--- title: "What are the stupidest decisions ever made in Silicon Valley?" description: "What are the stupidest decisions ever made in Silicon Valley?" author: "Satish Jain" published: 2018-01-01 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32294/what-are-the-stupidest-decisions-ever-made-in-silicon-valley category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # What are the stupidest decisions ever made in Silicon Valley? What are the stupidest [decisions](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12962/4-important-decisions-to-make-when-booking-your-cruise) ever made in [Silicon Valley](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32216/what-s-the-dark-side-of-silicon-valley)? ## Answers ### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani **These were some of the stupidest decision ever made in Silicon Valley:** \ ![What are the stupidest decisions ever made in Silicon Valley?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cb0d23a5-3411-4baa-9c7c-6fe5e66ae60f/images/f28b86b8-2f09-4beb-be9d-5a05d4dd622e.png)\ **\****Ross Perot Refused the offer of Purchasing Microsoft** In the year 1979, Bill Gates offered to sell **[Microsoft Corporation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31333/what-is-microsoft)** to head of **Perot's Electronic Data Systems, Ross Perot.**![What are the stupidest decisions ever made in Silicon Valley?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cb0d23a5-3411-4baa-9c7c-6fe5e66ae60f/images/e56b592d-9051-45c5-aad1-ab283325ee40.png)\ \ The **price requested by Bill Gates was $6 to $15 million** but Perot’s Electronic media which was then worth around £600m and was **even looking forward to purchasing a small computer corporation refused** the offer saying amount asked is not appropriate. ![What are the stupidest decisions ever made in Silicon Valley?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cb0d23a5-3411-4baa-9c7c-6fe5e66ae60f/images/74bfbc36-dd49-40b7-adbf-1ed83a87bb8e.png)In an i**nterview conducted by Seattle Times Perot said** that **refusing the offer** by Bill Gates in 1979 was one of **the biggest mistakes done by him.****\** **Excite a renowned company in 1990 refused to offer to Google** In the year 1999, Sergey Brin and Larry Page thought of **selling google in $ 1 million** to Excite Corporation they **even lowered the price to $750,000** but Excite refused and paid no interest to the offer.![What are the stupidest decisions ever made in Silicon Valley?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cb0d23a5-3411-4baa-9c7c-6fe5e66ae60f/images/41457355-776f-4ae8-a7b7-6c568c93ed1b.png)\ And now I don’t think there is anything that needs to tell about Google Corporation.\ **Delaying the release of Digital camera by Kodak Corporation** I think many of us were not knowing the fact that **it was the Engineers of Kodak Corporation who created the first Digital Cameras.**![What are the stupidest decisions ever made in Silicon Valley?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cb0d23a5-3411-4baa-9c7c-6fe5e66ae60f/images/9c584f10-2231-4adb-97bf-feb0c2b0b049.png)\ \ **But the company didn’t release it and neither invested in the new technology in a misconception that it would affect its film business.**![What are the stupidest decisions ever made in Silicon Valley?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cb0d23a5-3411-4baa-9c7c-6fe5e66ae60f/images/b7308365-d461-4e7e-9304-8bd46ba20a22.png)\ \ Later when the company released their digital cameras it got too late **as competitors like Sony and Fuzi g**ot far ahead in their business.**Western Union neglected the most revolutionary deal** In the year 1876, when Alexander Graham Bell patented the first over the telephone **he offered his invention with Western Union to sell it but the company refused to pay** and humbly said that this device is of no use and is just a toy to be sell in the market.\ ![What are the stupidest decisions ever made in Silicon Valley?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cb0d23a5-3411-4baa-9c7c-6fe5e66ae60f/images/9fe55448-1d91-4218-a579-ecb3e6757dbd.png)\ **Later Telephone created by Alexander Graham Bell ruled the American Telecommunication for a century.** \ **\****"You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decision"** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32294/what-are-the-stupidest-decisions-ever-made-in-silicon-valley Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.