36 Overconfident Business Folk Who Became the Laughing Stock of the Corporate World

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36 Overconfident Business Folk Who Became the Laughing Stock of the Corporate World

Before reading this list, please join us in imagining a fun little scenario. Its a room full of smiling suits nodding along to some bigwigs next big money-making scheme seconds before they all realize what an utter catastrophe theyre about to create. Instead of laughing all the way to the bank, theyre about to frantically scurry back to their offices to put out some serious fires. 

Now lets watch it play out a few dozen times below!

McDonald’s Japan

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Flying Cars

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Dr. Pepper

In 2007, Dr. Pepper held a promotion asking people to search for a coin in Boston's most historic graveyard. 1882 Dozens of people gathered at the Old Granary Burying Ground, where figures like John Hancock are buried, looking to dig around for the coin. Boston officials quickly denounced the promotion and had it shut down. CRACKED.COM

RJ Reynolds

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Yahoo!

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Snapchat

Snapchat lost around $800 million in stock after running an ad on their platform for the mobile game Would You Rather? which mocked Rihanna's abuse. Would You Rather? Impossible Chocolat WOULD YOU RATHER! Slap Rihanna Punch Chris Brown Many users deleted the app following her response. CRACKED.COM

Quaker Oats

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Steven Spielberg’s Sub Shop

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Pay by Touch

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Macy’s

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American Apparel

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LifeLock CEO Todd Davis

Eager to promote confidence in his company's identity theft protection services, the CEO of LifeLock used his actual Social Security number in an adve

HyperSocial CEO Braden Wallake

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Blockbuster

The Blockbuster CEO laughed at Netflix's CEO when he tried to form a partnership in 2000. BLOCKBUSTER BLOCKBUSTER CLEARANCE 20% SALE SOON CRACKED COM Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings suggested Blockbuster run the Netflix brand in stores and Netflix would run theirs online. CFO Barry McCarthy says they just about laughed us out of their office.

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