TV series about startup failures, portraying greedy founders, and the damages

Re:TV series about startup failures, portraying greedy found... by lpolovets on Sunday May 07, 2023 @11:26AM (#35852416)

The Profit* is pretty interesting. It's like the shows where Gordon Ramsay goes into failing restaurants and tries to turn them around, except here the show's host tries to fix all kinds of local businesses. It's not about tech startups per se, but you still see a lot of common issues through the lens of local businesses: founder disputes, poor unit economics, bad marketing, etc. It's a little cheesy, but pretty good overall!

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Profit_(TV_series)

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Re:TV series about startup failures, portraying greedy found... by mianm on Sunday May 07, 2023 @11:30AM (#35852450)

Sounds a bit like the UK series Troubleshooter from the 90s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubleshooter_(TV_series)

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Re:TV series about startup failures, portraying greedy found... by Gelob on Sunday May 07, 2023 @01:33PM (#35853666)

I love the profit and Marcus!

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Re:TV series about startup failures, portraying greedy found... by greggsy on Sunday May 07, 2023 @02:44PM (#35854319)

How does it compare to Nathan For You?

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Re:TV series about startup failures, portraying greedy found... by rgoldste on Sunday May 07, 2023 @04:25PM (#35855310)

It’s serious and actually tries to fix the company.

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Re:TV series about startup failures, portraying greedy found... by rmason on Sunday May 07, 2023 @05:00PM (#35855552)

Although it is a bit overly dramatic (which might explain why it's a hit) I've always enjoyed the Bar Rescue series where Jon Taffer tries to fix broken bar businesses. The early episodes got more into the math of what works but Taffer screaming at owners was more popular so you see much less of that in later seasons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Rescue

I know a guy that goes in and rescues bars in exchange for a percentage of the increase in value as they're later sold. He swears that the core of what Taffer does is exactly how he operates.

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Re:TV series about startup failures, portraying greedy found... by beezlewax on Sunday May 07, 2023 @06:03PM (#35856047)

If you go look at how those restaurants are doing now a huge portion closed soon after they were "turned around"

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Re:TV series about startup failures, portraying greedy found... by jnsaff2 on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:44AM (#35858817)

Do also check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_(TV_series) that's a WILD experience. I believe all of it is available on Youtube as well (in glorious 90s quality experience).

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