The Four

Steve Jobs’s decision to transition from a tech to a luxury brand is one of the most consequential—and value-creating—insights i ...

after Steve Jobs needed to be an operator who understood how to scale the firm. If Apple’s board had wanted a visionary, it woul ...

of the physical distribution and retail channels as they were replaced by the virtualization of e-commerce. Jobs understood, as ...

increase in bandwidth and a new generation of leadership that has digital in their DNA, has produced bigger ladders than anyone ...

are both coming for Apple. But they are more likely to produce a better phone than to replicate the romance, connection, and gen ...

that Google’s CEO at the time, Eric Schmidt, saw the conflict of interest collisions ahead and resigned (or was asked to leave) ...

“Do you hear that? It might be the growing sounds of pocketbooks snapping shut and the chickens coming home... .” AEIdeas, Augus ...

remind myself we (NYU) are charging kids $500/minute for me and a projector. This. Is. Fucking. Ridiculous. A degree from a good ...

Chapter 4 Facebook IF SIZE MATTERS (IT DOES), Facebook may be the most successful thing in the history of humankind. There are 1 ...

“How Much Time Do People Spend on Social Media?” MediaKix. If you believe that Facebook, at $420 billion, is overvalued, then im ...

Facebook is gaining influence faster than any enterprise in history. And that’s because what we covet is... what’s on Facebook. ...

own/experience these things, too. Facebook gestates intent better than any promotion or advertising channel. Once in pursuit, we ...

However, the camera operator, Facebook, isn’t fooled. It sees the truth—as do its advertisers. This is what makes the company so ...

Selflessness and caregiving are key to the survival of the species— and caregivers are rewarded with life. The nuance, emotion, ...

Meyer, Robinson. “When You Fall in Love This Is What Facebook Sees.” The Atlantic. It’s easy to be skeptical about Facebook, esp ...

“to be is to share,” has resulted in a data set and targeting tools that make grocery store scanners, focus groups, panels, and ...

calls, the whole package—and then expect firms to make good use of it, but to protect, even ignore, it as well. Customers, thus ...

But let’s put “intelligence” on the x axis. How much does a company learn from its customers? What kind of data do these custome ...

Look back at the graph. In the upper right quadrant are the winners, including the three platforms: Amazon, Google, and Facebook ...

different areas of the planet, it struggles to target individuals. It aces humanity but gets a C in humans. This is the reason T ...