RefBan

Referral Banners

Yashi

Friday, June 10, 2011

This Is What RIM Executives See When They Look At The Company


View this email online | Add newsletter@businessinsider.com to your address book
SAI: Silicon Alley Insider Share this Email
Tech Media Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Travel Politics Latest Video

Friday, June 10, 2011
Find Us on Facebook Follow US on Twitter


This Is What RIM Executives See When They Look At The Company

With Research In Motion's stock in a free fall, and its marketshare eroding, we've started asking people for some perspective on what's happening inside the company.

Here's one thing we've heard from a source who has followed and worked with RIM on a regular basis since it was a pre-IPO company.

"The RIM guys are convinced of their brilliance based on the success of the past," said our source. They look at what worked in the past, and think that's what will work again. This is why we hear co-CEO Mike Lazaridis talk about BlackBerrys leading in security, battery life, and bandwidth efficiency.

Meanwhile, the market has moved ahead without RIM. Consumers have shown they don't care about battery life as they buy up iPhones and Android phones.

Despite the shift, RIM's business has performed very well. Revenue has been climbing steadily. Profits are strong.

And that's the problem.

Our source says, "In business there is a weird dichotomy where success can equal failure. They're superbly profitable. They look at revenue and profit and see a line going up at a 45 degree angle. From a management point of view they look at investors and say, 'I don’t know what the fuck you’re complaining about.'" Read »


Also On SAI Today:
Advertisement

chart of the day, huffpo, new york times, wall street journal, uniques, june 2011

CHART OF THE DAY: Huffington Post Traffic Zooms Past The New York Times
chart of the day amazon kindle business

CHART OF THE DAY: The Kindle Is Starting To Be Big Part Of Amazon's Business
chart of the day ipad sales

CHART OF THE DAY: Apple Just Pre-Announced Its Best Ever Quarter Of iPad Sales And Nobody Cares
Share this: Buzz Buzz Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter Digg Digg Reddit Reddit StumbleUpon StumbleUpon StumbleUpon LinkedIn
Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter
The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.careers@blogger.com

Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed

Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010

Terms of Service | Privacy Policy


If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe.

No comments:

Yashi

Chitika