Podcast Episode #5: “Rethink Your Industry”
In the latest episode of the Why Didn’t I Think of That? ® Podcast, Bob Smith and Greg Anastos sit down with thinkofthat.net blogger Benjamin Christopher and discuss the first of their Axioms For Entrepreneurs, “Re-think Your Industry.”
The Why Guys explore how companies like Netflix, Apple, Xerox, and General Motors were able to look at their industries, and their companies, in a new light.
Amazon’s Fire Sale
Amazon.com Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos says that they’re “the only tech company with low margins.”
Low margins is an understatement. The company is losing money on every single Kindle Fire tablet they sell. But it’s all part of Jeff Bezos plan to conquer the Universe. He may or may not succeed, but one thing’s clear: With the Kindle Fire, he has single-handedly created a low-end tablet market where there was none, and for that reason alone, he’s about to change the tech industry forever.
Groupon Occupies Wall Street
The road to Groupon’s initial public offering has been long and tortuous. But it’s finally over. Sure, they’re still losing money and getting negative press. But now they’re also worth more than $15 billion dollars. In fact, it’s the biggest IPO by an Internet Company since Google went public in 2004.
The question now is: How long will the party last?
Particle Code
Since launching last year, Silicon Valley tech star-up Particle Code company has been the subject of much industry buzz. So perhaps it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that this one year old company, itself the byproduct of an acquisition, was acquired by competitor Appcelerator, for an undisclosed sum earlier this week.
Lucky for us, Particle Code co-founder Galia Benartzi was kind enough to speak with Why Didn’t I Think of That® earlier this month about her company and the revolutionary technology behind it.
Tyming is Everything
It was 1999. Aspiring screenwriter John Brozek was poking around a new website called eBay, and what he found surprised him: Counterfeit Rolex Watches. Lots of them.
