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5 companies
Quibi
Streaming / Entertainment
Quibi raised $1.75 billion - the largest pre-launch funding for a media startup - with Hollywood royalty (Jeffrey Katzenberg, Meg Whitman) and launche...
Qualcomm
Semiconductors
When mobile phones consumed too much power for x86 chips, Qualcomm's ARM-based processors filled an ecological niche Intel couldn't occupy. This is ad...
Qualtrics
Enterprise Software/Experience Management
Ryan Smith and his co-founders built Qualtrics from 2002, creating the 'experience management' category. SAP acquired it in November 2018 for $8 billi...
Quiznos
Restaurants - Fast Casual
Quiznos' 2014 bankruptcy followed years of decline from 5,000 locations to under 1,000, illustrating how franchise conflicts can destroy restaurant ch...
Quorum Health Corporation
Healthcare
Quorum Health's April 2020 bankruptcy collapsed a rural hospital operator spun off from Community Health Systems. The spinoff had loaded Quorum with d...