Failure Is The Ultimate MBA.
We are the world’s Business Failure Intelligence System™. We investigate real business collapses and convert them into clear, actional lessons, tools and operating systems you can apply today to build systems that last.
Core Ideology: The Integrity of Truth
The Laws of Failure Are Knowable.
Investigative Rigor
Facts, not gossip. Every 3000-word autopsy report is multi-source verified with citations and an objective tone.
Systemic Diagnosis
We analyze businesses as systems — finance, governance, operations — to find root causes, not personalities.
Actionable Utility
Every story becomes curriculum: structured frameworks, pre-mortem checklists, and immediate lessons.
FG OS™: The Methodology
How We Transform Collapse into Curriculum.
R.I.G.
Research & Investigative Grounding. Fact-verified reporting.
D.R.I.V.E.
Distribution for Reach. We ensure the lesson finds you.
F.R.A.M.E.
Framework Architecture. Turning data into ready-to-use tools.
C.O.R.E.
Community & Reader Engagement. Direct access to experts.
S.C.A.L.E.
Systemic Consistency. Guaranteed weekly, high-quality output.
Featured Autopsy
The Latest Intelligence Report
[Company Name]: How Over-Leverage and an Ignored Metric Triggered a Silent Collapse
A 3,000-word forensic analysis of internal rot, leadership blind spots, and systemic breakdown within a multi-million-dollar enterprise.
- ✓700 words on early warning signals (“The Rot”)
- ✓Root-Cause Analysis across finance & ops systems
- ✓5 Actionable Lessons founders can deploy immediately
Finance
Menzgold Ghana — Anatomy of a Trust Collapse
Ponzi dynamics, regulatory gaps, and the psychology of yield.
Tech
Quibi — When Money Can’t Buy Attention
Misreading mobile behavior and product-market fit myths.
Retail
Toys “R” Us — Debt Over Design
How leverage erased a loved brand’s strategic flexibility.
Crypto
FTX — Controls Are the Business
When governance is optional, failure is mandatory.
Finance / Governance
UK Bank — The Price of Regulatory Compliance Failure
How ignored internal audit warnings led to massive systemic fines and erosion of trust.
Media / Strategy
TV Africa — The Digital Shift That Killed Broadcast Giants
Failure to pivot from terrestrial broadcasting to digital content distribution.
E-commerce / Operations
Jumia Food — The Unit Economics Trap of Rapid Expansion
Unsustainable delivery costs and inability to achieve profitability in a fragmented market.
Telecommunications / Tech
Surfline Ghana — When 4G Infrastructure Couldn't Meet 5G Demands
Investment timing issues and intense competition in the evolving data market.
Video Intelligence
Video Highlights of Autopsies
Quibi: The $1.75B Misread
Why mobile-first didn't mean attention-first.
FTX: The Control System Failure
A minute on why governance is not optional.
Toys R Us: Leverage Trap
The short story of debt-fueled destruction.
The Failed Global Index™
A Global Database of Business Collapse.
From Menzgold to WeWork, we track failure patterns across industries, regions, and leadership types — building the world’s most comprehensive library on why companies fail.
60+
Companies Analyzed
10,000+
Lessons Extracted
52
Autopsies / Year
100%
Investigative Rigor
Failed Global Academy
Turn Failure Into Frameworks.
The Academy transforms our 3,000-word autopsies into structured learning — courses, workshops, and tools trusted by founders, investors, and institutions.
🎓 Autopsy Courses
Video-based case lessons with downloadable pre-mortem worksheets.
📘 The Yearbook Report
The annual compilation of 52 failures, key data, and systemic patterns.
🧩 Founder Frameworks
Downloadable diagnostics, decision matrices, and resilience checklists.
The System Architects
The Mission-Driven Core Team.
Francis Sabutey
Founder & Systems Architect
Editorial Director
Research rigor and editorial standards.
Partnerships Lead
Strategic growth and monetization.
Distribution Lead
Syndication, reach, and audience growth.
Advisory Systems
Business Autopsy Consulting
A structured, diagnostic process to find the root causes of underperformance and redesign your core operating system.
Founder Autopsy
90‑minute deep dive + written report + 30‑day follow‑up for high-stakes decisions.
Start NowPortfolio Stress‑Test
For investors and accelerators: apply our proprietary framework across multiple companies.
Talk to UsExecutive Workshop
In‑house, data-driven training for leadership and operating teams on pre-mortem systems.
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