People tend to think that Netflix killed Blockbuster – but that’s not true. Blockbuster’s demise was actually caused by something far more self-destructive, and almost a decade after the fall of this movie rental giant, there are still misconceptions about what really occurred. Get the scoop on how Blockbuster was taken down here, on Episode 16 of The Great Fail.

Episode Sources:

How I Did It: Blockbuster’s Former CEO on Sparring with an Activist Shareholder

John Oliver Just Showed How You Can Tell Your Industry Is About To Be Disrupted

A Look Back At Why Blockbuster Really Failed And Why It Didn’t Have To

The rise and fall of Blockbuster

Blockbuster: It’s Failure and Lessons to Digital Transformers

Lessons from Blockbuster’s Demise

He “was struggling not to laugh”: Inside Netflix’s crazy, Doomed Meeting with Blockbuster

Netflix co-founder: ‘Blockbuster laughed at us … Now there’s one left’

Classic Strategic Failures: Blockbuster

Lessons From a Blockbuster Failure

Lessons from Blockbuster’s Demise

4 lessons from Blockbuster failure

Hall of Shame: Blockbuster’s James W. Keyes

Blockbuster Names James Keyes as CEO

Blockbuster offers more than $1B for Circuit City

Special Guest:

Greg Satell
International Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author 

Greg Satell is a popular speaker, adviser and author of the new book, CASCADES: HOW TO CREATE A MOVEMENT THAT DRIVES TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE, whose work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Barron’s, Forbes, Inc and Fast Company. His earlier book, MAPPING INNOVATION, was selected as one of the best business titles of 2017.

An accomplished entrepreneur, executive and one of the foremost experts on innovation today, Greg speaks to audiences around the world and works with leading organizations to better compete in today’s disruptive marketplace. He was recently named by Innovation Excellence as #2 on its global list of “Top 40 Innovation Bloggers” and by IDG as one of “10 Digital Transformation Influencers to Follow Today.” Greg helps successful organizations overcome disruption and blaze a path to a better future.

You can learn more about Greg on his website, GregSatell.com and follow him on Twitter @DigitalTonto.