On a side note, is it true that Rand is treated seriously by top level people in Silicon Valley?
HP did a similar thing. If I remember correctly, people who purchased between "now" and "then" got a refund for the rebate... whether RIM do that is another matter.
Basically, it's like Twitter in the early days. Full of early adopters, some waiting for it to snowball, others making full use of it before the masses come in and potentially spoil it.
In other industries, it can take years and millions/billions of investment before a product steps on someone's patent. With software, you can design, build and sell a product overnight for virtually no cost and do the…
Symbian powers both smart phones and feature phones. A lot of people switched this year to Android because businesses like ZTE were selling well spec'ed budget phones for carriers (to brand as their own). So, for the…
It always disappoints me when I hear that point number two is such a successful tactic. I have read quite a few books from people in influential positions, and even today it's mostly not "what you know" but "who you…
Another point is you don't need a business bank account to be a sole trader. The business bank account has fees attached to it, which is why a bank wants you to use it rather than the free alternative. This makes it…
On a side note, is it true that Rand is treated seriously by top level people in Silicon Valley?
HP did a similar thing. If I remember correctly, people who purchased between "now" and "then" got a refund for the rebate... whether RIM do that is another matter.
Basically, it's like Twitter in the early days. Full of early adopters, some waiting for it to snowball, others making full use of it before the masses come in and potentially spoil it.
In other industries, it can take years and millions/billions of investment before a product steps on someone's patent. With software, you can design, build and sell a product overnight for virtually no cost and do the…
Symbian powers both smart phones and feature phones. A lot of people switched this year to Android because businesses like ZTE were selling well spec'ed budget phones for carriers (to brand as their own). So, for the…
It always disappoints me when I hear that point number two is such a successful tactic. I have read quite a few books from people in influential positions, and even today it's mostly not "what you know" but "who you…
Another point is you don't need a business bank account to be a sole trader. The business bank account has fees attached to it, which is why a bank wants you to use it rather than the free alternative. This makes it…