Entrepreneur

Who are they?

Adam Osborne
Compaq Computer.

What did they create?

Computers/laptops

What challenges did the face?

One version of the story says that Osborne Computers collapsed when Adam bragged to the media about two advanced computers the corporation was working on and destroyed the consumer demand for the Osborne 1.

What helped them succeed?

The result was inventory glut and the company was forced to file bankruptcy. But later research turned up that the machine Osborne had boasted of shipped and put the company back on track until a single executive built up massive debt trying to complete the assembly of older inventory.