I must say that the recent Apple event (on 23rd of October 2012) brought true excitement and surprises. Everyone predicted a refresh to the MacBook Pro, and the new iPad Mini, however, the excitement was in the new iMac, the new fusion drive and possibly the fourth generation iPad. Among all of these, I admired the innovation of the Fusion Drive. As data grows...

For over a decade, Apple mastered its mantra of products secrecy. Employees, suppliers and business partners do sign and strictly comply with unprecedented rigorous agreements of non-disclosure and confidentiality. Apple retail employees are very often left in the dark on many new product launches. They are simply not told anything about any new Apple product or...

Gone are the days where products are launched for the US market first. Winning companies realized this fact early and optimized their supply chain so to handle several international markets concurrently with the US; at least for the G7 or 8 countries. This’s how Apple sold 5 millions iPhone 5 in the first weekend of the product launch. Nokia and RIMM are...

It’s not Samsung, It’s not Google, It’s not Nokia/Microsoft that are the true threats to Apple. It’s Amazon with its Kindle Ecosystem. Amazon ecosystem resembles and even supersedes Apple’s one except on Apps. On Books, music and movies, Amazon wins. Even more, Amazon move to target the low to mid customer segments is quite...

I incredibly forced myself to watch the almost two hour Apple keynote for the launch of the iPhone 5. I relentlessly scrutinize every word, gesture, phrase, signal and a move to try finding Jobs touch, magic or spirit! Cook was unequivocally rehearsing like a tape recorder, Schiller was sweating and overwhelmingly skimming slides full of technical jargons,...

This is one of my preferred theories for early adopters of innovations. “Innovators 2.5% – These are the ground-breakers, the risk-takers, the creative thinkers and entrepreneurs whom by nature are designed to change the world. Early Adopters 13.5% – In this category are the individuals that believe in the product, the ones that buy the story out of an...

“There is one aspect of a leader’s personality that is both their greatest asset and greatest potential liability at the same time. And if it is not dealt with correctly, it has the ability to stop a promising career dead in its tracks. That element of human personality is ego, and its power is seductive. Early in a leader’s career, it helps a young...