The Tragic Downfall Of GoPro

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In this video we look at the rise and fall of the action camera maker GoPro.



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0:00 - 2:15 Intro
2:16 - 4:44 Early Days
4:45 - 8:26 Post-IPO Growth Plans
8:27 Core Business Suffers

[wallstreetmillennial]

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[donaldnewell]

I hope you take the sponsor criticism to heart. There is no boot camp getting close to 50% placement rates anymore. It’s downright hard to get an entry level programming job currently. It’s a scam to claim 80%+ placement rates.

[ag]

"Breaking into tech has never been easier." The market is actually ice cold, as a software engineer I'd advise NOBODY to do a bootcamp.

[carxcentric]

After the sponsor ad I came straight to the comments 🍿

[Doomsquad]

“Breaking into the software engineer world has never been easier”….

Selling a scam bootcamp. Kind of sad….

[dreescan]

As a software engineer with 15 years experience, and following your videos for years, I'm appalled to say this is my first comment here to complain about this dream-selling scam of an ad 😢

[caty]

Whenever I see a company doing a very aggressive advertising, I immediately consider their product inferior. There is no way you can put that huge amount of money into ads and then remain with enough to make a quality product at a reasonable price.

[jajajinks]

87% of your sponsor CS bootcamp’s grads land a job within 6 months? I’m sorry, but those stats are probably incredibly cherry-picked, and you should know that too.

I like your videos, please don’t shill borderline scam companies

[arthureaston]

Worst sponsorship Ad I’ve’ seen in a long time. Stop promoting scams. I love your channel but your sponsorships are hideous

[StevenSmith-vtbq]

"Breaking into tech industry has never been easier" Bro I am a recent CS grad from T10 school with 3.91 GPA and I'm struggling to land a job.

[ModMon]

Thank you Mr. Wall Street Millennial for the informational background noise while I work

[Minigrub]

Hey bro just found ur channel I see ur new
Do not sell your soul for bad companies it will ruin ur reputation
So don’t shill for these companies dude

[ericb]

find a more credible spoinsor bro
or dont

[jonreznick]

awkward time to say that breaking into the tech industry has never been easier.

[NorthStarBlue]

GoPro really is one of those "lightning in a bottle" things that tried to outgrow its niche and fell way short. They're too clumsy for spontaneous on-the-spot filming, not robust enough for anything feature length and despite basically being designed to be put in places where breakage is a risk, they're still too expensive to be easily replaceable for the average person. Outside of Youtube content creators with large enough budgets to buy multiples of them, they don't really have anything resembling a recurring market.

[garyplewa]

Well, the company's founder had the protection of family money to cushion his fall. It's the investors who took a bath.

[Nohandleentered]

I bought a GoPro last year, used it for a month, then chucked it in a drawer. Dumbest purchase I’ve made in 8 years

[unboxmuseumm]

After watching several videos on the rise and fall of GoPro, I must admit, I'm uncertain what strategies they could have employed to withstand the competition from smartphones. Once consumers purchase a GoPro product, there's little incentive to buy another one until it breaks or until newer models with enhanced features are released. Inevitably, their decline seemed unavoidable.

[rfak]

Your videos are good but you should avoid those sponsors. We all must pay our bills, but as someone who lives by your credibility you should't compromise yours promoting scammers

[CMDR_Nef]

Any time the topic of becoming a software engineer comes up lately I'm seeing people saying this is a really bad time to do so. I'm not at all shocked seeing the sentiments in the comments about your choice of sponsor for this video. You have to know this is a disingenuous ad. Running that ad and parroting what they gave you tarnishes your reputation as a reliable source of information. Why should I trust anything you have to say now?