Richard D Smith, SMITH-TRG, sharing his experience on iPopped the paradigm shift led by Steve Jobs, and enabling vision, innovation, market relevance, digital-media, value creation
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iPopped, Blood in the Boardroom, by Richard D Smith, SMITH-TRG, CEO
1. iPopped
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blood in the
Boardroom
About Survival, Relevance & Value Creation
in iPopped/Apple-Centric Age
By: Richard D. Smith, CEO
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iPopped
the Paradigm Shift – led/driven by Steve Jobs
as change agent with iPhone (smartphones) and
iPad (tablets) as catalysts for market transformation.
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Apple Value 6/18/10 Shares: $274
Market Cap: $249.4B
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Accelerated
media sector fragmentation -
up & down the value-chain
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13. Content creators
Media companies
Aggregators (network)
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Aggregators (broadcast)
Who’s Back-office Apps
Network service providers
Impacted? Carriers (domestic/global)
Infrastructure (IT/services)
Value-chain players from Portals (music/video/books)
media content creation to Devices (hardware)
distribution to end-user. Devices (software)
Apps providers
End-user (media consumer)
End-user (business)
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Anyone . . .
(U.S. or Foreign)
small to large, in and/or
around digital-media
eco-system markets!
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15. Net Net Disruptive Environment
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For
Players
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23. Decision(s) . . .
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Stop the Hemorrhaging SURVIVAL
Regain Market RELEVANCE
Position to Drive VALUE CREATION
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26. Pull The Microsoft: Halts Rollout of
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Trigger Kin1 & Kin2 Phones
Just two months after Verizon
started selling them.
Prices reduced -
Kin 1 from $50 to $30
Kin 2 from $100 to $50
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RELEVANCE
no playing field advantage without market relevance
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28. Hulu New Hulu Plus, Paid Subscription
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‘Hulu Plus’ a subscription service for
watching TV shows on computers,
mobile devices and televisions.
Potential battle with cable & satellite
operators that are planning similar
"TV Everywhere” services.
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29. Samsung Stiff Competition - Phones & TV’s
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Now betting on low-cost netbooks.
Latest model, N230, is targeting
women, which began selling in
Europe and will be available in U.S.
early July.
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30. Motorola The Droid-X
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A 4.3-inch display
Promises high-definition
video output
Will run Flash software
Mobile Wi-Fi hotspot for five
other devices
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31. Cisco Will Sell Tablet-Style Computer
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Targeting business customers rather
than consumers.
Customer trials for Cius to begin in
the third quarter of 2010. General
availability Q1 2011
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VALUE
no future without sustainable value creation
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33. Ability to Create and Manage
‘Chasm’
The
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Product/Service & Enterprise
Value Throughout Lifecycle
Early
Majority Late Majority Skeptics – 16% of
34% 34% total population
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35. Response Delay Impacts –
‘Chasm’
The
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Survival, Relevance & Value!
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Visionaries Early Early
& Leaders Adopter Majority Late Majority Skeptics – 16% of
2.5% 13.5% 34% 34% total population
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