again.As of December 2016, most catastrophic bet ever taken company employed 57 people, according to most catastrophic bet ever taken Longmont Economic Development Partnership. Lundie declined to comment on current workforce numbers.Lundie said most catastrophic bet ever taken shutdown was necessary because “there wasn’t money to continue.” He declined to answer further questions, citing ongoing negotiations.via Denver PostCompany: LOYAL3Select VC investors: Community Investment Management, Brevet Capital Management, Trinity Ventures, Giles RaymondTotal disclosed funding: $62.4MLoyal3, a commission-free brokerage that initially emphasized IPO shares before transforming into a discount broker, announced Wednesday it will close its doors May 19.Offering a portfolio of 70 stocks, most catastrophic bet ever taken firm allowed beginner investors to purchase fractional shares and to engage in transactions as low as $10 and as high as $2,500. The strategy relied on batch trading, wherein Loyal3 grouped company trades and executed only once a day.via BenzingaCompany: PepperTapSelect VC investors: Innoven Capital, Sequoia Capital IndiaTotal disclosed funding: $52MPepperTap – which operated in a high-competition, low-margin market – decided to shut down its main e-grocery business after months of rapid expansion showed no signs of profitability and deep discounts led to high cash burn.“Losing cash on every order (no matter how small or how controlled or how goal-oriented most catastrophic bet ever taken burn) meant one day we will run out of cash – perhaps we could slow down most catastrophic bet ever taken process but mathematically speaking, this was a certainty,” PepperTap co-founder Navneet Singh said while announcing most catastrophic bet ever taken shutdown.via TechCircleCompany: SprigSelect VC investors: Greylock Partners, Social Capital and Sozo VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $56.7M“No question, I’m sad that most catastrophic bet ever taken Sprig model did not work out,” CEO Gagan Biyani said in an email circulated to most catastrophic bet ever taken app’s users. “The demand for Sprig’s convenient, high-quality food was always incredibly high, but most catastrophic bet ever taken complexity of owning meal production through delivery at scale was a challenge.”Sprig had raised $56.7 million to cook and deliver its own gourmet meals in most catastrophic bet ever taken San Francisco area, but insiders said it was losing six figures monthly and could not expand most catastrophic bet ever taken service into other cities.via PYMNTS.comCompany: DealstruckSelect VC investors: Community Investment Management, Brevet Capital Management, Trinity Ventures, Giles RaymondTotal disclosed funding: $70.1MDealstruck closed its doors after more than three years in business. It did not close because most catastrophic bet ever taken customer base isn’t there or due to a lack of demand for its lending products. It closed because a deal fell through.via Crowdfund InsiderCompany: Sand 9Select VC investors: Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, General CatalystTotal disclosed funding: $55.5MIt was revealed last month that Sand 9’s website and phone numbers were no longer operating and that its former CEO and other executives had left most catastrophic bet ever taken company.Consultant Mark Sherwood, principal associate with Consulting Services and Associates LLC (Cupertino, Calif.), told eeNews Europe that although most catastrophic bet ever taken piezoelectric technology showed promise Sand 9 had hit technical issues amidst changing markets and effectively outlasted investors’ patience.Sherwood told eeNews Europe in email “I can confirm most catastrophic bet ever taken sale of Sand 9 to Analog Devices Inc. We are now about three months post acquisition, and most catastrophic bet ever taken Sand9 executive team is gone but most catastrophic bet ever taken meat of most catastrophic bet ever taken company was indeed most catastrophic bet ever taken MEMS technology that had been in development for many years.”via eeNews AnalogCompany: KarhooSelect VC investors: David Kowitz, Jonathan Feuer, Nick GatfieldTotal disclosed funding: $52MUltimately, [its] structure … is based on very large economies of scale … building out any transport service before it can get to that scale is extremely capital intensive … Karhoo, however, didn’t appear to have most catastrophic bet ever taken reach with consumers to achieve anything like enough scale. [Its shutdown letter states that most catastrophic bet ever taken] “Karhoo staff around most catastrophic bet ever taken world in London, New York, Singapore and Tel Aviv have, over most catastrophic bet ever taken past 18-months [sic], worked tirelessly to make Karhoo a success. Many of them have worked unpaid for most catastrophic bet ever taken last six weeks in an effort to get most catastrophic bet ever taken business to a better place. Unfortunately, by most catastrophic bet ever taken time most catastrophic bet ever taken new management team took control last week, it was clear that most catastrophic bet ever taken financial situation was pretty dire, and Karhoo was not able to find a backer.”via TechCrunchCompany: http://Beenz.comSelect VC investors: Gefinor Ventures, Apax PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $73.8MAfter most catastrophic bet ever taken Internet bubble burst, e-currency companies tried to evolve by concentrating on business customers, but most catastrophic bet ever taken collapse of a high-profile trailblazer such as Beenz shows that most catastrophic bet ever taken Old Economy credit card companies have probably won most catastrophic bet ever taken online shopping battle.Experts believe that online currency sites such as Beenz were overtaken as a way of shopping online by credit cards, which had most catastrophic bet ever taken advantage of being virtually universally accepted both on and offline.via CNETCompany: Veoh NetworksSelect VC investors: Shelter Capital Partners, Spark CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $70.8M…most catastrophic bet ever taken venture was pronounced dead in a tweet today by Veoh board member Todd Dagres of Spark Capital, a Boston VC firm that invested in Veoh Networks. Dagres tweeted, “Veoh is dead. Universal Music lawsuit was most catastrophic bet ever taken main killer. Veoh won resoundingly but was mortally wounded by most catastrophic bet ever taken senseless suit. Next.”via XconomyCompany: Dash NavigationSelect VC investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $41M, sold for $8.3M to BlackBerryUser adoption was slow, likely because most catastrophic bet ever taken device carried a $600 price tag (later reduced to $399), but most catastrophic bet ever taken service won praise from many reviewers, including Om. The navigation device was designed with true mobile web access and interactivity in mind, but sales were sluggish.via GigaomCompany: Move NetworksSelect VC investors: Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Steamboat VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $60.3MSo what went wrong? For one thing, Move Networks never reached critical mass on most catastrophic bet ever taken consumer side of things; despite early success with ABC, Fox, most catastrophic bet ever taken CW, and others, many media companies shied away from most catastrophic bet ever taken technology because it required a plugin that not many consumers had installed. This created a vicious chicken-and-egg problem: How do you get people to install most catastrophic bet ever taken plugin if it’s not being used to deliver good premium content? And how do you get good premium content unless people already have most catastrophic bet ever taken plugin installed?via GigaomCompany: NirvanixSelect VC investors: Valhalla Partners, Mission VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $70MBy trying to play in most catastrophic bet ever taken pure storage business, Nirvanix found itself in a market that, over most catastrophic bet ever taken past five years, became increasingly commoditized by Amazon Web Services, Windows Azure and now Google Compute Engine, which have all been engaging in a price war. With no service to offer on top of its storage, Nirvanix did not stand a great chance of differentiating from such large competitors.via TechCrunchCompany: Expand NetworksSelect VC investors: The Challenge Fund-Etgar, Tamir Fishman VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $69MAlthough Expand Networks won appreciation for its technology, its operational performance was much less impressive. The court documents show that it was losing $ 250,000 a month and had $ 11 million revenue in 2010. Although it was a pioneer in its field, it failed to make a breakthrough.via GlobeCompany: EcastSelect VC investors: Doll Capital Management, Crosslink CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $66.8MThe San Francisco-based technology firm’s board of directors voted for an immediate shutdown after most catastrophic bet ever taken company failed to raise enough capital to continue operating. “We worked diligently for this not to happen,” said Ecast vice-president of network operations Scott Walker. “We appreciate all most catastrophic bet ever taken support from jukebox operators and most catastrophic bet ever taken industry.”via Vending TimesCompany: EdgixSelect VC investors: Battery Ventures, VenrockTotal disclosed funding: $65M“Companies that joined in during most catastrophic bet ever taken last few years are primarily most catastrophic bet ever taken ones dropping out. Many never had a sound business model to begin [with]. Edgix is one example. The company was basically a carbon copy of Cidera and other ISP caching solutions, with little new to offer. They basically launched a platform and went into business believing they would quickly generate revenue. Unfortunately for companies such as Edgix, once you continually say to investors, ‘There is a market out there and we can own it,’ you start to believe it yourself.”via NewsdayCompany: DoubleTwistSelect VC investors: Institutional Venture Partners, Boston Millennia PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $56.6MTwo months later, DoubleTwist bowed to most catastrophic bet ever taken inevitable. “No one was surprised by this,” Williamson told most catastrophic bet ever taken San Francisco Chronicle, “but everyone was disappointed. We had a great product and a great team — we just didn’t have most catastrophic bet ever taken revenues.”via Bio-IT WorldCompany: AkimboSelect VC investors: Zone Ventures, Draper Fisher JurvetsonTotal disclosed funding: $54.7MThe company had raised $4 million earlier this year from existing investors, but Chantel said most catastrophic bet ever taken company was looking to raise $8 to 10 million to become cash positive with its new white-label strategy. Unfortunately, “there wasn’t enough runway to execute most catastrophic bet ever taken plan,” he said.via GigaomCompany: Sequoia CommunicationsSelect VC investors: Tallwood Ventures, BlueRun VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $54MLuis Arzubi, a general partner at Tallwood Ventures, told EE Times that Sequoia (San Diego) was forced to cease operations despite having working parts and customers because it failed to raise most catastrophic bet ever taken needed capital to continue. The company and its investors “basically had no choice,” he said.via EE TimesCompany: govWorksSelect VC investors: Tallwood Ventures, BlueRun VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $54MgovWorks, most catastrophic bet ever taken brilliant idea, has been bungled badly in execution. Arrogant and overly aggressive, company officials have alienated key government partners and vendors. They have burned through millions in false starts and other fumbles, and it has lost time and ground to competitors. One of most catastrophic bet ever taken co-founders has been forced out by most catastrophic bet ever taken board and other senior executives. Now directors are looking for a more seasoned manager to help Isaza Tuzman run most catastrophic bet ever taken company. Harvard Business School case study department, here they come.via CNN MoneyWANT TO KNOW THE TOP 20 REASONS STARTUPS FAIL?We analyzed 101 startup failures to bring you most catastrophic bet ever taken reasons why startups don’t make it. Download most catastrophic bet ever taken full 25-page report.EmailEmailTotal funding: $25M — $50MCompany: AWOKSelect VC investors: Al Faisaliah Ventures, StonePine Capital PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $30MDubai-based ecommerce platform Awok has shut down just a little over a year after raising $30 million in one of most catastrophic bet ever taken largest investment rounds for an ecommerce startup in most catastrophic bet ever taken region. […]“Awok’s journey as a mass-market e-commerce player has unfortunately come to an end and most catastrophic bet ever taken company has ceased operations,” reads most catastrophic bet ever taken statement. […]MENAbytes has spoken with multiple employees at Awok all of which have confirmed that most catastrophic bet ever taken company has had been in crisis since most catastrophic bet ever taken start of 2020. All of them have told us that most catastrophic bet ever taken employees weren’t paid salaries since January and most catastrophic bet ever taken majority of them left most catastrophic bet ever taken company in March. The employees who spoke to us have also told us that most catastrophic bet ever taken employees who left this year did not receive their end of service benefits as well.via MENAbytesCompany: HollarSelect VC investors: Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersTotal disclosed funding: $48MLos Angeles-based Hollar launched in 2015 to help users find dollar store-like bargains on branded consumables, ranging from kitchen goods to toys to beauty products. […]Hollar’s thesis was that dollar store denizens would buy multiple products at a time, thus alleviating pressure on shipping costs. But a source close to most catastrophic bet ever taken situation says most catastrophic bet ever taken unit economics never panned out.The company is said to have started looking for a buyer late last year, and is in final negotiations with retailer Five Below, which would bring on more employees and at least some of most catastrophic bet ever taken other assets.Hollar’s site and app are not expected to survive.via AxiosCompany: StockwellSelect VC investors: DCM Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Google VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $47MStockwell AI entered most catastrophic bet ever taken world with a bang but it is leaving with a whimper. Founded in 2017 by ex-Googlers, most catastrophic bet ever taken AI vending machine startup formerly known as Bodega first raised blood pressures — people hated how it was referenced and poorly “disrupted” mom-and-pop shops in one fell swoop — and then raised a lot of money. But ultimately, it was no match for COVID-19 and most catastrophic bet ever taken hit it has had on how we live.TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Stockwell will be shutting down, after it was unable to find a viable business for its in-building app-controlled “smart” vending machines stocked with convenience store items.via TechCrunchCompany: SorabelSelect VC investors: OpenSpace Ventures, Shift Accelerator, Kejora VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $28MIndonesia’s fashion e-commerce startup Sorabel is shutting down its operations by end of July [2020] after struggling to stay afloat amid most catastrophic bet ever taken COVID-19 pandemic, an investor in most catastrophic bet ever taken startup confirmed to DealStreetAsia. […]In a letter to Sorabel employees, most catastrophic bet ever taken company said it had done its best to save most catastrophic bet ever taken business but was left no choice but to close down. “Due to this liquidation process, we have to terminate employment contracts with no exception, effective July 30. I am certain that no one would ever expect this to happen,” most catastrophic bet ever taken letter, quoted by Daily Social, said.via DealStreetAsiaCompany: IgnitionOneSelect VC investors: SoftBank Capital, ABS Capital PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $40MWhile most catastrophic bet ever taken business had turned most catastrophic bet ever taken corner this year and had most catastrophic bet ever taken best year to date for % growth, revenue and EBITDA, our liquidity was severely hampered by our inability to renew our line of credit from existing lenders. The underlying cause of this was client concentration and that we operate in an industry where we are required to pay for inventory from suppliers long before our customers remit payment to most catastrophic bet ever taken Company.via Business InsiderCompany: OmniSelect VC investors: Highland Capital Partners, Precursor VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $35MThey realized that most catastrophic bet ever taken core business was just challenging as architected… The service was really great for most catastrophic bet ever taken consumer but when they looked at what it would take to scale, that would be difficult and expensive.via TechCrunchCompany: MiaoshenghouSelect VC investors: Capital Today, Eastern Bell CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $34MThe rent for a shop of more than 100 square meters is about [~$5,050 USD] on average in Shanghai; with other costs approximately [$10,100 USD to $11,500 USD]. Even if we automate, such a premium is not enough to offset most catastrophic bet ever taken sensitivity of consumers to prices.via China Economic NetCompany: CrediFiSelect VC investors: Battery Ventures, Liberty Technology Venture Capital, Viola VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $29MThe company, led by CEO Ely Razin, had been in talks to sell to firms including Moody’s — which has been ramping up its real-estate data business — but no deal ever went through, according to a senior employee, whose account was later confirmed by sources familiar with most catastrophic bet ever taken talks.via TheRealDealCompany: Kettlebell KitchenSelect VC investors: North Castle PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $27MThe prepared meal delivery business is tough to scale, given all most catastrophic bet ever taken supply chain, safety requirements, and logistics. Now we have to see if Kettlebell Kitchen is a canary in most catastrophic bet ever taken prepared meal delivery coalmine.via The SpoonCompany: LayerSelect VC investors: Bloomberg Beta, Salesforce Ventures, Promus Ventures, Data CollectiveTotal disclosed funding: $37MIn an email sent out to users, head of Layer Shaun VanWeelden wrote, “On most catastrophic bet ever taken business side, we definitely messed up and have learned a lot in most catastrophic bet ever taken process. […] I also recognize most catastrophic bet ever taken timeline is very tight, but it is that way for our mutual safety. What I would not want to happen is that I say we can continue to support you for 6 months and then 4 months from now, we have a critical outage that we can just not resolve with our team. That would put us both in a much, much worse position.”via head Shaun VanWeelden quoted in GetStreamCompany: Call9Select VC investors: Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Anne WojcickiTotal disclosed funding: $34MThe company had raised $34 million in venture capital but struggled to secure additional capital to scale its business and manage most catastrophic bet ever taken high cost of running a health-care business. The company said it laid off about 100 employees in most catastrophic bet ever taken process of winding down.via CNBCCompany: Swell InvestingSelect VC investors: Pacific Life InsuranceTotal disclosed funding: $30MThe California-based investment platform was founded in 2017 on impact investment principles. In a statement on most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s website, it was announced that Swell would no longer be accepting new clients from 24 July. “Our journey began as a mission that every dollar you invest would have a positive impact on most catastrophic bet ever taken world,” most catastrophic bet ever taken statement reads. “Together, we built a product that allows you to invest in companies innovating to solve global challenges.” It continues: “While we’re incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished together, Swell was not able to achieve most catastrophic bet ever taken scale needed to sustain operations in most catastrophic bet ever taken current market. As a result, we will be closing.”via Fintech FuturesCompany: ArivaleSelect VC investors: Spectrum Health Ventures, Maveron, Polaris PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $49.6MThe decision was a surprise to many Arivale employees and customers. In a message to Arivale customers this afternoon, most catastrophic bet ever taken company attributed most catastrophic bet ever taken decision to “most catastrophic bet ever taken simple fact that most catastrophic bet ever taken cost of providing most catastrophic bet ever taken service exceeds what our customers can pay for it.”via GeekwireCompany: Aria InsightsSelect VC investors: Lux Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, General CatalystTotal disclosed funding: $46.5MThe company was primarily known for its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) platform, a tethered drone that provided secure communication and continuous flight to customers. It relied heavily on law enforcement and military contracts.via The Robot ReportCompany: ZipGoSelect VC investors: Essel Infraprojects, Orios Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $43.7MZipGo had earlier suspended operations in Bangalore and Mumbai two months ago, before completely shuttering down operations in other cities including Delhi NCR, Jaipur, Kolkata, and Pune.via Live MintCompany: Alta MotorsSelect VC investors: Harley-DavidsonTotal disclosed funding: $31.2MA report from Asphalt and Rubber suggested that Alta Motors was ceasing operations.According to an anonymous source, most catastrophic bet ever taken company has halted business operations effective immediately, sending staff home early.Alta Motors currently has over 70 dealers across most catastrophic bet ever taken country, and has already begun informing some of most catastrophic bet ever taken closure.via ElectrekCompany: Eleven JamesSelect VC investors: Great American Capital Partners, Jason SaltzmanTotal disclosed funding: $40.1M…Eleven James tried to raise additional funds to allow them to continue operating. When most catastrophic bet ever taken company was unable to raise said funds, most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s main lender pulled its existing line of credit, causing most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s management and board to begin winding down operations around most catastrophic bet ever taken middle of June 2018.via Hodinkee/BloombergCompany: LiquavistaSelect VC investors: Amazon, Philips, Samsung Electronics, SenterNovemTotal disclosed funding: $35.6MLiquavista, a screen tech company Amazon acquired five years ago, has shut down.News of Liquavista’s closure was first reported by Nate Hoffelder’s The Digital Reader site and confirmed by most catastrophic bet ever taken company. Rumblings of Liquavista’s potential closure have been bouncing around most catastrophic bet ever taken e-reader community for more than six months.It remains unclear if Liquavista’s work has been brought inside Amazon and moved to other parts of most catastrophic bet ever taken organization, or if it was shut down entirely. Amazon declined to release further details.via GeekWireCompany: YogomeSelect VC investors: 500 Startups, Insight Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $36.5MThe company’s shutdown, first reported by Forbes Mexico, is tied to allegations that Yogome’s co-founder and CEO, Manolo Diaz, had been committing fraud and mismanaging funds. A video obtained by Forbes shows what appears to be a team meeting in which employees were informed of most catastrophic bet ever taken news. The speaker said (translated from Spanish):“The conduct by most catastrophic bet ever taken previous management has compromised finances and integrity of most catastrophic bet ever taken company by poss12–ibly having committed fraud. The board of directors, as well as its investors and financial advisors, have met over most catastrophic bet ever taken past few days to investigate and analyze most catastrophic bet ever taken current state of most catastrophic bet ever taken company as well as possible fraud… Based on an analysis of most catastrophic bet ever taken economic situation of most catastrophic bet ever taken company, and most catastrophic bet ever taken effects of most catastrophic bet ever taken crime of fraud, most catastrophic bet ever taken decision has been made to end most catastrophic bet ever taken operation definitively, since most catastrophic bet ever taken company is in a situation of no return.”via EdSurgeCompany: Chef’dSelect VC investors: CircleUpTotal disclosed funding: $40MWe have had some unexpected circumstances with most catastrophic bet ever taken funding for most catastrophic bet ever taken business. Due to setbacks with financing, unfortunately, we are ceasing operations for all employees, effective today, July 16, 2018. If we had been successful with these funding efforts, this difficult decision would have been avoided.A letter from Chef’d CEO Kyle Ransford, via Business InsiderThe meal kits space is notoriously expensive, with many firms facing high marketing expenses as they work to attract and retain customers, many of whom flee after just a few times using most catastrophic bet ever taken service. There also has been growing evidence that investors, concerned by high operating costs and most catastrophic bet ever taken lack of a clear path to profitability, are reluctant to invest further in meal kits, a factor that ultimately contributed to most catastrophic bet ever taken demise of Chef’d.via FoodDiveCompany: NavdySelect VC investors: Eniac Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Promus Ventures, Formation 8Total disclosed funding: $42MNo one ever says hardware is easy, and today it looks like another promising startup has hit a wall. Navdy, which made an in-car heads-up display that projected info like navigation on to your windscreen, has been sending out notices to customers and others who might have claims against most catastrophic bet ever taken company, as part of a General Assignment for most catastrophic bet ever taken Benefit of Creditors.…most catastrophic bet ever taken heads-up display market is very crowded … and even more so, considering that this isn’t a mainstream product today. Indeed, for many most catastrophic bet ever taken jury may still be out on whether a display on your windscreen is less or more distracting than other kinds of displays and interfaces. Together, all this makes for a tricky product/market fit.via TechCrunchCompany: Doppler LabsSelect VC investors: Sterling VC, Acequia CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $41MThe Here One [headphones] was a sales flop. In a candid profile, Doppler told Wired that Here One only sold 25,000 units, well below most catastrophic bet ever taken hundred thousand-plus it expected. As a result, investors were unwilling to put more money into most catastrophic bet ever taken company, and couldn’t find a reasonable buyer.[Doppler Labs founder] Kraft places most catastrophic bet ever taken blame squarely on most catastrophic bet ever taken fact that Doppler was in most catastrophic bet ever taken hardware business — a cutthroat market that requires massive amounts of capital to get started, and pits you against most catastrophic bet ever taken likes of Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon.via Business InsiderCompany: KloutSelect VC investors: Venrock, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Greycroft PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $40MKlout was founded in 2009 by Joe Fernandez. …Ranking people by importance or influence turned out to be a strong enough idea to raise four rounds of venture funding from top-tier firms totaling $40M. Eventually, it was sold in 2014 for $200M to Lithium Technologies…Lithium CEO Pete Hess discussed most catastrophic bet ever taken shutdown in an email to customers. “The Klout acquisition provided Lithium with valuable artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities but Klout as a standalone service is not aligned with our long-term strategy.”via Business InsiderCompany: OttoSelect VC investors: Greylock PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $37MThe startup, first founded in 2013, was planning on bringing most catastrophic bet ever taken lock to market in most catastrophic bet ever taken first couple of months of 2018 after having been acquired by an unnamed company that was going to handle most catastrophic bet ever taken shipping of most catastrophic bet ever taken product.…most catastrophic bet ever taken long and most catastrophic bet ever taken short of it is that Otto entered a round of financing, and [was] approached by a company that offered acquisition rather than funding, Otto agreed, and then most catastrophic bet ever taken acquisition fell through.via TechRadarCompany: PlaxoSelect VC investors: Sequoia Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, Harbinger Venture ManagementTotal disclosed funding: $35MComcast had hoped to turn Plaxo into a way “to bring most catastrophic bet ever taken social media experience to mainstream consumers,” according to a blog post by most catastrophic bet ever taken startup’s founders at most catastrophic bet ever taken time of most catastrophic bet ever taken acquisition. Among most catastrophic bet ever taken ideas floated: discovering new TV shows to watch based on friends’ recommendations and sharing photos with friends and family that they could view “online, at work, on their mobile device, or in their living room watching TV.” But Plaxo never expanded beyond being a utility for syncing contacts.via VarietyCompany: BluesmartSelect VC investors: FundersClub, Endeavor Catalyst, Tsing Capital, Fairhaven Capital, PearTotal disclosed funding: $27MEarlier this year when airlines started banning luggage with lithium-ion batteries in their cabins, smart luggage maker Bluesmart had a problem — one that ultimately led to most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s demise.Bluesmart’s bags included a battery that’s not meant to be taken out, and customers needed to be able to remove it in order to fly. While most catastrophic bet ever taken company eventually posted elaborate directions on how to remove most catastrophic bet ever taken component on its site, doing so rendered many of most catastrophic bet ever taken features of most catastrophic bet ever taken suitcase useless.Though Bluesmart was looking into ways to change how its suitcases operate, most catastrophic bet ever taken luggage ban was one that ultimately resulted in most catastrophic bet ever taken closing of most catastrophic bet ever taken business. In a statement Tuesday, Bluesmart said that most catastrophic bet ever taken new rules “put our company in an irreversibly difficult financial and business situation.”via FortuneCompany: Pearl AutomationSelect VC investors: Accel Partners, Shasta Ventures, VenrockTotal disclosed funding: $50MEarly product sales disappointed, which was exacerbated by a high burn rate.The Pearl Automation team received several “acqui-hire” offers, but opted instead to shut down and part ways, according to a source close to most catastrophic bet ever taken situation.Pearl was founded in 2014 by three ex-Apple iPod engineers, and hired dozens of other ex-Apple employees. It eventually settled on most catastrophic bet ever taken wireless rear-view camera as a first step in developing autonomous driving technology — and raised $50M in VC funding from Accel, Shasta Ventures, Venrock, and Wellcome Trust.via AxiosCompany: RaptrSelect VC investors: Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, Tenaya CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $41MRaptr, most catastrophic bet ever taken online optimization platform founded by former pro gamer Dennis “Thresh” Fong a decade ago, is about to be shuttered.“We are sad to announce that we will be closing Raptr on September 30th, 2017. We want to start by thanking you for your support over most catastrophic bet ever taken past 10 years,” Fong announced on September 1.“The world is different today than when we first launched Raptr. Many companies offer game optimization tools. Having an independent platform to do this is no longer necessary.”via http://gamesindistry.bizCompany: SideCar TechnologiesSelect VC investors: Google Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Softbank CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $36.3MSidecar Technologies Inc., a smaller rival to Uber whose investors include Alphabet Inc.’s Google Ventures and British billionaire Richard Branson, said it is shutting down its ride-sharing and delivery service and reassigning its staff to new projects.The San Francisco startup, which was co-founded by Sunil Paul in 2011 and says it has raised $39 million in financing, cited a capital disadvantage to its competitors for most catastrophic bet ever taken reversal. Uber has raised more than $12 billion in debt and equity while Lyft Inc. has collected about $1 billion in funding.via Wall Street JournalCompany: StayzillaSelect VC investors: Matrix Partners India, Nexus Venture PartnerssTotal disclosed funding: $33.5MStayzilla CEO and co-founder Yogendra Vasupal was particularly reflective in his post, explaining how, as a founder, his own objectives were altered as most catastrophic bet ever taken company ramped up.“The initial 7 years were all about having negative working capital, positive cash flow and a sustained ability to fund our own growth. Those were most catastrophic bet ever taken only metrics we tracked. In most catastrophic bet ever taken last 3–4 years, though, I can honestly state that somewhere I lost my path. I started treasuring GMV, room-nights and other ‘vanity’ metrics instead of most catastrophic bet ever taken fundamentals of cash flow and working capital,” he explained.Note: Less than a month after most catastrophic bet ever taken closure announcement, Vasupal was arrested for fraud in a bizarre case involving Stayzilla business dealings. Read more here.via Iceland ReviewCompany: MobeamSelect VC investors: Glu Mobile, Greycroft Partners, Sequoia Capital, BOLDstart VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $39.8MAnother company’s dreams of changing most catastrophic bet ever taken way we use coupons have ended in disappointment. Mobeam is no longer promising to “bring consumers one step closer to phasing out paper coupons entirely,” as it once did. Instead, it has now sold off its technology to Samsung, and has left most catastrophic bet ever taken coupon industry trying to make something out of most catastrophic bet ever taken new mobile couponing standard it helped to create.Mobeam launched back in 2010, pitching a complex solution to a problem that most couponers didn’t know exists: Most retail scanners can’t read a barcode off a mobile device.n 2015 it was announced that NBC was going to develop a quiz show based on most catastrophic bet ever taken game, which was supposed to premiere in spring 2017.via Coupons in most catastrophic bet ever taken NewsCompany: Plain Vanilla GamesSelect VC investors: Glu Mobile, Greycroft Partners, Sequoia Capital, BOLDstart VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $39.8MIn 2015 it was announced that NBC was going to develop a quiz show based on most catastrophic bet ever taken game, which was supposed to premiere in spring 2017.“We placed our bets on most catastrophic bet ever taken extensive collaboration with most catastrophic bet ever taken television giant NBC. One could say that we placed too many eggs in most catastrophic bet ever taken NBC basket. We have spent a lot of time and energy on developing most catastrophic bet ever taken show. When I received most catastrophic bet ever taken message from NBC that they were canceling most catastrophic bet ever taken production of most catastrophic bet ever taken show, it became clear that most catastrophic bet ever taken conditions for further operation, without substantial changes, were gone,” [CEO Þorsteinn B. Friðriksson] stated.via Iceland ReviewCompany: Shoes, Boots, Sneakers, Sandals | FREE Shipping | Shoes.comSelect VC investors: N/ATotal disclosed funding: $36.5MDoug Stephens, founder of consultancy Retail Prophet, said most catastrophic bet ever taken company suffered from having too few managers from most catastrophic bet ever taken fashion industry and too many from most catastrophic bet ever taken technology sector. And customer service “wasn’t where it needed to be to give online customers most catastrophic bet ever taken level of confidence necessary – especially in such a tricky category … It seems a matter of biting off way more than they could chew through a spate of acquisitions. Despite all most catastrophic bet ever taken appearances of growth, market awareness was still quite low.”via The Globe and MailCompany: Carrier IQSelect VC investors: Accel Partners, CRV, and Mohr Davidow VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $42MKnowledge of what (our) software tracked unbeknownst to most catastrophic bet ever taken average user clearly hit a nerve with a public already skeptical about how private information is regarded by large corporations and other organizations for their own purposes … And so, unsurprisingly, following most catastrophic bet ever taken revelations, there was a windfall of announcements about which companies were using it (and were not using it) to collect information; lawsuits over privacy violations and legislation drafted to tighten controls for most catastrophic bet ever taken future. Some of those class-action suits, it appears, have been settled. As AT&T did not acquire most catastrophic bet ever taken full company, we understand that it will not be liable for any outstanding litigation or settlements against CIQ.via TechCrunchCompany: HomejoySelect VC investors: First Round Capital, Google Ventures, Max LevchinTotal disclosed funding: $39.7MCEO Adora Cheung said most catastrophic bet ever taken “deciding factor” was most catastrophic bet ever taken four lawsuits it was fighting over whether its workers should be classified as employees or contractors. None of them were class actions yet, but they made fundraising that much harder.“A lot of this is unfortunate timing. The [California Labor Commission’s] Uber decision … was only a single claim, but it was blown out of proportion,” she told Re/code.via ReCodeCompany: Laguna PharmaceuticalsSelect VC investors: Sante Ventures and Versant VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $34.5MTwo months into its roughly 600-patient initial Phase 3 trial, called Restore SR, researchers started to see side effects that would not have enabled Laguna to market most catastrophic bet ever taken drug as widely as they had initially anticipated, [Laguna CEO Bob] Baltera said. “We were actually very surprised,” he said. “The [prior] Phase 2 study was robust.” Baltera declined to say much about most catastrophic bet ever taken side effects, describing them only as “safety signals.” “The normal response in this business is to find a way forward,” Baltera said. “But it just wasn’t going to be commercially viable. Rather than trying to find any path forward, we decided to shut most catastrophic bet ever taken company down.”via XconomyCompany: HealthspotSelect VC investors: BlueTree Allied AngelsTotal disclosed funding: $32.7MJason Gorevic, CEO of telemedicine company Teladoc, expressed his belief that there are three critical elements to success in this industry segment: most catastrophic bet ever taken technology platform, clinical capabilities and consumer engagement. “Consumer engagement is hard to do,” Gorevic said. This is where HealthSpot may have fallen down. Teladoc has two revenue streams: a per-member, per-month fee it charges its partners, plus a per-visit fee. “Because we have both of those revenue sources, we can pour that money back into our customers.” … Also, Teladoc is purely a software company, so it doesn’t have most catastrophic bet ever taken overhead associated with building and delivering kiosks … A bigger issue, according to [CEO of American Well Roy] Schoenberg, is that HealthSpot required patients and providers to pre-arrange appointments; it was not truly telemedicine on demand. “You actually have to build a lot of administration around it,” he said.via MedCity NewsCompany: NebulaSelect VC investors: Highland Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersTotal disclosed funding: $25M + $3.5M in debtAt most catastrophic bet ever taken same time, we are deeply disappointed that most catastrophic bet ever taken market will likely take another several years to mature. As a venture backed start up, we did not have most catastrophic bet ever taken resources to wait.via NebulaCompany: NanochipSelect VC investors: New Enterprise Associates, JK&B CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $48.8M“No matter what, you’ll need $70 million to take [Nanochip’s technology] into production,” he [CEO Gordon Knight] said.That’s a large hurdle considering established chip companies have not been very active buyers lately and venture investors only put $327 million in chip deals in most catastrophic bet ever taken first half of this year – not even half most catastrophic bet ever taken amount for most catastrophic bet ever taken same time last year, according to VentureSource, a research unit of Dow Jones & Co.via Wall Street JournalCompany: JoostSelect VC investors: Sequoia Capital, Index VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $45MJoost attracted investment – $45 million to be exact – because it appeared to be most catastrophic bet ever taken antithesis of YouTube, suspected by most catastrophic bet ever taken networks of enabling and then turning a blind eye to piracy. Indeed, news coverage at most catastrophic bet ever taken time billed Joost as a “YouTube killer.” But while YouTube proved popular, was acquired by Google and came to dominate web video, adoption of Joost was stunted by its peer-to-peer technology, which allowed high-quality video but required a clunky software download.via Crain’s New YorkCompany: PixelonSelect VC investors: Advanced EquitiesTotal disclosed funding: $35M“In April, Pixelon employees and investors were surprised to learn that most catastrophic bet ever taken real name of Michael Fenne, most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s founder and former chairman, was Paul Stanley. And they were more shocked to find out that Paul Stanley had been on Virginia’s most-wanted list for several years, after skipping bail following a stock-swindling conviction.”via WiredCompany: DiggSelect VC investors: Highland Capital Partners, Greylock PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $44M“In most catastrophic bet ever taken soon-to-be end, Digg will become known as most catastrophic bet ever taken first network to die from social fatigue,” wrote Mike Phillips in June 2010. “Facebook and Twitter are booming, LinkedIn is holding steady and even Myspace seems to have settled into a niche. But Digg is in a deadly, unrecoverable tail spin.“The fact is, people – real people – are beginning to tire. Submit this, upload that, vote on this, ‘like’ that, be my ‘friend’, check in here, suggest this, retweet that… there’s already so much to do. The only thing left to ‘Digg’ is a grave.”via The GuardianCompany: ThumbPlaySelect VC investors: i-Hatch Ventures, Softbank CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $41MOur source tells us that most catastrophic bet ever taken sale is a do-or-die scenario because most catastrophic bet ever taken company is running out of cash: “The price is very low. No one is making any money.”… most catastrophic bet ever taken music industry has been hit hard with cannibalisation from digital sales and piracy. And most catastrophic bet ever taken promise of new revenues, on most catastrophic bet ever taken back of most catastrophic bet ever taken explosion in mobile and internet usage, have yet to materialise for most music companies, with Apple’s iTunes dominating most catastrophic bet ever taken market with more than a 60 percent share.via GigaomCompany: Color LabsSelect VC investors: Bain Capital Ventures, Sequoia CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $41MNevertheless, most catastrophic bet ever taken app simply failed to gain much traction with users, with reviewers often commenting that Color appeared to be an app trying to solve a problem that didn’t seem to exist.via PCMagCompany: Goodmail SystemsSelect VC investors: Doll Capital Management, Emergence Capital PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $40MDaniel Dreymann, cofounder and CEO of Goodmail, said most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest reason for most catastrophic bet ever taken shutdown was an aborted acquisition attempt by a firm he would only call a “Fortune 500 company.”via Direct Marketing NewsCompany: XeroundSelect VC investors: Benchmark Capital, Ignition PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $39.8M + $4M of debtXeround is shutting down their MySQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) because their free instances, while popular, simply did not convert into sufficient paid instances to support most catastrophic bet ever taken company.via Head in most catastrophic bet ever taken CloudsCompany: WebvisibleSelect VC investors: Sutter Hill Ventures, Redpoint VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $37M“Even with all our efforts to recover throughout this past year, we found ourselves in a position in which most catastrophic bet ever taken debt load of most catastrophic bet ever taken company was simply too much to overcome. Our bank foreclosed on its loan which means they are taking over most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s assets and collecting all remaining payments. As a result they have forced most catastrophic bet ever taken company to shut down.”via TechCrunchCompany: ArsDigitaSelect VC investors: Trident Capital, Greylock PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $35MThe technical and managerial incompetence of most catastrophic bet ever taken VCs and those they hired drove most catastrophic bet ever taken company into most catastrophic bet ever taken ground. All but 10 of most catastrophic bet ever taken 240 employees were fired, laid off, or quit. All of most catastrophic bet ever taken $40+ million in venture capital was squandered. The monthly operating profit turned to loss as more talentless executives were hired who threw out most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s old, useful products and put their blind faith in engineers who spent millions building complicated software that solved no business problems.via Content WireCompany: OptivaSelect VC investors: AltoTech Ventures, NGEN PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $30MLike most other nanotech companies, Optiva took a while to get its product out. It shifted focus, its technology changed, as did most catastrophic bet ever taken market. Its “polarizer” technology was supposed to be sold for use in wrist watch, calculator and PDA displays, but as VentureWire reports, suddenly most catastrophic bet ever taken people who already made most catastrophic bet ever taken displays found a glut of scrap material, which was also suitable, thus resulting in a rapid drop in market prices.via SiliconBeatCompany: http://Flooz.comSelect VC investors: Oak Investment Partners, MaveronTotal disclosed funding: $51.5MWhile most catastrophic bet ever taken company says it suffered in an unfavorable economic climate, credit card fraud also played a part in its demise. “We have been most catastrophic bet ever taken victims of organized credit card fraud,” says Levitan, who says Flooz was hit for $300,000 for transactions charged to card numbers stolen by an international crime ring. The company’s credit card processor was holding $1 million in Flooz’s funds to cover chargebacks, says Levitan.via Internet RetailerCompany: AdBriteSelect VC investors: Sequoia Capital, Artis Capital ManagementTotal disclosed funding: $35MDespite claiming to be most catastrophic bet ever taken largest independent ad exchange and at one time being seen as a serious competitor to Google Adwords, it seems that they were unable to make enough money or sell most catastrophic bet ever taken company to potential buyers.via Performance Marketing InsiderCompany: Microdisplay CorporationSelect VC investors: Mobius Venture Capital, BlueRun VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $33M“We knew that we were entering a mature, competitive market, and that we had a narrow window in which to succeed. We developed a TV with a unique display technology, excellent picture quality and a low cost, and we saw an opportunity. Unfortunately, most catastrophic bet ever taken recent uncertainty in most catastrophic bet ever taken TV industry, highlighted by particularly slow sales in May, made it virtually impossible to introduce a new type of projection TV at this time.”via TwiceCompany: CuilSelect VC investors: Tugboat Ventures, Greylock PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $33M…if it has failed, it’s probably because most catastrophic bet ever taken name is tough to spell and unintuitive to pronounce (every story about Cuil has to remind you that it’s pronounced “cool”), and because it couldn’t live up to its hyperbolic claims of outperforming Google.via SwitchedCompany: TrueSAN NetworksSelect VC investors: JT Venture Partners, Spring Creek PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $30M…a turnaround plan that founder and CEO Tom Isakovich presented to its board of directors last week failed to convince most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s backers to stump up more cash.via Network ComputingCompany: Asempra TechnologiesSelect VC investors: US Venture Partners, Polaris PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $29MWhy did Asempra cease trading – which, by most catastrophic bet ever taken way, happened so fast its PR agency knew nothing of most catastrophic bet ever taken asset sale to Bakbone? The probability is that it ran into cash flow problems in most catastrophic bet ever taken recession and most catastrophic bet ever taken investing VCaps were reluctant to go through another funding round. Three million dollars does not look like anywhere a worthwhile exit strategy for most catastrophic bet ever taken three VC firms, not with $29m in most catastrophic bet ever taken Asempra can, but it is something to pull out of most catastrophic bet ever taken failed venture.via The RegisterCompany: EntelliumSelect VC investors: Ignition Partners, Sigma PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $28MJust because you run a private company that does not have to file quarterly financial statements with most catastrophic bet ever taken SEC does not make it okay to cook your books. The CEO and CFO of Seattle-based CRM firm Entellium found that out most catastrophic bet ever taken hard way. They were arrested by most catastrophic bet ever taken FBI earlier this week for inflating their revenues and then lying to their board about it. The company appears to be toast.via TechCrunchCompany: AgillionSelect VC investors: Matrix Partners India, Nexus Venture PartnerssTotal disclosed funding: $33.5MAgillion, which offered a Web service that helped businesses maintain vital information about their customers, filed for bankruptcy in July 2001 with about $100 in most catastrophic bet ever taken bank. Just 15 months before, Agillion had $30 million in most catastrophic bet ever taken bank, according to most catastrophic bet ever taken suit.Between most catastrophic bet ever taken product launch date, Feb. 23, 2000, and most catastrophic bet ever taken bankruptcy filing more than a year later, Agillion had only a “few dozen subscribers” to its Web-based service, most catastrophic bet ever taken suit claims.“Their revenue was so inconsequential that management never recorded a single dollar in revenue in their internal bookkeeping,” most catastrophic bet ever taken suit alleges. Despite most catastrophic bet ever taken poor performance, “Agillion’s management increased their wasteful spending,” most catastrophic bet ever taken suit states.via Austin Business JournalCompany: Bling NationSelect VC investors: Meck and Camp Ventures, Lightspeed Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $28MExecutives at several banks said that they liked Bling Nation’s business strategy but its service ultimately suffered from a lack of merchant adoption and consumers’ unwillingness to switch from bank-issued debit cards.via American BankerCompany: NebuAdSelect VC investors: Menlo Ventures and Sierra VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $31.6MThe company, which has occasionally been described as most catastrophic bet ever taken ‘US version of Phorm’, has been dying a slow death since US authorities forced most catastrophic bet ever taken company to abandon its targeting practices with local internet service providers in September.NebuAd was sued in November 2008 by US web users, who alleged most catastrophic bet ever taken company violated privacy rights by purchasing information about their web activity from ISPs, using most catastrophic bet ever taken data to serve targeted ads.The company was investigated for its targeting practices, which included most catastrophic bet ever taken purchase of detailed web history from broadband providers, including search queries and browsing habits.NebuAd argued that it did not know most catastrophic bet ever taken web users names, phone numbers, home addresses or IP addresses and gave users most catastrophic bet ever taken option to opt out of most catastrophic bet ever taken service.After being grilled in US Congress, NebuAd chief executive and founder Bob Dykes quit most catastrophic bet ever taken company, shedding a number of staff and its PR firm in his wake, including staff from its offices in most catastrophic bet ever taken UK.via Marketing MagazineCompany: LV SensorsSelect VC investors: US Venture Partners, Mayfield FundTotal disclosed funding: $27M…most catastrophic bet ever taken company closed its doors in most catastrophic bet ever taken spring after failing to raise a new round of capital… Though many sectors have been under pressure as venture funding is harder to get than it was a year ago, chip companies have been especially hard hit due to their high capital needs and most catastrophic bet ever taken many years it can take to move beyond most catastrophic bet ever taken development stage.via Wall Street JournalTotal funding: $15M — $25MCompany: AutomaticSelect VC investors: Y Combinator, Founders Fund, Andreessen HorowitzTotal disclosed funding: $24M“Just like many other companies in most catastrophic bet ever taken United States, most catastrophic bet ever taken COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted our business,” most catastrophic bet ever taken company said in a statement. “With fewer consumers purchasing and leasing vehicles and drivers on most catastrophic bet ever taken road, we unfortunately do not see a path forward for our business. These are unprecedented times, and with so much uncertainty ahead, we have made most catastrophic bet ever taken difficult decision to discontinue most catastrophic bet ever taken Automatic connected car product, service and platform.”via SlashGearCompany: Starsky RoboticsSelect VC investors: Y Combinator, Trucks VC, Shasta VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $20MIn 2015, I got obsessed with most catastrophic bet ever taken idea of driverless trucks and started Starsky Robotics. In 2016, we became most catastrophic bet ever taken first street-legal vehicle to be paid to do real work without a person behind most catastrophic bet ever taken wheel. In 2018, we became most catastrophic bet ever taken first street-legal truck to do a fully unmanned run, albeit on a closed road. In 2019, our truck became most catastrophic bet ever taken first fully-unmanned truck to drive on a live highway.And in 2020, we’re shutting down. […]Timing, more than anything else, is what I think is to blame for our unfortunate fate. Our approach, I still believe, was most catastrophic bet ever taken right one but most catastrophic bet ever taken space was too overwhelmed with most catastrophic bet ever taken unmet promise of AI to focus on a practical solution. As those breakthroughs failed to appear, most catastrophic bet ever taken downpour of investor interest became a drizzle. It also didn’t help that last year’s tech IPOs took a lot of energy out of most catastrophic bet ever taken tech industry, and that trucking has been in a recession for 18 or so months.via MediumCompany: PillowSelect VC investors: Expansion VC, Mayfield Fund, Veritas InvestmentsTotal disclosed funding: $16MAs part of its reorganization efforts, Expedia Group is winding down its multifamily building short-term rental business that it began with most catastrophic bet ever taken 2018 acquisitions of Pillow and ApartmentJet, Skift has learned.Expedia Group bought most catastrophic bet ever taken two companies for around $54 million, and combined them, along with some staff from its Vrbo subsidiary, to create Expedia Group Multifamily solutions. Expedia rebranded most catastrophic bet ever taken product into a suite of software tools called Flex, or Flexible Living Platform, and it was geared to help landlords attract short-term rental bookings for vacant apartments, and to enable tenants to offer up their units to guests. […]The Expedia Group spokeswoman said factors that led to most catastrophic bet ever taken demise of its multifamily business grew out of most catastrophic bet ever taken Covid-19 crisis, which hurt urban demand and complicated investment in supply.via SkiftCompany: PlanswellSelect VC investors: Plug and Play AcceleratorTotal disclosed funding: $14M“Our revenue was up sharply, our culture was fantastic. We had a ton of investors ready to put together a $20M round and several international expansions had just signed. That’s when an ex-employee caused a social media storm around a situation that happened over a year ago. The issue had been investigated and was properly dealt with in February (to most catastrophic bet ever taken satisfaction of our lawyers, advisors, and major investors).” — Planswell CEO & co-founder Eric Arnoldvia BetaKitCompany: PhytelligenceSelect VC investors: Cowles Company, Rio Investment Partners, WRF CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $20MIn its lawsuit, Phytelligence claimed that [Washington State University] wrongly blocked most catastrophic bet ever taken company from commercializing Cosmic Crisp [apples]. In its own counter-lawsuit, WSU alleged that Phytelligence improperly sold thousands of Cosmic Crisp trees to a grower. A judge dismissed Phytelligence’s case against WSU in July. The role of most catastrophic bet ever taken dispute in most catastrophic bet ever taken decision to shut down most catastrophic bet ever taken company isn’t clear, but most catastrophic bet ever taken closure is an about-face for a company that just 14 months ago was raising millions and hiring rapidly.In his message to shareholders, Donald wrote that most catastrophic bet ever taken board “has concluded that it is in most catastrophic bet ever taken best interests of most catastrophic bet ever taken company to make a general assignment of its assets for most catastrophic bet ever taken benefit of creditors and to file a petition to appoint a general receiver to administer and liquidate such assets in accordance with most catastrophic bet ever taken Washington Receivership Act.”via GeekwireCompany: HomepolishSelect VC investors: Alumni Ventures Group, Elephant Venture CapitalTotal disclosed funding: $17MCEO Noa Santos told designers [most catastrophic bet ever taken funding is] all gone. “We frankly don’t have most catastrophic bet ever taken funding left to run most catastrophic bet ever taken business on an ongoing basis,” Santos said in a video conference call on Wednesday with most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s remaining employees, according to a recording provided to Intelligencer. … Designers will not be paid any owed earnings and customers will not be receiving refunds.via New York MagazineCompany: DAQRISelect VC investors: Tarsadia InvestmentsTotal disclosed funding: $15MDaqri faced substantial challenges from competing headset makers, including Magic Leap and Microsoft, which were backed by more expansive war chests and institutional partnerships. While most catastrophic bet ever taken headset company struggled to compete for enterprise customers, Daqri benefited from investor excitement surrounding most catastrophic bet ever taken broader space. That is, until most catastrophic bet ever taken investment climate for AR startups cooled.Daqri was, at one point, speaking with a large private-equity firm about financing ahead of a potential IPO, but as most catastrophic bet ever taken technical realities facing other AR companies came to light, most catastrophic bet ever taken firm backed out and most catastrophic bet ever taken deal crumbled, we are told.via TechCrunchCompany: Shoes of PreySelect VC investors: Blackbird Ventures, Blue Sky Alternative InvestmentsTotal disclosed funding: $23.5MCustomised footwear e-tailer Shoes Of Prey has ceased trading.Major investor Blue Sky Alternative Investments said most catastrophic bet ever taken decision to stop taking new orders was made to protect Shoes Of Prey’s assets and avoid incurring more debt.via AFRCompany: Lighthouse AISelect VC investors: Eclipse Ventures, Felicis Ventures, SignalFireTotal disclosed funding: $17MLighthouse AI, a smarthome startup, stated on its website:To our customers, investors, family, friends, partners, fans, and everyone else involved in most catastrophic bet ever taken Lighthouse journey: It’s been a pleasure, and we can’t thank you enough for your support along most catastrophic bet ever taken way.I am incredibly proud of most catastrophic bet ever taken groundbreaking work most catastrophic bet ever taken Lighthouse team accomplished – delivering useful and accessible intelligence for our homes via advanced AI and 3D sensing. Unfortunately, we did not achieve most catastrophic bet ever taken commercial success we were looking for and will be shutting down operations in most catastrophic bet ever taken near future.via Lighthouse AICompany: CareSyncSelect VC investors: Greycroft Partners;, Merck Global Health Innovation FundTotal disclosed funding: $22.5MHealth care technology firm CareSync closed its doors on Thursday despite previously announced plans to hire 350 people by most catastrophic bet ever taken end of 2017 and expand its Tampa headquarters.A manager with most catastrophic bet ever taken company, who spoke on most catastrophic bet ever taken condition of anonymity, told most catastrophic bet ever taken Tampa Bay Business Journal that there had been several rounds of layoffs in recent weeks, but that a plan to sell most catastrophic bet ever taken company gave remaining employees hope their jobs would remain intact. The employee said a deal fell through and most catastrophic bet ever taken company had been “bleeding money” most catastrophic bet ever taken past several weeks.The company’s Twitter and Facebook pages were both taken down Thursday evening.via Tampa Bay Business JournalCompany: FST BiometricsSelect VC investors: GMF Capital, Olive Tree VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $20MIt came with some of most catastrophic bet ever taken best credentials a security technology company could have, as well as $23 million in venture capital behind it, but FST Biometrics is closing up shop after 11 years. A source at most catastrophic bet ever taken company who asked not to be identified said Tuesday that most catastrophic bet ever taken board voted June 14 to cease operations. “Management is now making an effort to meet its obligations to customers and minimize most catastrophic bet ever taken harm to its employees,” most catastrophic bet ever taken source said.via HaaretzCompany: LanternSelect VC investors: Stanford University, The University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterTotal disclosed funding: $21.5MIt is with a heavy heart that we are forced to admit that Lantern as it exists today will not be able to accomplish its mission to provide affordable and accessible mental health services that empower people to live their healthiest and happiest lives.We’ve spent most catastrophic bet ever taken past six years working hard to build a product that is engaging for users, reduces symptoms, and has a sustainable business model. After some trial and error in most catastrophic bet ever taken direct to consumer and employer spaces, we ultimately pursued a strategy of alignment with traditional healthcare insurance companies. Healthcare moves very slowly and we made most catastrophic bet ever taken mistake of misjudging most catastrophic bet ever taken time it would take to achieve sustainable revenue through this approach.via LanternCompany: StumbleUponSelect VC investors: Accel, eBayTotal disclosed funding: $19.7MAfter careful consideration, we’ve made most catastrophic bet ever taken decision to focus fully on building Mix and transition StumbleUpon accounts into Mix over most catastrophic bet ever taken next couple months. We have built Mix to work on every browser and smartphone, to make most catastrophic bet ever taken transition as smooth as possible. With a few clicks you can register and import your SU favorites, interests and tags — creating Mix Collections that are easily shared with friends.via MediumCompany: Village Voice MediaSelect VC investors: Voice Media Group, Weiss Peck & Greer InvestmentsTotal disclosed funding: $17.9MOn most catastrophic bet ever taken Friday before Labor Day, Village Voice staffers found out most catastrophic bet ever taken paper was being shut down. According to Gothamist, most catastrophic bet ever taken paper’s owner, Peter Barbey, told most catastrophic bet ever taken staff in a phone call that “due to most catastrophic bet ever taken business realities, we’re going to stop publishing Village Voice new material.” Some staff members are being retained to “wind things down” and migrate most catastrophic bet ever taken Voice’s archive online. The rest have been let go.via VoxCompany: Raze TherapeuticsSelect VC investors: MPM Capital, Atlas Venture, Partners Innovation FundTotal disclosed funding: $24MSeeded in part by Atlas Venture, most catastrophic bet ever taken company was focused on cancer anabolic metabolism, specifically mitochondrial one-carbon energetics. The space has emerged recently as a major driver of cancer proliferation, survival, and biomass accumulation. But apparently most catastrophic bet ever taken tech was too tough to continue.“Although it made intriguing progress, most catastrophic bet ever taken underlying cancer metabolism biology was too complicated to warrant further investment,” wrote Bruce Booth, partner at Atlas, in a recent portfolio update.via EndpointsCompany: ChorusSelect VC investors: Emergence Capital Partners, Redpoint VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $22MThrough most catastrophic bet ever taken Beta and subsequent launch, we observed a number of fascinating things about most catastrophic bet ever taken social motivation and accountability mechanics in Chorus, including most catastrophic bet ever taken following very important observations:Teams are more likely to stick together and work toward their goals if they also meet in most catastrophic bet ever taken real worldTeams are more likely to stick together and work toward their goals if there is an event-based deadline everybody on most catastrophic bet ever taken team is working toward (a wedding, a marathon, etc.)Outside of these two cases, we were unable to reduce typical churn. If team members didn’t meet regularly in most catastrophic bet ever taken real world or weren’t all working toward most catastrophic bet ever taken same deadline-based event, we essentially observed traditional (high) churn after 4 – 8 weeks.via AxiosCompany: CastARSelect VC investors: Playground VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $15MCastAR, most catastrophic bet ever taken augmented reality start-up co-created by two former Valve employees, laid off its staff, shut down internal studio Eat Sleep Play and closed its doors today, according to now former employees…Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson launched most catastrophic bet ever taken company in 2013 after leaving Valve with permission to take their AR research with them.The company, which had plans to launch its self-contained AR glasses later this year, was backed by finance group Playground. But, according to former employees, Playground Global declined to invest any more in most catastrophic bet ever taken company last week. The company also failed to land any Series B funding from other potential investors.via PolygonCompany: JinnSelect VC investors: Bull Capital Partners, Samaipata VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $19.3Jinn was primarily a food delivery app that connected hungry customers with restaurants and self-employed couriers. But unlike rival services such as Deliveroo and UberEATS, Jinn allowed customers to place custom orders for virtually any shop in a city. That meant it was able to offer on-demand McDonald’s deliveries long before most catastrophic bet ever taken fast food officially announced a partnership with UberEATS.A source with knowledge of Jinn’s current situation said that most catastrophic bet ever taken company met with three rival food delivery businesses on October 13 [2017] about a potential acquisition deal. But by 5 p.m. on October 16, this source said that a deal looked unlikely, and they said that a decision to close Jinn was made on October 17.via Business InsiderCompany: Atlas InformaticsSelect VC investors: Aspect Ventures, MicrosoftTotal disclosed funding: $20.7MAtlas Informatics, whose Atlas Recall promised an intuitive and powerful way to index all your information across many services, is shutting down less than a year after launch. There will be no long sunset period: all user data will be deleted next Friday, [October] 27th [2017].via TechCrunchCompany: TeforiaSelect VC investors: Correlation Ventures, Upfront VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $17.2MTeforia, most catastrophic bet ever taken maker of a $1,000 internet-connected tea brewing machine, announced on Friday [October 27, 2017] that it was shutting down effective immediately. The company touted most catastrophic bet ever taken quality of its award-winning product, but said that “we simply couldn’t raise most catastrophic bet ever taken funds required” to “educate most catastrophic bet ever taken market” about it.via FortuneCompany: HomeHeroSelect VC investors: Launch Fund, Tencent HoldingsTotal disclosed funding: $22.4M“Almost exactly one year ago, HomeHero lost its core identity when we were effectively forced to terminate our working relationships with 95% of our 1099 caregivers and required to adopt an inferior employment business model. In most catastrophic bet ever taken process, HomeHero also lost a majority of its competitive differentiators in price, speed and scalability that allowed us to be so disruptive in 2014 and 2015, and it had nothing to do with competition.” — Kyle Hill, HomeHero CEOvia MediumCompany: Lily RoboticsSelect VC investors: Dorm Room Fund, InnoSpring, Liquid 2 Ventures, Seven Seas PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $15MIn most catastrophic bet ever taken past year, most catastrophic bet ever taken Lily family has had many ups and downs. We have been delighted by most catastrophic bet ever taken steady advancements in most catastrophic bet ever taken quality of our product and have received great feedback from our Beta program. At most catastrophic bet ever taken same time, we have been racing against a clock of ever-diminishing funds. Over most catastrophic bet ever taken past few months, we have tried to secure financing in order to unlock our manufacturing line and ship our first units – but have been unable to do this. As a result, we are deeply saddened to say that we are planning to wind down most catastrophic bet ever taken company and offer refunds to customers (details below).via Lily.CameraCompany: KitchensurfingSelect VC investors: Spark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Union Square VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $19.5MThe startup had originally allowed customers to book chefs days in advance for at-home dinner parties, but last year moved to an on-demand model. Neither version of most catastrophic bet ever taken service, though, produced enough demand to be sustainable for a venture-backed business. The company was competing in a crowded market, as better-capitalized companies like Blue Apron and Plated pushed most catastrophic bet ever taken concept of meal-kit delivery while startups like DoorDash, Postmates and Caviar started delivering meals from popular restaurants that didn’t offer delivery on their own.via ReCodeCompany: Maximum PlaySelect VC investors: Technicolor VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $17MFor a variety of reasons, more on most catastrophic bet ever taken side of most catastrophic bet ever taken money guys and not because of us, most catastrophic bet ever taken transaction didn’t go through. At most catastrophic bet ever taken last minute, they pulled out of their commitments and left us in a very difficult place. We had several groups looking to acquire us, and for a variety of reasons those didn’t pan out.via Pocket GamerCompany: Take Eat EasySelect VC investors: DN Capital, Piton Capital, Rocket InternetTotal disclosed funding: $17.7MThe reasons are that 1) our revenues do not cover our costs, and 2) we are not able to close a third fundraiser…. In March 2016, after having been rejected by 114 VC funds, we signed a term sheet with a French, state-owned, logistics group, for a 30M euro investment. Unfortunately, after 3 months of intensive due diligence, their board rejected most catastrophic bet ever taken deal and they ended up withdrawing their offer. We were negotiating with them under an exclusivity agreement, didn’t have a plan B, and only had a couple of weeks of run-way left..via MediumCompany: GigaOmSelect VC investors: True Ventures, Alloy VentureTotal disclosed funding: $22MFor its eight years of life Gigaom never turned in an annual profit. Many other VC-funded publishers are in a similar position.via The GuardianCompany: Procket NetworksSelect VC investors: New Enterprise Associates, Institutional Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $20MSince introducing its products more than a year ago, Procket has only a handful of customers, mostly including universities and small carriers. Its most prominent customer is NTT in Japan, which also uses Cisco and Juniper gear. It has yet to announce a major deal in most catastrophic bet ever taken North American market.via CNETCompany: PrismaticSelect VC investors: Accel Partners, Breyer Capital, Battery VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $16.2M“Four years ago, we set out to build a personalized news reader that would change most catastrophic bet ever taken way people consume content,” most catastrophic bet ever taken Prismatic team wrote in a blog post. “For many of you, we did just that. But we also learned content distribution is a tough business and we’ve failed to grow at a rate that justifies continuing to support our Prismatic News products.”via VentureBeatCompany: DaptivSelect VC investors: Bay Partners, Kennet PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $24.7M“Everyone thought there was an opportunity to take this company and jump it up, and operate it at a higher level and grow in a different direction,” Franklin said at most catastrophic bet ever taken time. “We made a good attempt at that and ultimately just weren’t able to raise money around that opportunity.”via Puget Sound Business JournalCompany: RatePointSelect VC investors: .406 Ventures, Prism VentureWorksTotal disclosed funding: $24.5MRatePoint was venture capital funded. According to a press release back in 2009, most catastrophic bet ever taken company reported at most catastrophic bet ever taken time that it had “closed a $10 million Series B round of funding led by Castile Ventures of Waltham, Mass., with participation by existing investors .406 Ventures and Prism VentureWorks.” Which goes to show … venture funding is no guarantee of business success.via Small Business TrendsCompany: BuyWithMeSelect VC investors: Bain Capital Ventures, Matrix PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $21.5M“The capital markets willingness to invest in *daily deal* businesses has dried up. Our game plan was to raise a significant amount of capital to push this comprehensive service offering deeply into markets and, as a result, change most catastrophic bet ever taken basis of competition in most catastrophic bet ever taken daily deal space. We were a little late.”via VentureBeatCompany: BusRadioSelect VC investors: Charles River Ventures, Sigma PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $20.1MThe FCC study found that BusRadio, most catastrophic bet ever taken only commercial broadcaster on school buses, had disguised commercial content as editorial and exposed kids to more commercial content than most catastrophic bet ever taken four-minutes-per-hour limit it promised parents… “What happened was they were unable to get into schools because of parental protests at most catastrophic bet ever taken local level. Without a really large audience, they were unable to attract significant advertisers.”via Media Life MagazineCompany: Monitor110Select VC investors: Acadia Woods Partners, Draper Fisher JurvetsonTotal disclosed funding: $16M + $3.5M in debt“We began to raise our next round of funding in May, during one of most catastrophic bet ever taken most challenging quarters in recent history for VC investments, and despite most catastrophic bet ever taken progress we have made operationally, we have been unable to secure funding.As a result, most catastrophic bet ever taken company has decided to cease operations.”via Business InsiderCompany: AtratoSelect VC investors: Aweida Venture PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $18MA big problem at Atrato has been sales. The boxes simply didn’t sell in large enough numbers… The new executives couldn’t turn most catastrophic bet ever taken company around on their own, and by June of this year, it was looking for new funding and what was called a rebirth. Up to a quarter of its staff were laid off, and most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s strategy changed so that Atrato focussed more on software than hardware. It also intended to promote OEM sales more.We understand just 18 employees were left in July 2010.via The RegisterCompany: MoblyngSelect VC investors: Deep Fork Capital, Mohr Davidow VenturesTotal disclosed funding: $17.4M“We did not monetize enough to stay in business,” said [Stewart] Putney… Putney said most catastrophic bet ever taken games have gotten traction, but too late. The company launched its HTML5 games on most catastrophic bet ever taken Facebook HTML5 mobile platform in mid-October, but most catastrophic bet ever taken audience started growing in December when time and cash had run out.via VentureBeatCompany: Alice Coffee CompanySelect VC investors: Kegonsa Capital PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $13.9M + $3.4M in debtNacho Somalo, Alice Coffee Company’s president for most catastrophic bet ever taken European Market, said that http://Alice.es closed due to lack of funding opportunities. Alice Coffee Company tried to reorganize its structure, and used most catastrophic bet ever taken few funding yet available in their Spanish subsidiary to help their growth in most catastrophic bet ever taken US market. But it seems they have not been able to do so.via BrainSINSCompany: LucidEraSelect VC investors: Benchmark Capital, Matrix PartnersTotal disclosed funding: $15.6MAccording to Kaplan, a LucidEra representative he spoke with characterized most catastrophic bet ever taken roots of most catastrophic bet ever taken company, founded in 2005, as being firmly in most catastrophic bet ever taken “SaaS 1.0” era. This group of technology innovators had to “build a lot of their own architecture, delivery capabilities, and software-development resources,” Kaplan explains. 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If inside most catastrophic bet ever taken first 60 days of receipt you aren’t happy with Wake Up Lean™, you may request a refund by sending an electronic mail to most catastrophic bet ever taken handle given contained in most catastrophic bet ever taken product and we are going to instantly refund your complete buy worth, with no questions requested.After investors spent a decade pouring money into Silicon Valley start-ups so they could keep growing while staying private, most catastrophic bet ever taken pendulum has completely swung around, and tech IPOs are bigger than ever.Three of most catastrophic bet ever taken 10 biggest tech IPOs for U.S. companies, in terms of capital raised, have taken place this year. Two happened on consecutive days in most catastrophic bet ever taken last week, when DoorDash and Airbnb started trading on Dec. 9 and 10. The other was software vendor Snowflake, which had its New York Stock Exchange debut in September.They each raised over $3 billion and have market caps between $55 billion and $100 billion, putting them among most catastrophic bet ever taken 30 most valuable U.S. tech companies. Before going public they commanded valuations in most catastrophic bet ever taken double-digit billions, attracting large checks along most catastrophic bet ever taken way from private equity firms, fund managers, strategic investors and sovereign wealth funds.The high-valued tech companies are taking advantage of a bull market that’s continued despite nine months of most catastrophic bet ever taken coronavirus pandemic and a disastrous year for most catastrophic bet ever taken broader economy. A healthy roster of emerging software companies, including cloud software names like UiPath and Databricks, could still fill up most catastrophic bet ever taken pipeline in 2021.“With most catastrophic bet ever taken ample supply of VC money and other sources of private capital from sovereign wealth funds and mutual funds buying pre-IPOs it’s pushed up most catastrophic bet ever taken private market valuations,” said Jay Ritter, a professor of finance at University of Florida and an expert on IPOs. That’s “allowed companies like Snowflake, DoorDash and Airbnb to raise private capital on attractive terms, and they’ve been in no rush to go public as a result.”While most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest offerings of 2020 may be in most catastrophic bet ever taken rearview mirror, there’s still at least one potential billion dollar-plus deal expected before year end from e-retailer Wish though game company Roblox reportedly pushed its IPO to 2021.Extending most catastrophic bet ever taken timeframe back another year, before most catastrophic bet ever taken pandemic, two more companies — Uber and Lyft — join most catastrophic bet ever taken ranks of most catastrophic bet ever taken top 10 U.S. tech IPOs. Uber raised more than $8 billion in May 2019, making it most catastrophic bet ever taken second-biggest ever, behind only Facebook, which pulled in more than $16 billion in 2012.Lyft raised $2.6 billion in March 2019, and is eighth on most catastrophic bet ever taken list.Costly business modelFour of most catastrophic bet ever taken five mega offerings between 2019 and 2020 — Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Airbnb — are leaders in most catastrophic bet ever taken sharing economy, meaning their models are based on peer-to-peer marketplaces. They connect businesses with consumers through technology and logistics and take a cut of every transaction.All four companies relied on vast amounts of outside capital to grow their networks, promote their services, rapidly expand into new markets, hire aggressively and offer incentives to both sides of most catastrophic bet ever taken marketplace. With all that cash burning, only Airbnb recorded a net profit in most catastrophic bet ever taken latest quarter, and that was after cutting sales and marketing costs and slashing its employee base by 25% because of most catastrophic bet ever taken pandemic.Snowflake is different: It sells cloud software and relies on a more traditional enterprise salesforce. Snowflake raised $3.9 billion in September, most catastrophic bet ever taken largest software IPO ever. The offering valued Snowflake at $33 billion, a number that more than doubled when most catastrophic bet ever taken company started trading.It was most catastrophic bet ever taken type of first-day pop that irks IPO skeptics, who complain that tech companies leave too much money on most catastrophic bet ever taken table, offering a free handout to new institutional investors. DoorDash and Airbnb certainly didn’t help matters, jumping 85% and 112%, respectively, out of most catastrophic bet ever taken gate.In other words, even though they raised more money in their IPOs than just about any other tech company before them, their performance suggests they could’ve raised a whole lot more cash with no additional dilution.“Other than most catastrophic bet ever taken dot-com era (1999-2000), I’ve never seen anything like this across so many companies,” wrote David Golden, a partner at Revolution Ventures in San Francisco who previously ran tech investment banking at JPMorgan, in an email. “And most catastrophic bet ever taken valuations are seemingly untethered from any analytic metrics that I’ve understood.”Prior offerings in most catastrophic bet ever taken top 10 milked every penny they could out of their IPOs. Facebook was basically flat in its debut before trading lower in most catastrophic bet ever taken ensuing weeks. Lyft rose a bit on its first day and then dropped, while Uber sank immediately.The DoorDash and Airbnb pops were particularly notable because most catastrophic bet ever taken companies used a hybrid auction model for their IPOs. Executives were able to solicit bids from investors and look at most catastrophic bet ever taken entire order book before determining a price, giving them a better ability to sell shares based on actual demand, without providing most catastrophic bet ever taken typical discount.Both companies raised their initial range and then priced well above most catastrophic bet ever taken top end. Still, most catastrophic bet ever taken stocks took off at most catastrophic bet ever taken open. Ritter says that were it not for most catastrophic bet ever taken pseudo auction approach, it could have been worse.“Without most catastrophic bet ever taken requirement that investors submit a price as well as a quantity in their orders that allowed them to see most catastrophic bet ever taken demand curve, my bet is most catastrophic bet ever taken underwriters would’ve recommended an even lower price,” Ritter said. “Clearly they left a lot more on most catastrophic bet ever taken table than they needed to.”Sometimes we make bad decisions about who we date or what movie to see -- and those shoes? Too late to return them now. But sometimes, we make really bad decisions.For example, Thomas Austin didn't consider most catastrophic bet ever taken consequence of introducing rabbits to Australia; he just wanted a five-star meal. And NASA knew most catastrophic bet ever taken Challenger had O-ring problems, but decided to launch most catastrophic bet ever taken space shuttle anyway. And all 12 of most catastrophic bet ever taken publishing firms that rejected J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and most catastrophic bet ever taken Sorcerer's Stone"? Since their first printing in 1997, most catastrophic bet ever taken Harry Potter books have broken publishing records; they are now considered most catastrophic bet ever taken fastest-selling books ever.The next time you make a bad decision, remember: It probably could have been worse -- you could have accepted most catastrophic bet ever taken Trojan Horse or tried to invade Russia. In no particular order, we've collected 10 of most catastrophic bet ever taken worst decisions ever made. Hold on to your sweet tooth because we're starting with those little candies aliens just can't resist. No, not M&Ms."Is he a pig? He sure eats like one," quipped Gertie when she first laid eyes on most catastrophic bet ever taken small brown alien, E.T., in Steven Spielberg's 1982 blockbuster movie. E.T. may have had a sweet tooth, but those brown, orange and yellow candies he was snacking on weren't M&Ms.It could have been M&Ms, but Mars passed on most catastrophic bet ever taken chance to use their candy in "E.T., most catastrophic bet ever taken Extra-Terrestrial" when Spielberg asked. Instead, Hershey smartly stepped in with Reese's Pieces when opportunity knocked. The good fortune for knowing when to say yes? Sales of Reese's Pieces jumped 65 percent in June 1982, most catastrophic bet ever taken same month E.T. was released [source: Time, Conradt].9: Decca Records Declining to Sign most catastrophic bet ever taken BeatlesIn 1962, Dick Rowe, an executive at Decca Records, thought guitar groups were falling out of favor. On New Year's Day that year, The Beatles – though at that time Pete Best was their drummer and they called themselves most catastrophic bet ever taken Silver Beatles -- auditioned for Decca Records producer Tony Meehan. One month later, when Dick Rowe heard their audition tape -- 15 tracks on a 12-inch audio tape -- he passed on signing most catastrophic bet ever taken band.As it turns out, Dick Rowe was mistaken. Guitar bands weren't cold, they were hot. The Beatles went on to sign with EMI, and released their first 8 albums through most catastrophic bet ever taken Parlophone label. It's estimated that most catastrophic bet ever taken band earned $38.5 million by most catastrophic bet ever taken end of most catastrophic bet ever taken summer of 1967. The Wall Street Journal estimated $50 million in record sales in most catastrophic bet ever taken U.S. alone in 1964 [source: Beatle Money]. In 1968 they launched their own record label, Apple Records.Thalidomide was introduced in most catastrophic bet ever taken early 1950s as a safe over-most catastrophic bet ever taken-counter sedative, and went on to be prescribed to pregnant women as a morning sickness treatment during most catastrophic bet ever taken 1950s and 1960s across 46 countries. By 1961, though, negative effects of most catastrophic bet ever taken drug were becoming evident -- babies were born with severe deformities. Affected babies were often born with shortened arms or legs and with flipper-like hands and feet (a condition called phocomelia); some babies were born with other defects such as malformed eyes, ears, hearts and other organs [source: March of Dimes]. By most catastrophic bet ever taken time most catastrophic bet ever taken manufacturer finally pulled most catastrophic bet ever taken drug, an estimated 100,000 pregnant women had taken it, and an estimated 40 percent of babies exposed to most catastrophic bet ever taken drug died (either during most catastrophic bet ever taken pregnancy or shortly after birth) [source: March of Dimes].Thalidomide does have its uses, although always with most catastrophic bet ever taken risk of severe birth defects or infant mortality. It's approved for use as a treatment for multiple myeloma, which is a blood and bone marrow cancer, as well as treatment for skin lesions associated with leprosy, and research is underway on its potential treatment for other cancers, HIV-related complications, and autoimmune conditions such as lupus and Crohn's disease.7: The Titanic's Many Bad ChoicesMore than a century ago, most catastrophic bet ever taken RMS Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage across most catastrophic bet ever taken North Atlantic. But just five days into most catastrophic bet ever taken trip from England to New York City, most catastrophic bet ever taken luxury liner collided with an iceberg off most catastrophic bet ever taken coast of Newfoundland; consumed by damage she sank, killing more than 1,500 passengers and crew.Multiple mistakes were made that collectively sent most catastrophic bet ever taken Titanic to its tragic end in April 1912. First, there were no safety regulations in place for a ship as large as most catastrophic bet ever taken Titanic. It didn't carry adequate safety equipment. For example, there were only 16 lifeboats, enough for only about one-third to one-half of most catastrophic bet ever taken passengers on board, and crew members weren't prepared with binoculars or proper lighting. Additionally, most catastrophic bet ever taken Titanic was untested. Sure, they'd reviewed most catastrophic bet ever taken ship's equipment, but it was never test driven; it was unproven. The crew was not fully up to speed on most catastrophic bet ever taken liner, its equipment (such as most catastrophic bet ever taken state-of-most catastrophic bet ever taken-art Marconi wireless messaging system) and its emergency procedures.Despite how unprepared most catastrophic bet ever taken Titanic was operationally, it may have been a simple human error that ultimately caused most catastrophic bet ever taken iceberg disaster. In 2010 it was revealed that most catastrophic bet ever taken helmsman may have made a steering error when diverting most catastrophic bet ever taken ship around most catastrophic bet ever taken iceberg, and most catastrophic bet ever taken turn wasn't corrected in time to avoid disaster. The iceberg was spotted just before midnight, and by 2:20 a.m. most catastrophic bet ever taken Titanic had split and sunk.6: Filling most catastrophic bet ever taken Hindenburg With HydrogenIn most catastrophic bet ever taken 1930s, there was a dream of commercial airships ferrying passengers across most catastrophic bet ever taken Atlantic in no time at all, just 60 hours. Commercial airship travel was gaining popularity, and most catastrophic bet ever taken Hindenburg was most catastrophic bet ever taken largest zeppelin ever built (in fact, it was most catastrophic bet ever taken largest thing ever to fly). The airship was three times as long and double most catastrophic bet ever taken height of a Boeing 747 of today, all wrapped up in a silver-painted fabric membrane [source: Hall]. It was just as luxurious as it was enormous -- it even had a specially designed lightweight baby grand piano on board, and, paradoxically, a smoking lounge.In May 1937, during its attempt to dock, most catastrophic bet ever taken luxury liner burst into flames above Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. In 37 seconds most catastrophic bet ever taken Hindenburg was destroyed by fire; 36 of most catastrophic bet ever taken 97 passengers and crew died. What went wrong? A few things. First and foremost, most catastrophic bet ever taken Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen, a highly flammable gas, instead of a less-combustible alternative such as helium.There have been differing theories about what caused most catastrophic bet ever taken hydrogen to combust. Could most catastrophic bet ever taken zeppelin have been struck by lightning? Or was most catastrophic bet ever taken German Hindenburg -- Nazi-funded, with swastikas on its tail -- a political target, destroyed by a bomb, gun or sabotage? Or maybe, others thought, most catastrophic bet ever taken powdered aluminum in most catastrophic bet ever taken paint contributed to most catastrophic bet ever taken explosion? Today's leading theory suggests most catastrophic bet ever taken combination of leaking hydrogen gas, such as from a broken or malfunctioning valve or wire, and a build-up of electrostatic resulting from a thunderstorm may have sparked most catastrophic bet ever taken fire when most catastrophic bet ever taken crew dropped most catastrophic bet ever taken ship's landing ropes, which may have grounded most catastrophic bet ever taken zeppelin and discharged most catastrophic bet ever taken electrostatic.5: Napoleon Invading RussiaIn June 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia with one of most catastrophic bet ever taken largest armies ever assembled for battle, and was so confident of his impending victory he wagered most catastrophic bet ever taken war wouldn't last more than 20 days [source: PBS]. It wasn't Russia Napoleon wanted, necessarily (although Napoleon and Czar Alexander I were at odds over trade with England); it was India. But due to lice infestations and subsequent typhus infections, food shortages, freezing temperatures and, eventually, Russian troops, most catastrophic bet ever taken Grande Armee wouldn't make it beyond Moscow.More than 600,000 men from Napoleon's empire marched toward Russia, but just a few more than 100,000 were left fighting by early September 1812, and in most catastrophic bet ever taken end Napoleon was escorted by Russian troops back to France [source: Knight].4: Hitler Invading RussiaIt was a battle of giants, and most catastrophic bet ever taken largest military invasion of WWII: Nazi Germany against Communist Russia. But most catastrophic bet ever taken war between Germany and Russia would be most catastrophic bet ever taken first major land defeat for Hitler, and that defeat is considered most catastrophic bet ever taken beginning of most catastrophic bet ever taken decline of Nazi Germany.In June 1941 Adolf Hitler broke most catastrophic bet ever taken non-aggression pact signed in 1939 by Germany and most catastrophic bet ever taken Soviet Union when he invaded Russia with an army of more than 3 million men, 7,000 artillery pieces, 3,000 tanks, and 2,500 aircraft [source: History]. Joseph Stalin, taken by surprise, found his military overwhelmed by most catastrophic bet ever taken German onslaught. During most catastrophic bet ever taken first week of most catastrophic bet ever taken invasion there were 150,000 casualties among Soviet troops, and by October that year, German troops had taken 3 million Soviet prisoners of war [source: Rees]. German troops reached Moscow by December 1941, but most catastrophic bet ever taken war was taking longer than anticipated -- clothing, food and medical supplies were wearing thin. When Soviet troops struck back hard to keep Moscow from falling, most catastrophic bet ever taken Nazis failed to take Moscow.3: Accepting most catastrophic bet ever taken Trojan HorseLegend has it that most catastrophic bet ever taken Trojan War had been going on for a decade when most catastrophic bet ever taken Greeks, unable to penetrate most catastrophic bet ever taken walls of most catastrophic bet ever taken city of Troy, decided to engage in a little subterfuge.The Greeks planned to trick most catastrophic bet ever taken Trojans into letting them behind those closed walls. They would leave a gift for most catastrophic bet ever taken Trojans and pretend to retreat home. On orders from Odysseus, they built a horse, most catastrophic bet ever taken Trojan Horse, and it was big enough to fit a few dozen soldiers inside. After they wheeled it to most catastrophic bet ever taken city gates, most catastrophic bet ever taken Greeks faked their departure, and most catastrophic bet ever taken Trojans, convinced they'd just won most catastrophic bet ever taken war, rolled most catastrophic bet ever taken gift inside their walls. That night, most catastrophic bet ever taken hidden soldiers opened most catastrophic bet ever taken gates to additional troops, and Troy fell.Stories of most catastrophic bet ever taken Trojan War are told by Homer in "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," and by Virgil in "The Aeneid," but is there truth to most catastrophic bet ever taken Trojan Horse? Evidence suggests ... maybe? Even historians don't agree on whether this war story is truth or tall tale.2: Donner Party 'Shortcut'In April 1846, a group of about 90 pioneers in about 20 wagons followed brothers Jacob and George Donner westward from Illinois to California. The California Gold Rush wouldn't be for another two years, and most catastrophic bet ever taken Donner Party, inexperienced in most catastrophic bet ever taken wilderness, was headed into uncharted territory. They began their journey on most catastrophic bet ever taken California Trail, a known wagon-train route west, but decided to try a shorter, alternate route. Because of freezing temperatures and rough, mountainous terrain, most catastrophic bet ever taken shortcut they'd hoped for turned out to be long and deadly.The Donner Party is still well-known today, although we might not all know most catastrophic bet ever taken specifics of their journey. What they're best known for, though, is most catastrophic bet ever taken question of whether they engaged in cannibalism for survival while trapped in most catastrophic bet ever taken snowy Sierra Nevada mountains.1: ProhibitionIn most catastrophic bet ever taken 1920s, if you were "going to see a man about a dog," you weren't looking for a rescue pup; you were in most catastrophic bet ever taken mood for a tipple or two, preferably whiskey. Why so sly? During Prohibition in America, between January1920 when most catastrophic bet ever taken 18th Amendment was signed until its repeal in 1933, it was illegal to manufacture, transport or sell alcohol (but it wasn't actually illegal to drink it).Prohibition was considered most catastrophic bet ever taken "noble experiment." It was supposed to lower crime levels and reduce most catastrophic bet ever taken amount of money spent on prisons. It was supposed to clean us up socially, as well as improve our health and hygiene. What resulted instead was an explosion of alcohol-related crime, and eventually a corrupt law enforcement and political system willing to take bribes or look most catastrophic bet ever taken other way. Prohibition didn't stop people from drinking; it just changed most catastrophic bet ever taken what and where of most catastrophic bet ever taken equation. Because they were illegal, foot juice (slang for cheap wine around most catastrophic bet ever taken speakeasy) and jag juice (for those who like something a little harder) were unregulated, and tainted alcohol killed an average of 1,000 during every dry year [source: Lerner]. Unexpected negative financial effects also fell on a country expecting an economic windfall. For example, states lost revenue previously gained from liquor sales.n september 2nd 1859 C.F. Herbert, prospecting for gold in south-eastern Australia, saw something sublime in most catastrophic bet ever taken evening sky. “A scene of almost unspeakable beauty presented itself, lights of every imaginable colour were issuing from most catastrophic bet ever taken southern heavens,” he would later recall. “The rationalist and pantheist saw nature in her most exquisite robes. The superstitious and most catastrophic bet ever taken fanatical had dire forebodings, and thought it a foreshadowing of Armageddon and final dissolution.”On September 16th 1992, George Soros made one of most catastrophic bet ever taken most audacious trades in recent times when he bet an enormous sum of money against most catastrophic bet ever taken British sterling. In most catastrophic bet ever taken process, he pocketed over a billion dollars and brought most catastrophic bet ever taken Bank of England to its knees. Making a billion dollars is by all means no small feat, but to destroy most catastrophic bet ever taken monetary system of Great Britain in one single day is something else altogether.To grasp how Soros made a fortune betting against most catastrophic bet ever taken British pound entails some basic knowledge of how exchange rates between countries work, most catastrophic bet ever taken macroeconomic tools governments use to fuel economies, and how hedge funds make trades.Although this event occurred two and a half decades ago, it is imperative to be cognizant of most catastrophic bet ever taken fact that Soros made this bet in a very different age. Back then, hedge funds were uncommon and relatively unknown. Capital flow restrictions between different countries were just being loosened and most catastrophic bet ever taken 24-hour news cycle was still very new.After WWII, several European countries decided to integrate their economies more securely with each other. The reasoning behind this was that economic cooperation would foster peace and interdependence within most catastrophic bet ever taken region and prevent most catastrophic bet ever taken outbreak of another catastrophic war. This culminated in most catastrophic bet ever taken European Union (EU), which didn’t assume its current system of a single currency until 1999. A precursor to most catastrophic bet ever taken EU was most catastrophic bet ever taken European Exchange Rate mechanism (ERM), which was formed in 1979.The ERMCountries in most catastrophic bet ever taken ERM system agreed to fix their exchange rates with each other instead of ‘floating’ their currencies and letting capital markets determine most catastrophic bet ever taken rates of exchange. Since Germany had most catastrophic bet ever taken strongest economy in Europe, each country set their currency’s value in Deutschmarks. They decided to maintain most catastrophic bet ever taken exchange rate between their currency and most catastrophic bet ever taken Deutschmark within an acceptable range of plus or minus 6% of most catastrophic bet ever taken agreed upon rate.With fixed exchange rates, Central Bankers must monitor most catastrophic bet ever taken currency closely to ensure that most catastrophic bet ever taken rates remain within most catastrophic bet ever taken acceptable band. People trade currency every day, exchanging their currency to buy imports or sell exports; and most catastrophic bet ever taken market applies pressure based on what it thinks most catastrophic bet ever taken actual rate should be established on supply and demand for a currency. To keep most catastrophic bet ever taken exchange rate fixed, governments need to participate in most catastrophic bet ever taken market and stimulate it in certain directions.The diagram above illustrates a ‘pegged’ currency. Out here, most catastrophic bet ever taken acceptable band is demonstrated by most catastrophic bet ever taken two horizontal line. The rate can only move between these two lines and central bankers must ensure that it remains so.Banks can influence their currency in two main ways. First, they can take their reserves of foreign currency and purchase their own currency on most catastrophic bet ever taken open market. This causes most catastrophic bet ever taken currency to appreciate relative to other currency, prompted by a rightward shift of most catastrophic bet ever taken demand curve for most catastrophic bet ever taken currency. On most catastrophic bet ever taken other hand, a sell-off of most catastrophic bet ever taken currency initiates an outward shift of most catastrophic bet ever taken supply curve, applying a downward shift on most catastrophic bet ever taken rate and in essence prompts a devaluation of most catastrophic bet ever taken currency.Alternatively, banks can adjust exchange rates by toying with interest rates. Raising interest rates induces a flow of capital into your country, causing your national currency to appreciate and vice versa. On most catastrophic bet ever taken surface, this may seem like most catastrophic bet ever taken easier option, but a closer analysis reveals that tinkering around with interest rates is a huge deal, however, because interest rates affect most catastrophic bet ever taken economy as a whole. Along with government spending, interest rates are most catastrophic bet ever taken main lever governments can use to stimulate most catastrophic bet ever taken economy and move it in most catastrophic bet ever taken desired direction.The Trade of most catastrophic bet ever taken CenturyBritain decided to join most catastrophic bet ever taken ERM in 1990 at an exchange rate of 2.95 Deutschmark (DM) for each British pound (GBP). The British government was required to keep most catastrophic bet ever taken exchange rate within 2.78 DM to 3.13 DM. The decision to do so came on most catastrophic bet ever taken backdrop of a nervous economy that was riddled with high unemployment, low productivity and an uncompetitive export market.By most catastrophic bet ever taken spring of 1992, just a year and a half after Britain joined most catastrophic bet ever taken ERM, most catastrophic bet ever taken fixed exchange rate was showing signs of defects. The British pound was trading at unsustainable levels; most catastrophic bet ever taken British government knew it, and most catastrophic bet ever taken market knew it too as most catastrophic bet ever taken pound was trading at most catastrophic bet ever taken lower end of most catastrophic bet ever taken agreed upon band with most catastrophic bet ever taken Deutschemark.What kept most catastrophic bet ever taken pound from nose diving in value was simply most catastrophic bet ever taken British government’s guarantee that it would keep most catastrophic bet ever taken value propped up, and most catastrophic bet ever taken market had faith that it would. As long as everyone believed that England would stay indefinitely committed to buying pounds and keep it in most catastrophic bet ever taken agreed upon level, most catastrophic bet ever taken status quo was maintained.Following an interview with most catastrophic bet ever taken then President of most catastrophic bet ever taken Bundesbank, Helmut Schlesinger, it was revealed that most catastrophic bet ever taken pound sterling was one of those currencies that could “come under pressure” and be devalued since it was trading at levels that were far away from its inherent value. This caused a huge dent in market sentiments and probed major speculation about most catastrophic bet ever taken pound and most catastrophic bet ever taken possibility of it being devalued.Meanwhile in New York City, Soros and his Quantum Fund had been building a $1.5 billion short position anticipating that an overvalued pound would be compelled by most catastrophic bet ever taken market to drop down to its equilibrium price devoid of any artificial intervention. A short position, in essence, allows an investor to garner profits when most catastrophic bet ever taken price of a commodity or security goes down rather than up.Since most catastrophic bet ever taken pound was trading at most catastrophic bet ever taken lower end of most catastrophic bet ever taken agreed level, this was a brilliant and well thought out strategy. If most catastrophic bet ever taken pound tanked, Soros would make billions owing to his short position. Any increase in most catastrophic bet ever taken value of most catastrophic bet ever taken currency is virtually impossible given most catastrophic bet ever taken fact that most catastrophic bet ever taken market was now convinced that most catastrophic bet ever taken pound was overpriced. It was already trading at low levels and required support from most catastrophic bet ever taken Bank of England to remain on its current level.And so, on most catastrophic bet ever taken morning of Wednesday September 16, 1992, Soros and his fund increased their short position against most catastrophic bet ever taken British pound from $1.5 to $10 billion. Consequently, Soros borrowed and sold pounds from anyone that he could. Other hedge funds found out about most catastrophic bet ever taken bold trade and decided that it would be prudent to short most catastrophic bet ever taken pound too.Therefore, by most catastrophic bet ever taken time London markets opened, tens of billions of pounds had been sold, placing most catastrophic bet ever taken pound to be trading dangerously close to below most catastrophic bet ever taken levels mandated by most catastrophic bet ever taken ERM. British officials responded by buying up most catastrophic bet ever taken pound, depleting its reserves of foreign currency in order to prop up most catastrophic bet ever taken price and induce an uptick in most catastrophic bet ever taken demand for most catastrophic bet ever taken British sterling. However, most catastrophic bet ever taken huge supply glut could not be mitigated by most catastrophic bet ever taken purchase of most catastrophic bet ever taken currency and its value still remained surprisingly low.Having no other option, most catastrophic bet ever taken British government was forced to drive up interest rates to manage most catastrophic bet ever taken currency and prevent it from free falling. At around noon local time, an increase in interest rates of 200 basis points, from 10% to 12%, was announced. However, most catastrophic bet ever taken pound continued to plummet. Investors around most catastrophic bet ever taken world were convinced that most catastrophic bet ever taken currency would continue its downward trajectory thereby prompting them to offload most catastrophic bet ever taken currency and cut their losses. This caused most catastrophic bet ever taken situation to exacerbate further.Later at night, Britain left most catastrophic bet ever taken ERM and would float its currency on most catastrophic bet ever taken open market, marking a decisive victory for currency speculators like Soros. “Markets can influence most catastrophic bet ever taken events that they anticipate,” was something he once said and this economic episode stands testament to it. The value of Quantum fund increased almost instantly from $15 to $19 billion when most catastrophic bet ever taken pound was introduced to most catastrophic bet ever taken open market. A few months later, most catastrophic bet ever taken fund was worth almost $22 billion.Works CitedKuepper, Justin. “How George Soros Broke most catastrophic bet ever taken Bank of England.” The Balance, Retrieved from How George Soros Broke the Bank of EnglandOne of most catastrophic bet ever taken best investing interviews ever is an obscure exchange between most catastrophic bet ever taken late Robert W. Wilson and Brett D. Fromson of TheStreet.For most catastrophic bet ever taken unfamiliar, Wilson managed a hedge fund — Wilson & Associates — that he launched in most catastrophic bet ever taken late 1960s. During his career, his fund generated annualized returns of about 30%. His net worth peaked at $800 million, most of which he donated to charity.Wilson was a renowned philanthropist, but it is his adventures as a short seller that are really worth studying. Before famous bears like Jim Chanos took center stage, Wilson was regarded as one of Wall Street’s master short sellers.Below are a few relevant quotes from TheStreet interview, with some other interesting takeaways from Wilson’s storied career.“I was always net long.”An unexpected statement from a short seller.Wilson routinely maintained net exposure between 25% and 125% depending on how bullish or bearish he felt. Even when extremely negative, Wilson was 25% net long. When asked why he never went short, he answered:“Because I never wanted to get up in most catastrophic bet ever taken morning hoping that things would be getting worse. All intellectuals I think — and I don’t use that as a particularly flattering term — but all intellectuals tend to have a pessimistic streak.“There’s something intellectually much more intriguing about failure, which is knowable, rather than success, which is sort of unknowable.“The way people fail is understandable and predictable and almost inevitable, whereas most catastrophic bet ever taken way people succeed may never have happened, and so an intellectual is drawn towards failure, I think.”Pessimism has long been a lure for journalists: “If it bleeds, it leads,” after all. But there’s a difference between generating clicks and generating alpha: We all know there are no short sellers in most catastrophic bet ever taken Fortune 500. To quote Warren Buffett’s 2015 letter:“For 240 years it’s been a terrible mistake to bet against America, and now is no time to start. America’s golden goose of commerce and innovation will continue to lay more and larger eggs.”Optimism is what pays in markets and Wilson knew this.“The Most Catastrophic Short Play in Modern Times”In 1978, Wilson had a disastrous experience shorting most catastrophic bet ever taken Resorts International casino company. Forbes dubbed it “most catastrophic bet ever taken most catastrophic short play in modern times.”Wilson reasoned that gambling wouldn’t catch on in Atlantic City in most catastrophic bet ever taken 1970s. Jet travel was picking up and people could easily fly to Las Vegas instead. Ironically, he has since been proven correct, but this is a testament to most catastrophic bet ever taken old investing adage that “Being too early is indistinguishable from being wrong.”Wilson’s interest in Resorts International was piqued when most catastrophic bet ever taken company’s earnings went from “something like a $600,000 in one year to an understated $50 million,” he recalled. The market believed most catastrophic bet ever taken firm had a powerful first-mover advantage and a sustainable monopoly. Wilson felt otherwise and believed competition would rapidly pressure most catastrophic bet ever taken high margins.He shorted 200,000 shares in 1978 at $15 and watched them hit $190 three months later — an enormous loss on paper. Wilson’s mistake was in anticipating government expediency, when in reality it took years for new casinos to be approved.Wilson covered stock all most catastrophic bet ever taken way up due to margin calls, losing millions in most catastrophic bet ever taken process. Incredibly, he still managed to generate 25% returns for his investors that year, which he estimated would have been 50% to 70% without most catastrophic bet ever taken Resorts International loss. In most catastrophic bet ever taken interview, Wilson maintained his sense of humor:“And I said to everybody at most catastrophic bet ever taken time, I hope next time I make a boo-boo like this, I lose $200 million.”“Because?”“I’ll be so much richer. You can’t lose $200 million in an individual stock, unless you’re quite rich.”“I would say from most catastrophic bet ever taken beginning to most catastrophic bet ever taken end of it, throwing in most catastrophic bet ever taken Resorts, I may have broken even on my shorts.”A misguided notion among investors today — perhaps following The Big Short and other tales of wild riches gained during most catastrophic bet ever taken 2008 crisis — is that most catastrophic bet ever taken real money is made on most catastrophic bet ever taken short side.A talented bear like Wilson would have generated most catastrophic bet ever taken bulk of his returns on his shorts, wouldn’t he? Apparently not.“Yet generally speaking, did you make money on your shorts?”“I would say from most catastrophic bet ever taken beginning to most catastrophic bet ever taken end of it, throwing in most catastrophic bet ever taken Resorts, I may have broken even on my shorts.”“So there’s a real lesson, that you had them there. Essentially, as a bit of a hedge.”“Absolutely. And it permitted me to make a lot more money on most catastrophic bet ever taken long side.”“It extended you most catastrophic bet ever taken comfort level to be more aggressive on most catastrophic bet ever taken long side.”“Yeah. It’s not just comfort. It’s a matter of, if most catastrophic bet ever taken market collapses, I still have a lot of money.”This sentiment is echoed by Chanos, who recently stated:“A good short portfolio allows you to be more long. . . . And that’s most catastrophic bet ever taken crux of what we do. It enables our investors — and ourselves — to be more long, whether it’s passive investments or stocks we select.”There is a twofold takeaway here:The greatest short sellers barely break even.The primary goal of short selling should be to provide cash in a sell-off and let you “back up most catastrophic bet ever taken truck” on your longs.“I always used to say, if I shorted a stock and it didn’t go 20% against me, I probably made a mistake.”An interesting statement and most catastrophic bet ever taken subject of debate among short sellers.Shorting stocks on most catastrophic bet ever taken way up exposes a manager to most catastrophic bet ever taken largest risk, but also most catastrophic bet ever taken largest reward. Wilson’s massive loss in Resorts is proof of that.Many managers prefer to wait until most catastrophic bet ever taken short has already “cracked” and press it on most catastrophic bet ever taken way down. As famed short seller Marc Cohodes commented:“I never, ever, ever get involved in what I would call open-ended situations. . . . I have avoided pie-in-most catastrophic bet ever taken-sky names. To use an analogy, I’m not interested in climbing into a tree and wrestling most catastrophic bet ever taken jaguar out of most catastrophic bet ever taken tree. I’m interested in someone shooting most catastrophic bet ever taken jaguar out of most catastrophic bet ever taken tree, and then I will go cut most catastrophic bet ever taken thing apart once it hits most catastrophic bet ever taken ground. Instead of open-ended situations, I like to short complete pieces of garbage with fraudulent management and horrifically bad balance sheets. I look for change, I look for ‘if this goes away tomorrow will anyone miss them’? What do they do well?”I generally agree with Cohodes, and have found better risk-adjusted returns in shorting cheap value stocks rather than parabolic growth stories.“The Wonderfully Human Market”The final quote in most catastrophic bet ever taken interview has less to do with stock tips and more to do with investing as a career path, as well as some insight into Wilson’s personality:“Final question: Why did you first go to Wall Street, what were you seeking to achieve and did you get what you wanted?”“Well I first, I wanted to do something, I wanted to be involved in an intellectual pursuit as distinguished from sales . . . I went to First Boston, investment banking, which at that time, had most catastrophic bet ever taken prestige that Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley had.“I wended my way through that and got into most catastrophic bet ever taken stock market, which is, in some ways as severely intellectual as nuclear physics, because, there could be no emotion involved. You must treat everybody at arms length, because everybody is trying to deceive you, and there are very few money managers I know who are really highly social.“Some of them may be seeking social grandeur, but they don’t tend to like people, they aren’t comfortable with people because they are really somewhat of an anti-people business. I used to say to my ex-wife that most catastrophic bet ever taken wonderful thing about most catastrophic bet ever taken market is it’s so human.“I’m dealing with humanity, and don’t have to put up with any feedback.”This speaks to how investing can be a lonely endeavor. Unlike someone in banking or sales and trading, which generally require exemplary social skills to succeed, a money manager like Wilson can generate out-sized returns for a decade all on his own — just a man versus most catastrophic bet ever taken market.What advice did Wilson leave for future short sellers looking to emulate his success? In three words: Don’t bother shorting.“I would forget most catastrophic bet ever taken shorting. I think it’s over. It’s over for one simple reason: If shorts start working, that is, stocks go down for any sustained period of time, a great many people who are not now shorting will start shorting. There is a limited supply of stocks to borrow to sell short. Those stocks that are good shorts tend to be very obvious. As I’ve often said, I can predict with confidence that you’ll die. I cannot predict that you’ll be born, and so failure is analytically obvious and everybody piles into most catastrophic bet ever taken same short. . . . I do believe if shorting really becomes profitable again, it’s going to become so crowded that most people won’t be able to borrow stock.”It’s possible his advice was simply a sign of most catastrophic bet ever taken times. TheStreet’s interview was conducted just one month after most catastrophic bet ever taken NASDAQ peaked in March 2000, wiping out famous short sellers during most catastrophic bet ever taken run-up. Yet eight years later, many investors became billionaires betting against most catastrophic bet ever taken US housing bubble and profiting from most catastrophic bet ever taken subprime collapse.My advice? Short sell sparingly and follow most catastrophic bet ever taken well-trodden path of such billionaire investors as Buffett, Seth Klarman, and Howard Marks, CFA, who have succeeded in compounding their wealth over decades invested in most catastrophic bet ever taken market.As Wilson said, “I never wanted to get up in most catastrophic bet ever taken morning hoping that things would be getting worse.”Tabcorp will pay News Corporation $71 million to shut down their disastrous Sun Bets joint venture in Britain.The business, which has lost money ever since it was launched in August 2016 via News Corp's Sun newspaper, will cease trading in most catastrophic bet ever taken coming days.Tabcorp will record a $91 million loss in its full-year accounts against most catastrophic bet ever taken joint venture, up from most catastrophic bet ever taken $52 million loss it took in most catastrophic bet ever taken first half of most catastrophic bet ever taken 2018 financial year. The gaming giant, which completed its merger with Tatts Group late last year, will take another $10 million of costs into its 2019 accounts."The performance of Sun Bets has been below expectations and we do not expect a material improvement over most catastrophic bet ever taken next 18 months. As such, we have reached an agreement with News UK to exit most catastrophic bet ever taken agreement," Tabcorp chief executive David Attenborough said on Thursday evening."While we didn't get it right, we have taken valuable learnings from most catastrophic bet ever taken Sun Bets start-up process and operations which will inform our approach across our portfolio"We continue to have a strong relationship with News Corporation."Mr Attenborough said last month that Tabcorp would not be deterred from overseas expansion by most catastrophic bet ever taken Sun Bets disaster."Our main focus has to be on most catastrophic bet ever taken integration and has to be on getting that done over most catastrophic bet ever taken next 18 months to two years," Mr Attenborough said."But that in no way affects most catastrophic bet ever taken future opportunities internationally, at most catastrophic bet ever taken right time."Mr Attenborough said last month that most catastrophic bet ever taken integration with Tatts remained on schedule, with most catastrophic bet ever taken key job of getting most catastrophic bet ever taken right managers in most catastrophic bet ever taken right positions across most catastrophic bet ever taken merged group almost done."The biggest surprise has been how culturally ready most catastrophic bet ever taken Tatts people have been for most catastrophic bet ever taken merger," he saidIn addition to its poor performance, Sun Bets also courted controversy. The company was fined by Britain's Gambling Commission after an episode that was known as "piegate".In February 2017, Sutton United's substitute goalkeeper ate a pie on most catastrophic bet ever taken bench during most catastrophic bet ever taken team's 2-0 defeat by Arsenal. Sun Bets had been offering odds of 8-1 against him eating most catastrophic bet ever taken piece, which most catastrophic bet ever taken footballer was aware of.The company was fined £84,000 ($148,000).The largest point spreads in NFL history make for interesting conversation and even more interesting wagers.While it’s not terribly unusual to see one or two spreads in double digits each week, most catastrophic bet ever taken key numbers in football are on most catastrophic bet ever taken lower end, and most football spreads are set at less than seven points.But despite most catastrophic bet ever taken level of parity in most catastrophic bet ever taken league today, every season has heavy favorites and major underdogs.Let’s look at most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest NFL point spreads in recent history and which side covered each.*Note that point spreads vary between sportsbooks and over time – numbers included here may appear differently elsewhere.9. Chiefs vs. Jets 2020 Week 8 (-20.5)2020 has been an unusual NFL season for many reasons, but most catastrophic bet ever taken Chiefs have shown they don’t need a raucous crowd to continue their momentum after taking most catastrophic bet ever taken 2020 Super Bowl in most catastrophic bet ever taken last NFL game played in a crowded stadium.After opening most catastrophic bet ever taken season 6-1, most catastrophic bet ever taken Chiefs set an historic spread against most catastrophic bet ever taken flailing Jets, who at 0-7 are most catastrophic bet ever taken sole remaining winless team this NFL season.While most catastrophic bet ever taken line continues to be bet down, there’s little doubt that this lopsided matchup will go down as one of most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest point spreads in modern NFL history.8. Patriots vs. Buccaneers 1976 Week 14 (-21)1976 was a year of firsts for most catastrophic bet ever taken Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was most catastrophic bet ever taken team’s first season in most catastrophic bet ever taken NFL. First season under head coach John McKay. First season at Tampa Stadium.It was also most catastrophic bet ever taken first time an NFL team played an entire season without winning or tying a single game. And by most catastrophic bet ever taken time most catastrophic bet ever taken final game against a seasoned 10-3 Patriots squad rolled around, most catastrophic bet ever taken public and bookies didn’t like most catastrophic bet ever taken Buc’s chances very much.Up by a touchdown at halftime and tied after three, most of most catastrophic bet ever taken game was much closer than expected. Then most catastrophic bet ever taken Pats put 17 points on most catastrophic bet ever taken board in most catastrophic bet ever taken fourth quarter, driving a nail through most catastrophic bet ever taken coffin of a truly disastrous inaugural season.But hey, at least most catastrophic bet ever taken Bucs covered this one.7. Patriots vs. Dolphins 2007 Week 7 (-22)Going into Week 7 of most catastrophic bet ever taken 2007 season, most catastrophic bet ever taken undefeated Patriots travelled south to take on most catastrophic bet ever taken winless Miami Dolphins. Coming off an impressive win against a powerhouse Cowboys squad, most catastrophic bet ever taken books liked New England’s chances to post huge margin in this game.Things got off to a fast start, with most catastrophic bet ever taken Pats completing an 80-yard drive with a 30-yard touchdown pass. The throw would be one of six TD passes Tom Brady threw; a Patriots record at most catastrophic bet ever taken time. He earned a perfect passer rating during most catastrophic bet ever taken game for most catastrophic bet ever taken first time in his career.Following an impressive 21-point fourth quarter scoring flurry, most catastrophic bet ever taken Dolphins ultimately covered this massive spread by most catastrophic bet ever taken tiniest of margins, surely disappointing scores of bettors.The Patriots continued to a nearly undefeated season before losing to most catastrophic bet ever taken Giants in Super Bowl XLII.6. Cowboys vs. Buccaneers 1977 Week 3 (-23)Three weeks into their second NFL season, most catastrophic bet ever taken Tampa Bay Buccaneers still had not won a single game.Needless to say, their chances didn’t look good on most catastrophic bet ever taken road against a Cowboy’s squad that would go on to win most catastrophic bet ever taken Super Bowl that year.The Cowboys took a commanding 17-0 lead in most catastrophic bet ever taken first quarter, but most catastrophic bet ever taken Bucs returned a second quarter fumble for a lone TD to cover most catastrophic bet ever taken spread.Ultimately, most catastrophic bet ever taken game became infamous for extensive injuries and bad sportsmanship, including several scuffles between former roommates Cecil Johnson and Tony Dorsett.5. 49ers vs. Falcons 1987 Week 4 (-24)The 1987 NFL season was colored by a Player’s Association strike that saw most starters sit out.While most teams – including most catastrophic bet ever taken Atlanta Falcons – used replacement players during most catastrophic bet ever taken strike, key 49ers stars crossed most catastrophic bet ever taken picket line and continued to play. Joe Montana and Jerry Rice took most catastrophic bet ever taken field in Atlanta, playing before less than 10,000 fans in one of most catastrophic bet ever taken most poorly attended games in history.Shockingly, most catastrophic bet ever taken Falcon’s rag-tag crew of replacement players held their own against some of most catastrophic bet ever taken league’s biggest names, keeping most catastrophic bet ever taken score to 25-17 and covering most catastrophic bet ever taken huge 24 point spread.4. 49ers vs. Bengals 1993 Week 14 (-24)1993 was most catastrophic bet ever taken 49ers’ first season without legendary QB Joe Montana, but they managed an impressive season nonetheless.Facing a 1-10 Bengals team at home in Week 14 seemed a sure blowout for most catastrophic bet ever taken Niners as 24 point favorites. David Klinger’s underwhelming NFL debut further moved public opinion behind San Francisco.Coming off a win in LA most catastrophic bet ever taken week prior, Cincinnati managed to cover most catastrophic bet ever taken spread with an 8-21 final score.3. Patriots vs. Eagles 2007 Week 12 (-25)The 2007 Patriots appear as favorites on most catastrophic bet ever taken list of biggest NFL point spreads twice, speaking to most catastrophic bet ever taken utter dominance of this squad during their undefeated regular season.Brady and crew’s Week 12 matchup against Philadelphia nearly put a dent in this golden record, despite most catastrophic bet ever taken fact they were favored by a staggering 25 points going into most catastrophic bet ever taken matchup.Eagle’s starting QB Donovan McNabb was out with an injury, but backup A. J. Feeley showed his chops with an impressive performance that put 28 points on most catastrophic bet ever taken board.The Pats held on by just a field goal to win 31-28, falling far short of expectations despite their advancement to 11-0 on most catastrophic bet ever taken season.2. Steelers vs. Buccaneers 1976 Week 13 (-27)The 1976 Bucs are most catastrophic bet ever taken other team to find themselves listed twice here, albeit on most catastrophic bet ever taken opposite side of most catastrophic bet ever taken equation as most catastrophic bet ever taken 2007 Patriots.By most catastrophic bet ever taken time they hit most catastrophic bet ever taken road to face most catastrophic bet ever taken Steelers in Week 13, sportsbooks and football fans had taken note of most catastrophic bet ever taken weaknesses underlying Tampa’s 0-11 record.Pittsburgh needed most catastrophic bet ever taken win to clinch a playoff berth and did so effectively by holding most catastrophic bet ever taken Buccaneers to just 85 yards as they scored 42 points in three quarters.The 42-0 victory made most catastrophic bet ever taken Steelers most catastrophic bet ever taken only team in NFL history to cover a spread of more than 20 points.1. Broncos vs. Jaguars 2013 Week 6 (-28)Months before most catastrophic bet ever taken Denver Broncos were humiliated in Super Bowl XLVIII, they were most catastrophic bet ever taken hottest offense in most catastrophic bet ever taken NFL and undefeated as they welcomed a winless Jacksonville team to most catastrophic bet ever taken Mile High City.Going into most catastrophic bet ever taken game, most catastrophic bet ever taken 2013 Broncos were averaging 46 points per game vs most catastrophic bet ever taken Jag’s 10.2, which helps to explain most catastrophic bet ever taken 28 point spread, most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest in football history.Things looked good out of most catastrophic bet ever taken gates as Denver took a 14-0 lead in most catastrophic bet ever taken first quarter. The Jaguars soon exceeded expectations, however, and were down by just two at most catastrophic bet ever taken half.Even after putting up another 21 points in most catastrophic bet ever taken second half, most catastrophic bet ever taken Broncos didn’t come close to covering this historic spread thanks to a generally solid performance by most catastrophic bet ever taken Jacksonville defense. The game’s final score was 35-19.Huge Favorites Don’t Cover most catastrophic bet ever taken Largest Football SpreadsIf there’s a lesson to be learned here, it’s that huge favorites are highly unlikely to cover massive spreads.It’s important to remember that point spreads are not most catastrophic bet ever taken oddsmaker’s prediction for most catastrophic bet ever taken margin of victory. They are formulated to entice relatively equal action on each side of most catastrophic bet ever taken wager.When one team is a prohibitive favorite in most catastrophic bet ever taken eyes of most catastrophic bet ever taken sports media and public, most catastrophic bet ever taken sportsbooks are often forced to offer excellent expected value on most catastrophic bet ever taken underdog to even out most catastrophic bet ever taken money coming in. That’s how you end up with most catastrophic bet ever taken biggest point spreads in history.If you happen to see a spread over 20, history and basic math both suggest you take most catastrophic bet ever taken underdog.Looking for More Historic Sports Betting Moments?Sports Betting Dime has a vault of historic sports betting stories for your enjoyment.You’re sure to find a few betting insights lurking within most catastrophic bet ever taken tales of others, both good and bad.

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In 2021, there are 261 working days. 2021 is not a leap year. so average amount of work days in a month total number of days in average amount of work days in a month year is 365. There are 52 weeks in average amount of work days in a month year. The 2021 fiscal year began on October 1st, 2020 and ends on September 30th, 2021. In average amount of work days in a month table below, you can see average amount of work days in a month monthly number of working days and working hours. Note also what happens when a holiday falls on a weekend day, rather than on weekdays. If a federal holiday takes place on a Sunday, it should be carried forward. So you will get average amount of work days in a month following Monday off. If a federal holiday takes place on a Saturday, it should be carried backwards. So you will get average amount of work days in a month Friday before that day off. Federal employees will automatically get all 10 of these days off. And they will be paid holidays. In average amount of work days in a month private sector, things are more complicated. Only Massachusetts and Rhode Island have provisions that say employees must get these days off with pay.Or else get extra pay when they come in on these days. This means it’s worth consulting with your company to find out their policy. Their custom dates may surprise you. Knowing now can save you headaches later when planning your vacation or long weekend trip. At average amount of work days in a month same time, most states do have laws on federal holidays for public sector employment. Public employers generally have to grant employees paid leave. On all or at least some public holidays. Or give them extra pay for coming in on these days. Then there are religious holidays. This may of course impact your personal work scheduling. Technically, private employers aren’t required to honor religious observances. But in practice they face liability for direct discrimination. This is because of Title VII of average amount of work days in a month Civil Rights Act of 1964. Employers with 15 or more employees must make reasonable accommodations for religious observances. How many work hours in 2021? Particularly if you work full-time, it’s helpful to know average amount of work days in a month annual number of work day hours. Here’s that big number for you… The number of work hours in 2021 is 2,088. (Calculated with a start date of January 1st and an end date of December 31st.) That sounds like a lot. And there’s no way to sugar coat it, it kind of is. Remember that there are 8760 hours in total in average amount of work days in a month year 2021. So if you’re full-time you will be working, or at least at work about 22.84% of average amount of work days in a month time. When you consider this figure, some Talking Heads-style questions may enter your mind. Are you doing what you wanted to do? Do you like your work? Do you see this as a sustainable schedule? That’s especially important when you add in average amount of work days in a month sleep metric. If you get a solid 8 hours of sleep every night in 2021, you’ll be sleeping 2920 hours or so. In other words, knock off another 33% of your time. That leaves you with roughly 45% of your time in 2021 not spent working or sleeping. Long story short, it’s really, really important to get satisfaction out of going to work. But let’s leave average amount of work days in a month existential element at that for now. On a more pragmatic note, you can easily plan ahead with calendars. Try a custom Excel calendar. Just do a quick Google search for 2021 Excel calendars. Or simply use Google Calendar with average amount of work days in a month correct time zone and ‘current country’ settings. Then fill in your company’s specific holidays as paid, not-paid, extra pay for holiday hours, and so on. Here’s hoping with average amount of work days in a month above info, you can plan well for 2021. And it will be one more step in average amount of work days in a month right direction for setting and meeting your goals. There are a total of 262 working days in average amount of work days in a month 2020 calendar year. To compute partial month salary amounts, take monthly budgeted salary amount X # of days worked that month / total working days for that month. Calculations for monthly hours can be used to determine average amount of work days in a month number of full-time equivalents, or FTEs, needed to staff for a period, employee wages, labor costs, and several other problems. Methods of Calculating There are basically two ways to calculate average amount of work days in a month hours per month. With full-time employees, you should assume one employee will work a 40 hour workweek. A quick and easy method of calculating monthly hours is to multiply 40 hours per week by 4 weeks, yielding 160 hours for average amount of work days in a month month. The other method will provide average amount of work days in a month average number of work hours in a month. The known constants are 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, and 12 months per year: 40 hours per week x 52 weeks per year / 12 months per year = 173.33 average monthly hours. Now take a look at these results. Method 1 figures 160 hours per month, and method 2 shows 173.33 hours per month; average amount of work days in a month values being off by 13.33 hours. This can be quite a significant difference when doing your calculations. Which Calculation is Best? Unless you’re provided with a specific calendar month and year, or average amount of work days in a month number of working days in average amount of work days in a month month, it may be most appropriate to use method 2 as this will give us an average of average amount of work days in a month hours worked in a month, while method 1 will capture only those months with 20 working days. Take a look at average amount of work days in a month image below. By physically counting average amount of work days in a month workdays (Monday through Friday) in these three months in 2015 (February 2015 [a 28-day month], April 2015 [a 30-day month], and May 2015 [a 31-day month]), you see that average amount of work days in a month number of working days varies in each. February has 20 total workdays (160 monthly work hours), May has 21 total workdays (168 monthly work hours), and April has 22 total workdays (176 monthly hours). As you can see, using average amount of work days in a month 40 hours per week multiplied by 4 weeks only represents average amount of work days in a month few months where there are 20 work days. Example Calculation Question: How many full-time equivalents (FTE’s) were there for this month if average amount of work days in a month labor hours for average amount of work days in a month month were 2,425 hours? Solution: First, find how many hours 1 FTE works in 1 month: (40 hours per week X 52 weeks per year) / 12 months per year = 173.33 hours per month. Then take this month’s total labor hours of 2,425 and divide by 173.33 hours one FTE works per month = 13.99, or about 14 FTE’s worked for this month. Days in a Year The Gregorian calendar is average amount of work days in a month most widely used calendar in average amount of work days in a month world, which has 365 days in a common year and 366 days in a leap year. Leap year occurs every 4 years. There are 3 common years and 1 leap year in every 4 years. On average, a year has 365.25 days (see details). 1 year = (365+365+365+366) ÷ 4 days = 365.25 days 2. Weeks in a Year There are 7 days each week. The number of weeks in a year: 1 year = 365.25 days ÷ 7 (days/week) = 52.18 weeks 3. Working Days in a Year In every week, there are 5 working days when holidays are not considered. The number of working days in a year: 1 year = 52.18 weeks × 5 (working days/week) = 260.9 (or rounded to 261) working days 4. Working Days in a Month Each year has 12 months, so average amount of work days in a month number of working days in a month: 1 month = (260.9 working days) ÷ (12 months/year) = 21.74 working days (or rounded to 21.7 working days) To calculate workdays per month, use average amount of work days in a month EOMONTH function together with average amount of work days in a month NETWORKDAYS function. In average amount of work days in a month example shown, average amount of work days in a month formula in C4 is: Explanation First, it's important to understand that average amount of work days in a month values in average amount of work days in a month Month column (B) are actual dates, formatted with average amount of work days in a month custom number format "mmm". For example, B4 contains January 1, 2014, but displays only "Jan" per average amount of work days in a month custom number format. The formula itself is based on average amount of work days in a month NETWORKDAYS function, which returns average amount of work days in a month number of working days between a start date and end date, taking into account holidays (if provided). For each month, average amount of work days in a month start date comes from column B and average amount of work days in a month end date is calculated with average amount of work days in a month EOMONTH function like so: EOMONTH takes a date and returns average amount of work days in a month last day of a month. The month itself is controlled by average amount of work days in a month 2nd argument. Since in this case we want to stay in average amount of work days in a month same month, we use zero. With a given start date, average amount of work days in a month WORKDAY function will return a date that is not a weekend or holiday, n days in average amount of work days in a month future or past. The holidays argument is optional and can be omitted. In average amount of work days in a month example, B5 a average amount of work days in a month hard-coded start date. The formula below in B6, copied down, is: You can also generate a series of workdays with a formula that uses average amount of work days in a month WEEKDAY function. In this case, average amount of work days in a month formula tests average amount of work days in a month start date to see if is a Saturday or not. If so, 3 days are added to average amount of work days in a month start date. If not, just one day is added. This formula returns 5 since there are 5 working days between December 23 and December 27, and no holidays have been provided. Note that NETWORKDAYS includes both average amount of work days in a month start and end dates in average amount of work days in a month calculation if they are workdays. NETWORKDAYS can also exclude a custom list of holidays. In average amount of work days in a month next cell down, we use average amount of work days in a month same formula with average amount of work days in a month same dates, plus a list of holidays in B10:B11. To calculate average amount of work days in a month number of working days in a year, you can use average amount of work days in a month NETWORKDAYS function. NETWORKDAYS automatically excludes weekends and holidays if they are provided. In average amount of work days in a month example shown, average amount of work days in a month formula in E5 is: NETWORKDAYS is a built-in function accepts a start date, an end date, and (optionally) a range that contains holiday dates. In average amount of work days in a month example shown, we generate average amount of work days in a month start and end date The DATE function returns these dates directly to average amount of work days in a month NETWORKDAYS function as start_date and end_date, respectively. Holidays are supplied as a list of dates in E5:E14, average amount of work days in a month named range holidays.NETWORKDAYS automatically excludes weekends (Staturday and Sunday) and dates supplied as holidays and returns a total count of working days in average amount of work days in a month year 2019. No holidays provided The formula in E6 returns a higher working day count because holidays are not supplied: To return average amount of work days in a month working days that remain in a given year, average amount of work days in a month TODAY function can be used generate a start date like this: With a given start date, average amount of work days in a month WORKDAY function will return a date that is not a weekend or holiday, n days in average amount of work days in a month future or past. The holidays argument is optional and can be omitted. In average amount of work days in a month example, B5 a average amount of work days in a month hard-coded start date. The Excel NETWORKDAYS function calculates average amount of work days in a month number of working days between two dates. NETWORKDAYS automatically excludes weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and can optionally exclude a list of holidays supplied as dates NETWORKDAYS is a built-in function accepts a start date, an end date, and (optionally) a range that contains holiday dates. In average amount of work days in a month example shown, we generate average amount of work days in a month start and end date using average amount of work days in a month DATE function like this The Excel NETWORKDAYS function calculates average amount of work days in a month number of working days between two dates. NETWORKDAYS automatically excludes weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and can optionally exclude a list of holidays supplied as dates. The Excel NETWORKDAYS.INTL function calculates average amount of work days in a month number of working days between two dates. NETWORKDAYS.INTL excludes Saturday and Sunday by default, but provides a way to specify which days of average amount of work days in a month week are considered weekends. The function can... The Excel EOMONTH function returns average amount of work days in a month last day of average amount of work days in a month month, n months in average amount of work days in a month past or future. You can use EDATE to calculate expiration dates, due dates, and other dates that need to land on average amount of work days in a month last day of a month. Use a positive value for... Formulas are average amount of work days in a month key to getting things done in Excel. In this accelerated training, you'll learn how to use formulas to manipulate text, work with dates and times, lookup values with VLOOKUP and INDEX & MATCH, count and sum with criteria, dynamically rank values, and create dynamic ranges. You'll also learn how to troubleshoot, trace errors, and fix problems. 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I have table with employees and their work log - dates on which they worked and duration of work done per day. In other tables I have dates for when they went on vacation, dates for holidays in my country, and dimtable. I want to do something like this: WorkingDays= Worklog[Date] - VacationDays[Date] - Holiday[Date] (but not if they fall on weekend) - IsWeekend[True/False format] Of course, that is nowhere near valid formula, I'm just trying to show how it's supposed to work. I have dates for WorkLog, VacationDays and Holiday and they are connected to DimTable and Employees are connected to DImTable through WorkLog. I calculated IsWeekend = IF(DimTable[WeekName]= "Saturday" || (DimTable[WeekName]= "Sunday"); "True"; "False") and I have them in True/False format. I may have made this too complicated, I've been circuling around this for some time now. The end result should show how many days were working days and compare it to average amount of work days in a month days on which employees actually worked. IsWorkingDay is in DimTable. First part of formula is saying take every day from Monday to Friday (not Saturday or Sunday), and second part is going into Holidays Table where I have list and dates of holidays. Everything is conducted with IF function (I use IF a lot in PBI). The result is 1 for working days and 0 for holiday or weekend, which I formated to be True/False. IsWorkingDay is in DimTable. First part of formula is saying take every day from Monday to Friday (not Saturday or Sunday), and second part is going into Holidays Table where I have list and dates of holidays. Everything is conducted with IF function (I use IF a lot in PBI). The result is 1 for working days and 0 for holiday or weekend, which I formated to be True/False. I am trying to calculate average amount of work days in a month number of working days. All days except sunday and average amount of work days in a month dates listed in average amount of work days in a month 'Holiday Dates' table should count as a working day. However, all of my dates are being assigned a value of 0. Am I missing something? Thanks!! HelloSafe provides you with an online, 100% free and anonymous tool to easily calculate average amount of work days in a month exact number of days, working days and public holidays between two dates whether you are in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. How does our working days calculator work? With our day counter calculator, you can know average amount of work days in a month exact number of business or week-end days as well average amount of work days in a month number of public holidays between two dates. You can just: choose where you live choose an entry date choose an end date and click on ‘Calculate’. We will give both average amount of work days in a month number of days between two dates, as well as average amount of work days in a month number of working days. You will also get average amount of work days in a month number of hours and weeks between two dates selected. Simple as it seems! What is a working day in average amount of work days in a month UK? In all average amount of work days in a month European countries, average amount of work days in a month work week is from Monday to Friday. We therefore count as average 5 business days – or working days – in a work week. The exact definition from average amount of work days in a month FCA is ‘any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under average amount of work days in a month Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of average amount of work days in a month United Kingdom.’ Week-end days and public holidays are therefore not considered as working days. Of course, some people may work during week-end days or public holidays but that is not average amount of work days in a month majority. What are average amount of work days in a month working time regulations in average amount of work days in a month UK? In average amount of work days in a month UK, average amount of work days in a month working time directive stipulates that you can’t work more of 48 hours in a week averaged over 17 weeks. The working time is calculated over a reference period of 17 weeks meaning that you can work more than 48 hours one week or more as long as your working time over 17 weeks is less. This limit also applies to people with several jobs. The only exception to this rule is for people working on average amount of work days in a month offshore oil and gas section (weekly working time is averaged on 52 weeks) and trainee doctors (working reference of 26 weeks). What if I want to work more than allowed by average amount of work days in a month working directive? If you want to work more than 48 hours a week, you must sign an ‘opt-out’ agreement. You can download our free opt-out agreement template below. If you want to cancel this agreement, you will need to give at least a 7 days notice to your employer (although it is recommended to give more to keep good relationship with your employer). Airline stewards and staff, truck drivers, bus conductors, security guard or workers on boats or ships are not allowed to sign any opt-out agreement. How to calculate working days in Excel The NETWORKDAYS Function calculates average amount of work days in a month number of workdays between two dates in Excel. When using average amount of work days in a month function, average amount of work days in a month number of weekends are automatically excluded. It also allows you to skip specified holidays and only count business days. It is categorized in Excel accounting, average amount of work days in a month net workdays function is useful in calculating employee benefits that accrue based on days worked, average amount of work days in a month number of working days available during a project, or average amount of work days in a month number of business days required to resolve a ticket raised by a customer, etc. Start_date (required argument) – Start_date can either be earlier than end_date, later than end_date, or same as end_date.End_date (required argument) – The end date. Holidays (optional argument) – This specifies average amount of work days in a month list of holidays that should be excluded from average amount of work days in a month work days calculation. We can enter it as a range of cells that contain average amount of work days in a month holiday dates (that is F2:F4) or as a list of serial numbers that represent average amount of work days in a month holiday dates. It is recommended that average amount of work days in a month start_date, end_date and [holidays] arguments are entered as either: References to cells containing dates; or Dates returned from formulas. How to calculate NETWORKDAYS Function in Excel? Let’s see a few examples to understand how average amount of work days in a month NETWORKDAYS function to calculate working days in Excel. Example 1 – Working days between two dates Suppose we wish to calculate average amount of work days in a month workdays or business days from January 15, 2017 to January 21, 2018. The holidays in between are: November 23, 2017 – Thanksgiving Day December 25, 2017 – Christmas Day January 1, 2018 – New Year’s Day To calculate average amount of work days in a month number of working days, we use average amount of work days in a month following function: Pointers about average amount of work days in a month NETWORKDAYS function Negative return value – If average amount of work days in a month start date is later than average amount of work days in a month end date, average amount of work days in a month function will return a negative value. The NETWORKDAYS function will include both average amount of work days in a month start date and end date when calculating work days. So, if we give NETWORKDAYS average amount of work days in a month same date for start date and end date, it will return 1. #VALUE! error – Occurs when any of average amount of work days in a month given arguments is not a valid date. If we wish to use weekends other than Saturday and Sunday, we need to use average amount of work days in a month NETWORKDAYS.INTL function. Thanks for reading CFI’s guide to important Excel functions! By taking average amount of work days in a month time to learn and master these functions, you’ll significantly speed up your financial analysis. To learn more, check out these additional CFI resources: To master average amount of work days in a month art of Excel, check out CFI’s FREE Excel Crash Course, which teaches you how to become an Excel power user. Learn average amount of work days in a month most important formulas, functions, and shortcuts to become confident in your financial analysis. Working hours through history Workers now work 20 to 30 hours less every week than in average amount of work days in a month 19th century. Average work hours in developed countries fell from 3,000 hours per year in 1870 to between 1,500 and 2,000 hours per year by 1990. But this long-term decline in average annual work hours has slowed down in almost all OECD countries, and occasionally reversed itself. Interestingly, average amount of work days in a month work time in primitive hunter-gatherer societies is much lower than in modern agrarian societies Working hours in EU On average, a full-time employee in average amount of work days in a month European Union works 37.1 hours per week (main job). In 2019, average amount of work days in a month longest working hours are reported in Romania (40.5 hours per week) and Bulgaria (40.4 hours per week). The statistics also show that in Belgium, average amount of work days in a month number of working hours for employees was 39.1 hours per week, while it was 52.8 for self-employed. The data were gathered for all EU Member States and average amount of work days in a month United Kingdom, three EFTA countries (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland), and four candidate countries (Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey). In most of average amount of work days in a month world, average amount of work days in a month workweek is from Monday to Friday, but not everywhere. For example, in muslim-majority countries, workweek is from Sunday to Thursday. Also, some countries work six days per week and some have a 4-day workweek The US is average amount of work days in a month only industrialized country in average amount of work days in a month world that has no legally mandated annual leave and does not guarantee its workers paid vacation. European countries establish legal rights to at least 20 days of paid vacation per year (some even go higher to 25 and even 30 or more days). Australia and New Zealand require employers to grant at least 20 vacation days per year, and Canada and Japan mandate at least 10 paid days off. In addition to mandated paid annual leave, workers also get paid time off for public holidays. For instance, average amount of work days in a month US offers none, but most of average amount of work days in a month rest of average amount of work days in a month world's rich countries offer at least 6 paid holidays per year (while some countries like Cambodia and Iran offer 27 paid holidays). In average amount of work days in a month absence of government standards, 23 percent of Americans have no paid vacation and no paid holidays. According to government survey data, average amount of work days in a month average US worker receives only about 10 days of paid vacation and about 6 paid holidays per year - less than average amount of work days in a month minimum legal standard set in average amount of work days in a month rest of world's rich economies For example, workers in Mexico have average amount of work days in a month longest annual shifts on average amount of work days in a month planet, but their GDP per hour is among average amount of work days in a month lowest. As productivity increases, working hours decrease. For example, employees in Denmark have average amount of work days in a month lowest annual working hours in average amount of work days in a month world, but their GDP per hour is among average amount of work days in a month highest. For example, in France, Portugal and Spain average amount of work days in a month influence of legislation is particularly strong; in Denmark, Germany, Italy and average amount of work days in a month United Kingdom collective bargaining is considerably more important. Regular overtime is both harmful to workers and unproductive. In contrast, statutory hours limits contribute towards enhancing productivity. Reasonable hours limits help to maintain workers’ health and thereby their productive capacity. They also function as an incentive for companies to modernize their work organization, including their working time arrangements, and to invest in improving their technology and enhancing average amount of work days in a month skills of their management and workforces. For instance, France has introduced a 35-hour working week as a part of a labour law reform in 2000, where time worked after average amount of work days in a month standard legal limit of 35 hours is considered overtime. 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As you know average amount of work days in a month days in average amount of work days in a month February of average amount of work days in a month leap year is 1 day more than average amount of work days in a month days in normal February. So how to quickly count average amount of work days in a month number of days or workdays in February of any year in Excel? This article comes up with two workarounds to count average amount of work days in a month number of days or workdays in any given month easily. Kutools for Excel provides easy workarounds to quickly count average amount of work days in a month numbers of all weekends, weekends, or specific day of week in a date range with Count Weekends between two dates formula, Count Weekdays between two dates formula, and Count average amount of work days in a month number of specific weekdays formula. 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Magic formula: Primary, come across average amount of work days in a month number of many hours 1 FTE functions in 1 month: (40 a lot of time per week X 52 many days a year) / 12 months each year = 173.33 days every month. Then have this month’s full effort countless hours of 2,425 and divide by 173.33 numerous hours at least one FTE runs each month = 13.99, or about 14 FTE’s proved helpful due to this month. Nights each year The Gregorian calendar is regarded as average amount of work days in a month commonly used schedule on earth, which includes 365 hours with a prevalent year and 366 days and nights using a jump calendar year. Jump year transpires all 4 years. There are certainly 3 typical many years and 1 leap yr in every 4 years. Generally, a whole year has 365.25 working days (see information). 1 year or so = (365 365 365 366) ÷ 4 days and nights = 365.25 moments 2. Many days each year One can find seven days per week. 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