Tag Archives: The 5 Big Guys

Iconic: Photos of Every Apple Product

October 6, 2013
Kindel, Platforms
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Last year Jonathan Zufi reached out to me asking if he could use a quote from my “Why Nobody Can Copy Apple” blog post in a book on Apple he was working on. I said sure, why not? I’m glad …Continue reading →

Businesses Buy Differently

February 28, 2013
Business, Platforms
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My post on Why Nobody Can Copy Apple has become one of the most read posts I’ve ever written (thanks @gruber). Commenters are asking me “Can you describe more what the behaviors are that are different when building for business …Continue reading →

Why Nobody Can Copy Apple

February 19, 2013
Business, Customer & Product, Platforms
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Horace Dediu has written another brilliant piece titled “Why doesn’t anybody copy Apple?”. As he points out, Apple is fairly unique in its command of vertical integration and many people point to that as the “why”. However, Horace also admits …Continue reading →

Facebook is like a Brick

September 6, 2012
Platforms, Startups
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At my Future of Mobile talk at Thinkspace last week, someone asked me what I thought of Facebook’s future. I came up with an analogy for explaining my perspective, and have since developed it further. “All the big guys have …Continue reading →

Wanna Compete with Apple? Focus on Experiences.

June 7, 2012
Branding, Customer & Product, Mobile, Platforms
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TL;DR Apple’s insane profitability has the other big guys jealous and freaked out. None are stupid enough to try to compete with Apple on Apple’s terms. The way to beat Apple is to redefine the game by making apps irrelevant …Continue reading →

The Five Big Guys

April 15, 2012
Business, Mobile, Platforms
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I’m working on writing up my thesis on the future of the consumer technology business and have convinced myself that there are 5 companies that stand to dominate. I call them The Five Big Guys. This post lays the ground …Continue reading →