So in one of the most spectacular
flameouts in recent years, Theranos went from a $ 9 billion Silicon Valley unicorn to a Silicon Valley unicorpse.
But the performance of ETFs such as iShares Russell Microcap Index (IWC) and PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap (PZI) has been unimpressive — perhaps because the micro-cap universe is full of
flameouts as well as stars ready to soar.
There have been two high - profile and one low -
profile flameouts among publicly traded retail real estate firms — Centro Properties Group, General Growth Properties and Feldman Mall Properties.
The tale of notorious ice -
skating flameout Tonya Harding gets a dazzlingly complex treatment — one she perhaps doesn't deserve, but hypnotizing regardless.
The tale of notorious ice - skating
flameout Tonya Harding gets a dazzlingly complex and exuberant treatment — one she doesn't deserve, but hypnotizing nonetheless.
While there are
flameouts like OMGPOP's Draw Something, which Zynga paid $ 180 million for, there are also titles with more staying power like Backflip's Dragonvale or Rovio's Angry Birds franchise, which is still going three years later.
If you're unsure whether you're just normally tired or dangerously close to burnout, look out for these early warning signs of an
impending flameout.
(Think of a dot -
com flameout or a car company that expanded beyond its ability to preserve its usual quality control.)
According to the CB Insights study, the most
costly flameouts in hardware since 2009 included Bluetooth wearables maker Jawbone, e-cigarette company NJOY, and Juicero, which made juice presses and pouches full of fruit pulp to go in them.
Jawbone, Njoy and Juicero were the three most
expensive flameouts in venture - backed hardware since 2009.
Still, either would have been unlikely to deliver a championship, given how badly Miles would struggle to develop quarterbacks after 2007, and if Schiano's
flameout with the Buccaneers demonstrated what kind of coach he was.
Jan 04,2016... After yet another humiliating
playoff flameout, the go - go Capitals committed themselves to playing g...
But, as is well known, these
mechanical flameouts aren't the main reason Earnhardt is leaving DEI for Hendrick Motor - sports at season's end.
Brendan: If you forced me to choose, I'd shade more towards Emily's prediction of another
early flameout.
Of course, Employment Eligibility Verification, an HR freelance writer, but you can avoid a
legal flameout.
She co-stars with Bradley Cooper in a rock - and - roll remake of the
fame flameout that's already attracted such icons as Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.
• Julian Schnabel's critically panned «Miral» completed its awards -
season flameout as The Weinstein Company booted it into 2011.
Lewis» book burnishes a story that might have been dismissed as a formulaic underdog tale, like a high - toned Major League, and Beane's tortured route from big -
league flameout as a player to sabermetric visionary as a general manager gives Pitt more to chew on than just tobacco.
The Grand - Am series provides bang for the buck — which might be the solution to sports car racing's
perennial flameouts in the United States.
But the stunning rise and then
blazing flameout of ebooks perfectly encapsulate what has become an axiomatic truth in the industry: Single - task devices like the ebook are being replaced without remorse in the lives of consumers by their multifunction equivalents, in this case by media tablets.
Last month Fusion Garage, a Singapore startup that has defrauded just about everyone and everything it has come in contact with, had a
huge flameout when they were publicly fired by both their law firm and PR firm.
2) There have been
many flameouts in REITs, especially mortgage REITs.
The solution would not have been overbroad and illegal blanket censorship, making an exploitative corporation into porn's gatekeeper, and what will surely be a spectacular privacy and
security flameout.
Scope creep, fragmented mindshare and disorganization are often the difference between flawless execution and
spectacular flameouts.
The flameout of online investment portal Qianbao is the latest that has devastated small investors, the New York Times reports.
Kalanick's spectacular
flameout is one for the ages.
And that's dangerous, because
the flameout rate among funds in this category was the highest of the major groups Carhart studied.
After last year's French Open
flameout, the U.S. men showed they might know a bit about playing on red clay after all
William Green Report:
A flameout.
He was disappointed not only in Gov. David Paterson's
flameout, but also in what it said about Harlem's future as a center of black leadership.
Conclusive proof that, in certain exclusive circles, it's still better financially to
flameout than to fade away.
Having a partner with whom you can share stressful situations helps prevent
the flameout.
There are some brilliant investors for which that has been true: Livermore, Niederhoffer, Keynes, and more... how much credit should we give to the gains, if the price is
flameouts?
Trouble is, the leverage is a lot higher on Mortgage REITs, which can lead to some spectacular
flameouts.
Quite
a flameout for one who was so lionized.
Does the game still hold up, or is this Burnout more of
a flameout?
Its second floor,
a flameout of recent art, was in particular a curatorial cry for help.
Ultimately, the source of his delusion is not very interesting, but I think Cockburn's
flameout (as he rambles incoherently about carbon isotopes, so pathetic) may illustrate that there are contrarians who are fundamentally sincere, rather than mercenary.
I am not suggesting Heenan will suffer the same fate, but contrast Canada's experience with that of the U.S., where Dreier, Howrey, Thelen, and Dewey LeBoeuf all recently had spectacular
flameouts.
He's adamant in his contention that affinity marketing will eventually have
a flameout.