“I don't know anyone who wouldn't say it's the most fulfilling experience in their lives. People love it. Which is different from… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
“That kind of attention to detail means that as a result you really can’t do a lot of things. You have to… — Adam Lashinsky Attention to detail Copy Share Image
People tend to wonder when Alibaba will enter the U.S. market. But those people are asking the wrong question. Alibaba reckons that,… — Adam Lashinsky China Copy Share Image
“George Blankenship, a top executive of Apple’s retail initiative when it began, explained the very real link between storytelling and driving demand.” — Adam Lashinsky Technology Copy Share Image
No matter your interpretation of Apple's success with its Watch, it has become a leader - and it wasn't first to market. — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
Americans fear losing control if they're forced to ride in autonomous vehicles. These same Americans fly in airplanes every day that largely… — Adam Lashinsky Autonomous Copy Share Image
“He once told a group of investors that “the iPhone was just below food and water on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs,” according… — Adam Lashinsky Investing Copy Share Image
“The reason they didn’t discuss expenses is almost certainly because their bosses didn’t, either. Jobs held that authority himself and monitored it… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
Newfangled online sites like 'Business Insider' and 'Huffington Post' built businesses they later sold for hundreds of millions of dollars by ripping… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
“The hallmarks of the Apple product message are, as with so much at Apple, simplicity and clarity. Throughout its history, Apple has… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
“PC makers put crapware on their computers—antivirus software, subscription offers, and so on—precisely because the revenue is lucrative. Apple forgoes such opportunities… — Adam Lashinsky Computers Copy Share Image
Tesla has humiliated established carmakers with its brilliant vision. But Detroit, Turin, Stuttgart, and so on have understood scale as well as… — Adam Lashinsky Brilliant Copy Share Image
AIM was so quaint, it organized users around 'buddy lists.' In a time before smartphones, AIM was powerful and intoxicating, a way… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
What makes Samsung so mysterious is that it's not altogether clear who leads the company or what its leaders do. The company… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
Dynamic pricing - charging more when goods and services are in high demand and short supply and less when the opposite is… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
“Put these corporate attributes together—clear direction, individual accountability, a sense of urgency, constant feedback, clarity of mission—and you begin to have a… — Adam Lashinsky Clear direction Copy Share Image
Chip maker Nvidia is the new old thing, an overnight success story years in the making that is having its moment and… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
“The reason you have committees is that you have divided responsibilities,” Jobs said. “We don’t. At Apple you can figure out exactly… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
Should Ford succeed in equipping all its cars with information that gets communicated back to its servers, it will become a 'big… — Adam Lashinsky Data Copy Share Image
With innovative companies and products like Tencent's WeChat messaging service and novel approaches to artificial intelligence and various business models, China rapidly… — Adam Lashinsky Artificial intelligence Copy Share Image
“The ‘Innovator’s Dilemma’ doesn’t exist at Apple,” he said, referring to Clay Christensen’s popular book about how big companies fail to anticipate… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
Before its immature ways caught up with it, Uber got bigger and went further than Webvan ever did. But it bleeds money,… — Adam Lashinsky Company Copy Share Image
AIM started in 1997, and I remember when I started using it in earnest, in 1999, when I joined TheStreet.com from 'The… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
If SoftBank can complete the tender offer it contemplates to buy a large stake in Uber, the company's bizarre governance war will… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
“In a company organized along functional rather than divisional lines, scouting must be a core competency of its leader. Steve Jobs long… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
“Saying no is a core tenet of Apple product development and, for that matter, Apple’s approach to doing business. In fact, the… — Adam Lashinsky Core strength Copy Share Image
“A few years later Jobs rhapsodized about Land in an interview with Playboy. “Land was a troublemaker,” Jobs said. “He dropped out… — Adam Lashinsky Art and science Copy Share Image
The summer before my senior year in college, I talked my way into an unpaid internship on Capitol Hill. I was able… — Adam Lashinsky Capitol hill Copy Share Image
If you crave further confirmation that Silicon Valley is a magical place where magical thinking reigns, consider the tale of Roku, the… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
“From Apple’s iconic “Think Different” campaign in 1997 featuring images of Gandhi and Einstein and Bob Dylan (and no Apple products) to… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
Amazon has suffered quarters-long profit droughts. Alphabet has given its investors agita over profligate spending on non-core products. Microsoft's growth - if… — Adam Lashinsky Alphabet Copy Share Image
When I published a book earlier this year about Uber, the most common question I got about it was how many of… — Adam Lashinsky Book Copy Share Image
Apple is a military-like command-and-control organization where people lower down in the organization manage up. They are constantly preparing their boss who… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
“Speaking of Jobs, Moritz writes: “He was unwilling to let product planning become burdened with analysis, focus groups, decision trees, the shifts… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
“In this alternative management structure, executives have limited power but also aren’t expected to have skills that check some all-star management box.… — Adam Lashinsky Executives Copy Share Image
The rap against Tesla has always been of the 'yes, but' variety. Yes, it's a fine artisanal designer and manufacturer of electric… — Adam Lashinsky Alive Copy Share Image
“Consistency of message helps build customer loyalty. Clear messaging can also have a huge impact on the bottom line. “If there’s one… — Adam Lashinsky Bottom line Copy Share Image
“How fast can we get people through the register? Well, let’s get rid of the register. Why do we even need a… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
Amazon is pursuing something called Amazon Key, which lets its couriers unlock Prime customers' doors and deliver packages. It's pairing the service,… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
