Nokia-Microsoft Deal Completes the Three Winning Strategies a Market Can Have
According to Michael Porter, markets have three winning strategies: – Best: Build the best product in the market. – Low Cost Provider: Compete on Price. – Niche: Service a niche that is under-served by the other two strategies. All markets have niches of one kind or another. Can you guess which of the three smartphone […]
The Nokia-Microsoft Third Ecosystem
A quote from Chapter 1 of my book “Steve Jobs is explaining one major reason for the iPhone ’ s success —Apple ’ s ability to integrate hardware and software engineering: “ We realized that almost all — maybe all — of future consumer electronics, the primary technology was going to be software. And we […]
Microsoft Convergence 2010. Finally Getting Rid of the But….?
A couple of months ago, I was asked by Microsoft to help them (as a consultant) try to work on their Social CRM program. That included looking at products, messaging and doing some thought leadership stuff. I’m in the midst of that now and thus, have been able to get a deep and advanced look […]
