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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Most often innovation dies and the company coasts for years on momentum and its brand. Ballmer and Microsoft failed because the CEO was a world-class executor (a Harvard grad and world-class salesman) of an existing business model trying to manage in a world of increasing change and disruption. Rarely does it regain its former glory.

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Is It Possible for Companies to Over-Innovate?

IdeaScale

Remember when this was the height of innovation? Is it really possible to “over-innovate?” Innovation drives a company, but no company can live on innovation alone. Innovation has to be done with perspective , or else you’ll find yourself building a brilliant product that nobody actually wants.

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