TechCrunch LA
MARCH 8, 2019
“Decades ago, at the peak of Japanese growth as a technology competitor on the global stage, the US government sought to break up IBM. “If big companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon are prevented from acquiring startups, that actually reduces competition,” Sirinivasan writes. — Balaji S.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 12, 2022
My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. They have proven themselves unable to innovate, and they have lost more jobs than they create.
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Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 21, 2012
Journey is a platform to build data gathering mobile apps much faster than would traditionally have been possible. That is the problem Embark Mobile is set to solve across the world beginning in Africa. Journey was created by our company, Embark Mobile (or “Embark” for short). What has Embark Mobile done before this?
Startup Professionals Musings
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These included the PC, mobile phone, the internet, and MRI imaging. I was lucky enough to be part of a key intrapreneurial effort at IBM, the IBM PC development, which I believe was only allowed to happen due to the internal political acumen of our leader, Don Estridge.
Tech Zulu Event
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” Additional partners including IBM, Deloitte, Nod Labs, and Plantronics have also registered to participate. Winners of the competition will be awarded space in the Wearable World Labs program incubator space in San Francisco as well as the opportunity to partner with American Airlines on product development.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 20, 2018
The stalwarts should be making the big leaps to be competitive, rather than the other way around. For example, Kodak invested billions of dollars into technology for mobile phones and other digital devices, but didn’t recognize the impact of digital cameras on their core film business. Acquire and cultivate new knowledge disciplines.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. They have proven themselves unable to innovate, and they have lost more jobs than they create.
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