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Business Breakdowns: The rise and fall of “Blackberry” with Lon Harris | E1773

This Week in Startups

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The Evolution of Mike and Doug's Pocket Link

We open in 1996 where Mike and Doug they've created research in motion. They're there just being held up us robotics doesn't want to pay them for the modems that's put them in a real cash hole. But they also have this idea that Mike sort of developed for this thing they're calling a pocket link. He has this idea for a device that would be in your pocket but you could use it to check emails. It doesn't sound super impressive in 2023 but in 1996 emails in your in your pocket was remarkable.

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