“This is not a Pipe” The modern version of this painting is “This is not a computer” by Apple. “This is not a Computer” For far too long, budding entrepreneurs have been asked to explain their ideas in the context and vocabulary of existing success stories- “YouTube is FlickR for videos”, “RFID is barcodes without […]
Archives for January 2007
Organic growth story is now just a story
Organic growth works for human beings and cows. Not so well for large enterprise software companies. After beating up on its competitor for pursuing an acquisition-led growth strategy, SAP failed to meet its numbers this quarter. Message to Waldorf, Germany- let’s leave organic to California’s Yoga-loving Hybrid-driving meditation-praciticing vegans. For growth, you need to eat […]
iBanana released; Chiquita sued by Dole
Bananas at work: Creative Commons license by vidrio Today, Chiquita‘s world-famous marketing wizard Steve Jobless anounced a USB capable, Bluetooth enabled iBanana. Dole had long ago trademarked the name iBanana for a Banana tree that is powered by wireless electricity and claimed that eventually convergence of wirless electricity and Bluetooth will create confusion in the […]