“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 Responsibility Copy Share Image
Groceries, TV shows, and shoes are a few categories Amazon has been willing to hang onto for years. — Adam Lashinsky Groceries 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
Chip maker Nvidia is the new old thing, an overnight success story years in the making that is having its moment and… — Adam Lashinsky Moment 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 Writing 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 Apple Copy Share Image
“The trick with selling breakthrough products is to explain them clearly.” — Adam Lashinsky Innovation Copy Share Image
Roku collects money two ways: by selling hardware, which it calls 'players'; and by selling advertising and taking a cut of revenues… — Adam Lashinsky Advertising Copy Share Image
As the finish line for 2017 begins to come into focus, I'm beginning to wonder what an Uber turnaround would look like. — Adam Lashinsky Beginning Copy Share Image
“Ive’s dreamy insistence on a stainless-steel bezel for iPhones and industrial-grade glass for iPads, for instance, paid off in a way that… — Adam Lashinsky Management Copy Share Image
“I always considered part of my job was to keep the quality level of people in the organizations I work with very… — Adam Lashinsky Best person Copy Share Image
Chinese companies, in their well-capitalized, rapidly growing, and surprisingly lightly regulated markets, have become global innovation leaders. — Adam Lashinsky Become 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 Programming Copy Share Image
Innovation has its limits, of course, and Salesforce has proved adept at supplementing its growth with acquisitions, a tool long available to… — Adam Lashinsky Growth Copy Share Image
“Blankenship described Tesla’s version, an obvious homage to Apple marketing, regarding how to sell its $150,000-plus Roadster. “Zero to sixty in 3.7… — Adam Lashinsky 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 Management Copy Share Image
Apple does a very good job of not letting its competitors know what it is working on, and Apple does a very… — Adam Lashinsky Apple 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
“You either did or you didn't - there is no try. - Steve Jobs.” — Adam Lashinsky Steve Job Copy Share Image
“Many consumers don’t even notice UI, but the ease, elegance, and wit with which Apple users interact with their products is a… — Adam Lashinsky Beauty Copy Share Image
“a designer typically would be told what to do and say by the folks in manufacturing. At Apple it works the other… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
“Inventory, Cook would later explain, “is fundamentally evil. You want to manage it like you’re in the dairy business: If it gets… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
When I was a senior in college, I attended an inspiring conference at West Point called the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs,… — Adam Lashinsky Building Copy Share Image
“Steve’s talked about the goal of Apple, and the goal of Apple is not to make money but to make really nice… — Adam Lashinsky Goals Copy Share Image
A 'free and open' Internet has been an article of faith in and around Mountain View, Menlo Park, and its environs for… — Adam Lashinsky Faith Copy Share Image
