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8:05

Fragile Innovation — When Innovative Products Outrun...

AI, Digital, Marketing, Strategy, TLDR ·

2025/11/01

In this synthesis episode, Marketing and Strategy TLDR compares North (Focals) and SmileDirectClub — two innovation-driven ventures that scaled ambition faster than stability. Using the 4A’s marketing model and continuity analysis, we examine why both failed in different ways yet share the same core fragility: their services couldn’t sustain their products. This synthesis distills actionable insights on service dependency, and the strategic cost of ignoring end-of-life guarantees.Tags: Fragile

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8:51

SmileDirectClub — How a Billion-Dollar Telehealth...

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2025/11/01

SmileDirectClub was supposed to make braces obsolete. Instead, its global shutdown left customers abandoned and regulators alarmed. In this Marketing and Strategy TLDR episode, we trace the company’s meteoric rise and sudden collapse — from billion-dollar IPO to bankruptcy. SmileDirectClub's collapse highlights how misaligned claims and unsustainable service models turned innovation into liability. This is a cautionary tale about ambition, trust, and the cost of scaling healthcare like

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9:16

North (Focals) — Canada’s Smart Glasses That Looked...

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2025/11/01

What happens when a startup tries to make smart glasses cool again? In this Marketing and Strategy TLDR episode, we explore North Focals, a Canadian company that wowed investors and designers alike — until high prices, limited reach, and a Google buyout ended it all. This is a story of vision, design, and the fragile balance between innovation and market reality.Tags: North Focals, smart glasses, tech failure stories, startup rise and fall, Canadian innovation, Google buys North, wearable tech

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14:42

MILKRUN’s Revival: How Woolworths Rebuilt a Startup...

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2025/11/01

After MILKRUN’s dramatic 2023 shutdown, Woolworths saw opportunity in failure. The supermarket giant relaunched the brand as MILKRUN powered by Metro, blending start-up agility with corporate scale. In this episode, Marketing and Strategy TLDR explores how Woolworths re-engineered operations, leveraged omnichannel strategy, and rebuilt trust to create a sustainable rapid-delivery service. Discover how brand integration, data-driven loyalty, and disciplined execution turned a startup collapse into a

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10:13

MILKRUN Australia: The $75M Startup That Fell Too Fast

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2025/11/01

MILKRUN Australia was the pandemic-era sensation that promised groceries in ten minutes, raised $75 million, and collapsed in less than two years. This episode explains what really happened — from flawed unit economics to shifting investor sentiment — and the strategic missteps that turned speed into a liability. Join Marketing and Strategy TLDR to explore why one of Australia’s most hyped delivery startups fell, and what every founder, Business School student, and marketer can learn from the

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13:38

Intel's Fall: From Dominant Disruptor to the Disrupted

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2025/02/01

Intel’s current struggles serve as a stark warning for companies facing disruptive innovation. It's a cautionary tale about the importance of continuous innovation, agility, and a willingness to adapt. The story also demonstrates the danger of neglecting emerging market opportunities and remaining solely focused on existing business.Sources for this podcast1. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-intel-lost-its-way 2. https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/30/arm_intel_comment/

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14:49

The Goddess of Victory Stumbles: Nike at Strategic...

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2025/01/06

Nike's challenges at the dawn of 2025 and what they tell us about the evolving landscape of consumer brands. For decades they weren't just selling shoes and apparel; they were selling a lifestyle, a mindset. But today, we're witnessing something unprecedented: Nike is facing its worst slump in a decade, with its stock experiencing its largest single-day percentage drop in company history. How did the Goddess of Victory, stumble?Sources: This is a non-exhaustive list

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5:56

Tech News Review 2024

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2024/12/28

We are living in a transformational era of convergence when classic sciences are being reshaped by artificial intelligence. This review unlike many others, highlights this convergence along with the typical digital tech news of the year.

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5:29

Global personal luxury goods market declines in 2024

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2024/12/27

In this episode of Seen and Heard, we're analyzing a decline in the global personal luxury goods market. Diamonds are for ever, they say. Well, about $2 billion of them have been in De Beer’s inventory for most of 2024. Prices of top-end Burgundies and vintage Champagnes fell sharply as demand from Chinese buyers dried up.We dive deep into Global personal luxury goods market report from Bain and Company and what Former LVMH chair of North America Pauline Brown has said about the state of the

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11:43

AI Hype Cycle, After the Peak …? #Gartner, #AIHypeCycle,

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2024/12/26

AI Hype Cycle, after the Peak …? Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence 2024 warns that “Generative AI has passed the Peak of Inflated Expectations, although hype about it continues”. Why majority of digital transformations fail? This video discusses the upcoming AI technologies. Also, after the peak where is GenAI heading to? Don’t miss the Hype vs Reality, and AI success in Pharma and Healthcare sectors. ‪@venkat868‬ Chapters0:00 Large Pharma CIO cancels CoPilot Subscription 0:30

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9:53

Make in India with Chinese Investments? #economicsurvey

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2024/12/26

Make in India with Chinese Investments? Is there a strategic shift in Govt of India? #economicsurvey @venkat868Business Strategy behind promoting FDI from China for boosting India's exports to the US, mentioned in the Indian Economic Survey 2024#Economicsurvey2023-24, #ChiefEconomicAdvisor, #MakeinIndia, #ChineseFDI, FDI, #ChinaplusOne, #Apple, #Foxconn, #Tata, iPhone exports, Social Complexity, Free Fire, Garena, Tencent, Tiktok, Global Supply Chain, Global Value Chain, GVC, Taiwan, China,

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14:47

Why China loses Billions in Semiconductor Chip Business?

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2024/12/26

Despite a decade long investment of more than US$100 billion in semiconductor sector from the central and local governments, China has not caught up with TSMC and Samsung. In this episode we reveal what holds China back in advanced computer chips manufacturing. No, it is not just the US restrictions. There is also a reason why the restriction work in this industry. Watch the entire video to understand the issues at a fundamental level.References and SourcesChina now only supports promising chip firm

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6:23

Seen and Heard AI and Digital Pilot Episode 2

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2024/12/26

Seen & Heard, by Venkat is a curation of recent AI and Digital News and Views. In this second Pilot Episode we coverAutonomous Robots may have been used in this ongoing war.How Oculus Billionaire is helping arm UkraineAnd a more positive story on AI that connects the digital and physical worlds and helps reduce bacterial contamination in catheters.SourcesVideo clip from NY Timeshttps://vp.nyt.com/video/2024/06/12/1...A.I. Begins Ushering In an Age of Killer Robots NYT July 2,

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4:42

Seen and Heard AI and Digital Pilot Episode 1

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2024/12/26

Seen & Heard, by Venkat is a curation of News and Views. This Pilot Episode focusses on recent AI and Digital topics.SourcesOpenAI Wants AI to Help Humans Train AIhttps://www.wired.com/story/openai-rl...French AI Startups Felt Unstoppable. Then Came the Electionhttps://www.wired.com/story/french-ai... For AI Giants, Smaller Is Sometimes Betterhttps://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/for-ai-gi...In an Era of Fakes, How to Know When Someone Online Is Realhttps://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tec..

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3:58

TransferWise Rebranding as Wise

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2024/12/26

TransferWise rebranding to Wise – Marketing Guru Mark Ritson called this “a massive mistake” and “such a dumb move”. What’s his reasoning? How have others viewed this? ‪@venkat868‬Credits and AcknowledgementsTop Brand Strategy Secrets from Mark Ritson; Brand Tuned Podcast • Top Brand Strategy Secrets from Mark ... Brand names and logos illustrated are the properties of the respective brand owners.https://newsroom.wise.com/en-NAM/medi... Wise Logo and other Wise

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7:17

Why Intel is Not Inside the Smartphone? How Intel...

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2024/12/26

For decades, desktop PCs and laptops have the “Intel Inside” logo, have you wondered why none of your smartphones have them? In this episode we explain how Intel missed being the engine “inside” the smartphone.Resources and ReferencesPaul Otellini's Intel: Can the Company That Built the Future Survive It? Alexis C. Madrigalhttps://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...Intel CEO Paul Otellini Draws the 'History of the Computer Industry' in 1 Chart. Alexis C. Madrigal

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6:21

Why China lags in advanced computer chips manufacturing?

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2024/12/26

Despite a decade old economic plan for the investment of more than $100 billion in semiconductor sector and multiple US$ 20-30 billion funds for investments in chip manufacture and semiconductor from the central and local governments, the country has not caught up with TSMC and Samsung. In this episode we reveal what holds China back in advanced computer chips manufacturing?References and SourcesTwo Chinese Startups Tried to Catch Up to Makers of Advanced Computer Chips—and Failed

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5:56

Companies that adapted to COVID crisis Panera Bread,...

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2024/12/26

Companies that adapted to COVID crisis - Panera Bread, USA and Zouk SingaporeIn this episode we look at two companies, Panera Bread in USA and Zouk nightclub in Singapore that rapidly pivoted their operations to the needs of their customers at the start of the COVID crisis.SourcesInside Panera's Pandemic Pivot, interview with Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary; Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman, Podcast (Reid Hoffman, is the co-founder of LinkedIn)on Apple

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4:55

KFC UK Delivery Fiasco – Why didn't the chicken cross...

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2024/12/26

KFC UK Delivery Fiasco – KFC, UK had to shut nearly 700 restaurants in February 2018 as it ran out of chickens, thanks to delivery failure by its new partner, DHL. We also discuss the chaos that was there when Terminal 5 was opened in London’s Heathrow Airport.In this episode, we discuss lessons to learn about transition management.

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5:19

Business Lesson From US Men’s 4 X 100m Team’s Failure...

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2024/12/26

Business Lesson From US Men’s 4 X 100m Team’s Failure In 4 OlympicsThe US men’s sprint relay team with some of the fastest men in world failed to win a medal in four straight Olympics! Passing the baton is the hardest part of a relay race. It is where the transition in the relay occurs from one player to the other. What lesson can we learn from this to manage our business?References“Time Pacing: Competing in markets that won’t stand still”, by Eisenhardt K.M and Brown S.L, Harvard Business Review,

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