General Magic

General Magic

After being spun out of Apple in 1990 and inventing mobile computing, General Magic became the first concept IPO in Silicon Valley history in 1995. This is when a startup doesn't have revenue or a working product, so they rely on concept alone. Tw ...

Compaq

Compaq

Compaq's risky acquisition of DEC as well as price wars with Dell and Intel led to it's downfall in 2002.

Atari - Failure Museum

Atari

In 1983, market saturation, high number of poor quality games, and growing interest in personal computers killed Atari.