Give the past Example of an Entrepreneurship where Product was the best in the market but yet the Business failed due to bad marketing or operations ??
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Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for peanuts. They had a better product – everyone loved going to the video store. But they refused to adapt to streaming, and their operations stayed stuck in the 90s while Netflix took off. RIP Blockbuster.
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