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EPISODE · Mar 11, 2021 · 1H 2M

Episode 17- Built to Fail The Story of BlockBuster with Alan Payne

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Blockbuster was one of the biggest companies and completely owned the Video Rental Business. But little did they know that it would drastically decline and become obsolete. Jordan and Ethan talk with Alan Payne who is the author of Built to Fail  The inside story of Blockbusters Inevitable Bust. Alan owned several of the last Blockbusters in America in Texas and Alaska. He shares stories of how Blockbuster went from a billion dollar company to bankrupt from the years 2000 to gone by 2018.   Built to Fail is available on all platforms including Amazon Books. 

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