Have you ever wondered why Steve Jobs didn't get in to eReader business or why Jeff Bezos never challenged Apple in ipod in initial days?
In one of the famous books on Amazon the author concludes that Jeff was always fascinated with books and Jobs had fascination for music all through his life. This fascination by and large dictated the choices they made in their business lives.
I think Jeff deserves more praise for the risk he took in getting in to ever risky devices business. Traditional strategy wisdom calls for moving in to adjacent business areas for growth. Are online retail and ereaders business adjacent to each other?
Disrupting and cannibalizing established business for new frontier is superhuman. Remember Kodak?
In one of the famous books on Amazon the author concludes that Jeff was always fascinated with books and Jobs had fascination for music all through his life. This fascination by and large dictated the choices they made in their business lives.
I think Jeff deserves more praise for the risk he took in getting in to ever risky devices business. Traditional strategy wisdom calls for moving in to adjacent business areas for growth. Are online retail and ereaders business adjacent to each other?
Disrupting and cannibalizing established business for new frontier is superhuman. Remember Kodak?
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