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  • Tablet War Week: Will look Small if Facebook Jumps in the Water

    By Stefan Engeseth - October 29, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, FB, MSFT

    In the business world of sharks and prey, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has been self-inflicting wounds with multiple mistakes. But it can become a dominant shark with one product: The Facebook Tablet. Think about it. You walk into your local café and watch people in front of you, tablet in-hand with the big blue Facebook logo, getting coffee for free. How is this possible?

    Facebook can create the first hybrid business more »

  • 6 Ways Apple Becomes Prey for Sharks

    By Stefan Engeseth - October 22, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL

    While analysts are treating Apple’s fourth consecutive week of losses on Wall Street as an investment issue, I think the company has bigger problems on the horizon.

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is becoming a top prey in the world of Sharkonomics.

    Applying the principles of nature to business, sharks typically attack over-hyped companies with too many products, perceived strength that might not really be there, a temporary lack of competition more »

  • Why is defence not valued in business?

    By Stefan Engeseth - June 15, 2012 | Tickers: SSNLF, ERIC

    As early as in our childhood, from kindergarten upwards, we are trained to be “positive.” So if somebody in the team building the mighty Titanic had said something that was not in line with “the unsinkable creation,” that person would most likely have been put down and corrected (or at least sent off to clean the deck until he had learned how to be more positive). Internal communications spend fortunes more »

  • Taking a bite out of Apple (their competition stinks)

    By Stefan Engeseth - March 26, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL

    Apple shocked the mobile-phone market by introducing its iPhone. It was a classic wake-up call which saw Apple take big bites out of market leaders such as Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. The latter survived the attack, but it cost the company billions. When Apple moved into new territories with the iPad, it reported sales of millions. That is great, even by Steve Job’s standard. But reporting the success more »