Cannibalization is by far the most difficult feat any established, successful company can pull off. — Adam Lashinsky Company 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 High Copy Share Image
ICG became a dot-com joke, a one-stock example of extreme hubris on the part of its management and the investment bankers and… — Adam Lashinsky Hubris 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
“Companies, as they grow to become multi-billion-dollar entities, somehow lose their vision,” he told Playboy in 1985. “They insert lots of layers… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
I confess that, like public figures from bygone days or an entertainer that hadn't been heard from in eons, I didn't know… — Adam Lashinsky Aim Copy Share Image
“it is the intimate interaction between the operating system and the hardware that allows us to do that.” Jobs was speaking at… — Adam Lashinsky Computers 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 Better Copy Share Image
The reliable way great conglomerates grew over time was by adding new products and buying new companies. IBM moved from mainframe to… — 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
“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 Life Copy Share Image
ICG wasn't an index fund so much as a collection of venture-capital investments focused on so-called business-to-business Internet companies. — Adam Lashinsky Collection 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
“Asked why he lived so humbly, he once said: “I like to be reminded of where I came from, and putting myself… — Adam Lashinsky Money Copy Share Image
As China's retailing champion, Alibaba makes Amazon look like a company that carefully picks its spots. Sure, Amazon does e-tailing. So does… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
The cloud, for a while more of a metaphor than a giant business, is re-ordering all sorts of industries. — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
“He overtly thinks about the simplicity of Apple’s design and attention to detail. “We are primarily about building a really pure user… — Adam Lashinsky Attention to detail Copy Share Image
As a new Googler, Porat spent some time learning the words that describe the Googley people who work in those buildings. — Adam Lashinsky Learning Copy Share Image
“If you went back to the year 2000 and you looked at Apple, most people knew one thing about Apple products: They… — Adam Lashinsky Education Copy Share Image
“Managers at all levels of Apple said they rarely were pressed for any kind of financial analysis or to defend decisions based… — Adam Lashinsky Investing Copy Share Image
Global affairs consultant Ian Bremmer, founder of the Eurasia Group, has started a newsletter called 'Signal,' aimed at millennials. For years, Bremmer… — Adam Lashinsky Global Copy Share Image
Amazon has a good record with customers, who are confident the retailer will give them the lowest price. Entering their home will… — Adam Lashinsky Customers Copy Share Image
“Logistics is in fact a key aspect of military planning, and Cook is responsible for Apple’s operational excellence. For example, when Apple… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
Salesforce acquires companies - it has snapped up 55 since 2006 - that are either more innovative or that have pioneered market… — Adam Lashinsky Business Copy Share Image
