At the 2009 I/O conference, Google Wave was a tool unlike any other. Before the remote-work boom, it was not only the first unified workspace and collaboration platform but also attempted to address many of the issues we still have today.

And yet Google Wave failed in less than two years.

It’s not surprising that the platform ended up being a minor blip in the annals of SaaS innovation when considering how it was implemented. Only a few of its issues included a lack of a clear emphasis on the product, positioning issues, and a poor release schedule.

Read further to know more about the reasons for Google wave failure.