What do you think?
Rate this book
Quick Bites, Big Flop: The Quibi Cautionary Tale
How $1.75 Billion Vanished Faster Than a 10-Minute Episode
What happens when two industry titans launch a streaming platform no one asked for, during a global pandemic, and expect it to revolutionize mobile entertainment? You get Quibi—a spectacular crash course in overconfidence, misreading the market, and lighting investor money on fire.
In this sharply written, darkly humorous, and insightful business story, Quick Bites, Big Flop explores the rise and fall of Quibi, the short-form video startup that promised to reshape the future of entertainment—only to shut down in just six months. Learn how Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg and tech veteran Meg Whitman turned a bold idea into one of Silicon Valley’s most infamous failures.
This book
The billion-dollar vision that ignored actual consumer behavior
The baffling decisions that walled off content from the internet’s memes and sharing
Why Quibi floundered while TikTok, YouTube, and even Vine left a cultural footprint
What happens when timing, ego, and strategy go spectacularly wrong
Whether you're a business enthusiast, tech startup junkie, or just love a good trainwreck story with lessons attached, Quick Bites, Big Flop is your front-row seat to one of modern media’s most dramatic flameouts.
Perfect for fans of business cautionary tales, case studies, and startup sagas with a twist.
Would Quibi have succeeded in another era—or was it doomed from the start?
What happens when two industry titans launch a streaming platform no one asked for, during a global pandemic, and expect it to revolutionize mobile entertainment? You get Quibi—a spectacular crash course in overconfidence, misreading the market, and lighting investor money on fire.
In this sharply written, darkly humorous, and insightful business story, Quick Bites, Big Flop explores the rise and fall of Quibi, the short-form video startup that promised to reshape the future of entertainment—only to shut down in just six months. Learn how Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg and tech veteran Meg Whitman turned a bold idea into one of Silicon Valley’s most infamous failures.
This book
The billion-dollar vision that ignored actual consumer behavior
The baffling decisions that walled off content from the internet’s memes and sharing
Why Quibi floundered while TikTok, YouTube, and even Vine left a cultural footprint
What happens when timing, ego, and strategy go spectacularly wrong
Whether you're a business enthusiast, tech startup junkie, or just love a good trainwreck story with lessons attached, Quick Bites, Big Flop is your front-row seat to one of modern media’s most dramatic flameouts.
Perfect for fans of business cautionary tales, case studies, and startup sagas with a twist.
Would Quibi have succeeded in another era—or was it doomed from the start?
342 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 29, 2025
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
No one has reviewed this book yet.