Re:Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed
by ulfw on Monday January 07, 2019 @07:25AM
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It happens to a majority of companies when they grow.
Product innovation seizes to exist as market share grows ('don't mess things up! don't be too risky!') and Sales takes ownership.
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Well isn't it something like: in times of wealth sales & marketing take over to promote growth (like a CMO becomes the CEO); in rough times it's finances that take over to cut costs and prevent losses (like a CFO becomes the CEO)...
The thing is, for some big companies Product is under the wing of marketing in some way... even if product releases are from a selected internal catalog to fill local market needs.
Re:Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed
by theandrewbailey on Monday January 07, 2019 @08:35AM
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> seizes
ceases