The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business
Feb. 2nd, 2004 12:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acroyearAccording to Business 2.0 anyways.
My favs:
15) In February, Seattle-based software firm Spam Arrest starts spamming people who correspond with current customers. The come-on? "Enjoy a spam-free inbox."
21) In October, the La Grange, N.C., Chamber of Commerce presents its "Small Business of the Year" award to Herring's Grill. One problem: The grill had closed two months earlier.
25) In the midst of an advertising campaign to persuade investors to trust the company with their retirement savings, Charles Schwab axes 401(k) matching dollars for its own employees.
39) U.K. energy company Powergen finds itself so often confused with a similarly named Italian battery maker that it issues a statement disavowing any connection between the two enterprises. It's not so much the Italian company that the Brits want to distance themselves from as its Web address: Powergenitalia.com.
82) "We won't win any popularity contests. We don't really care what people think." — Recording Industry Association of America spokeswoman Amy Weiss, on the group's decision to file lawsuits against customers accused of Internet file sharing, including a 12-year-old New York girl and a 65-year-old Massachusetts grandmother. U.S. record sales remain stagnant after the RIAA launches its campaign in the courts, and an appeals court bans the RIAA's legal methods in December.
My favs:
15) In February, Seattle-based software firm Spam Arrest starts spamming people who correspond with current customers. The come-on? "Enjoy a spam-free inbox."
21) In October, the La Grange, N.C., Chamber of Commerce presents its "Small Business of the Year" award to Herring's Grill. One problem: The grill had closed two months earlier.
25) In the midst of an advertising campaign to persuade investors to trust the company with their retirement savings, Charles Schwab axes 401(k) matching dollars for its own employees.
39) U.K. energy company Powergen finds itself so often confused with a similarly named Italian battery maker that it issues a statement disavowing any connection between the two enterprises. It's not so much the Italian company that the Brits want to distance themselves from as its Web address: Powergenitalia.com.
82) "We won't win any popularity contests. We don't really care what people think." — Recording Industry Association of America spokeswoman Amy Weiss, on the group's decision to file lawsuits against customers accused of Internet file sharing, including a 12-year-old New York girl and a 65-year-old Massachusetts grandmother. U.S. record sales remain stagnant after the RIAA launches its campaign in the courts, and an appeals court bans the RIAA's legal methods in December.
