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How TaniHub went from farm-to-table to farm-to-failure (a $82.5M mistake)
How Kaodim collapsed from a successful startup story in Malaysia
How eFishery inflated its revenue 4.8x and went unnoticed for 6 years (until now)
How BYJU'S went from $22B to $0 after spending $2.5B on acquisitions, taking $1.2B loan, and $533 million of the loan went missing...
How Propzy's collapse shocked the entire real estate market of Vietnam
Australia’s first low-cost airline lit up the skies — then vanished overnight. Here’s the 2 mistakes that grounded it.
A $25M startup with SoftBank money, 200K users, and infinite hype — until reality hit. Inside the shocking downfall of Asia’s biggest fashion rental app.
AhBengGPT. NajibAI. SOHAI. The same playbook that went viral and funded Replyr.ai.
Privé was everywhere in Singapore — prime spots, packed weekends, media buzz. Then? Gone. Here's why Privé failed (and what you can do differently).
It was Singapore’s most vibrant private club. Then, one bold expansion in Hong Kong dragged it into debt, liquidation, and bankruptcy. Here’s how the dream unraveled.
Fake growth. Unpaid creators. $120M dream gone.
“Most Trusted Fintech” → Bankruptcy → Prison
Imagine getting 10,000 users with $0 spent — here’s how Sherry did it.
How China’s biggest trade city became ghost town #1
Here’s the playbook...
Offline growth. Flashy GTM. Then COVID hit. Data breaches followed. Here’s how to not die the same way.
Serai had everything — capital, connections, and 16k users... but still died broke. Here’s why Serai failed — and what every founder should learn.