Steve Jobs on Recessions

On February 19, 2009, in Marketing Quotes by Marketing Greats, by Brett Duncan

The great thing about recessions is that it filters out all the crap, and makes way for the real thing. Like Apple. For those willing to grasp it, it’s actually the most powerful competitive advantage there is.

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Apple, Steve Jobs and the Ability to Focus

On April 1, 2008, in Strategy, by Brett

Living the Dash comments on Apple’s ability to focus, and how it pretty much proves the fact that less is almost always more. Read the whole thing. Here’s the quote by Steve Jobs on focus: “Apple is a $30 billion company, yet we’ve got less than 30 major products. I don’t know if that’s ever [...]

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What the NFL Network and the iPhone Have in Common

On December 6, 2007, in Business, Customer Service, Marketing, Strategy, by Brett

The NFL Network and Apple both have one thing in common: they’re screwing their potential customers. For the NFL Network, they’re only allowing their channel to be on the DISH Network, which most of us don’t have, and therefore most of us can’t watch this week’s Redskins/Bears game, or last week’s Cowboys/Packers game, or possibly [...]

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