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Top 10 Companies That Pivoted and Won Big
The greatest business stories are not about companies that executed a perfect plan — they are about companies that failed, recognized reality, and reinvented themselves. Netflix started mailing DVDs. Nokia made rubber boots. YouTube was a video dating site. The ability to pivot — to abandon a failing strategy and embrace a new one — separates companies that survive from companies that become cautionary tales. These are the most dramatic and successful pivots in business history.
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