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The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry

Sep 3, 2022

57:58

Highlights

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Episode notes

Mike and Jim - What's Your Opinion?

04:39

What Happened to Blackberry?

02:27

The Board of Directors

02:39

Introduction

2min

How Blackberry Blown It

4min

How Long Did It Take You and Your Co-Author to Write a Book Like U the Power Broker?

6min

How Mike and Jim Met?

3min

How to Make It in Canada - Jim Istead

4min

The Two Legged Stool

5min

Larry Conley and Larry's C O O

2min

The Protivity Report

4min

The Board of Directors

3min

10.

The Stock Options Problem and Dealing With the Patent Trolls

5min

11.

Mike and Jim - What's Your Opinion?

5min

12.

What's the Difference Between a Full Browser and a T and T?

2min

13.

What Happened to Blackberry?

2min

14.

Is There a Case Study of Blackberry's Failure?

5min

15.

What Are Some of Your Favorite Business Books?

4min

16.

I Didn't Tell You This, I Actually Read Losing the Signal

2min

If we think the reasons for the fall of BlackBerry are an open and shut case, we need to think again. Sean Silcoff is the co-author of Losing the Signal. The book covers the rise of BlackBerry, how its foundation started cracking before Apple's iPhone came on the scene and the breakup of two iconic founders of a company that once topped $20 billion in revenues.

This interview explores some of the highs and lows in this story, a very readable narrative that also serves as a great business case study. Finally, we ask if there could have been a different ending. The ideas you hear might surprise you.

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