Comments on: Good Companies Copy, Great Companies Leapfrog http://www.stephencrooks.com/blog/2010/02/17/good-companies-copy-great-companies-leapfrog/ Building Better Brand Experiences Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Stephen Crooks http://www.stephencrooks.com/blog/2010/02/17/good-companies-copy-great-companies-leapfrog/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Stephen Crooks Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:13:10 +0000 http://www.stephencrooks.com/blog/?p=191#comment-298 Thanks Rob for your comments. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Palm-Pro.png" alt="PalmPilot from 1998" align="right" />Regarding Palm - yes Blackberry could be used as an example but there are far better parallels with Palm and Apple. The original PalmPilot released in 1997 had many of the features that would eventually end up in the iPhone. Palm in 2005 was still producing PDA's that required a stylus pen. Apple simple leapfroged Palm by making the screen touch enabled, and adding a phone. Palm failed to take their product to the next level by being too conservative in their development. As for Cinram - you're correct I should have elaborated on my example - Cinram has in a business model that is under a major threat from changes in technology, not unlike many other industries. A case example of a once thriving industry/category which is slowly dying and the only way to survive will be to reinvent their offerings. Thanks Rob for your comments.

PalmPilot from 1998Regarding Palm – yes Blackberry could be used as an example but there are far better parallels with Palm and Apple. The original PalmPilot released in 1997 had many of the features that would eventually end up in the iPhone. Palm in 2005 was still producing PDA’s that required a stylus pen. Apple simple leapfroged Palm by making the screen touch enabled, and adding a phone. Palm failed to take their product to the next level by being too conservative in their development.

As for Cinram – you’re correct I should have elaborated on my example – Cinram has in a business model that is under a major threat from changes in technology, not unlike many other industries. A case example of a once thriving industry/category which is slowly dying and the only way to survive will be to reinvent their offerings.

]]> By: Rob Rudan http://www.stephencrooks.com/blog/2010/02/17/good-companies-copy-great-companies-leapfrog/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Rob Rudan Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:20:18 +0000 http://www.stephencrooks.com/blog/?p=191#comment-297 What does Cinram losing a contract have to do with Leapfrogging? This was a customer decision. The discs are just going to be made by someone else. It has zero to do with disc obsolesence. You might also note that in the same decision, Sony loses their Blu-ray contract with Warner. I don't get the iPod vs Palm argument either. Palm began to fail when they missed the business person smartphone market and that they lost to RIM. The iPhone/iPod Touch is a relative newcomer to this segment and is still largely a consumer electronics product vs a business productivity tool. I know where you're going with your idea but I think you've clearly missed the mark with your examples. What does Cinram losing a contract have to do with Leapfrogging? This was a customer decision. The discs are just going to be made by someone else. It has zero to do with disc obsolesence. You might also note that in the same decision, Sony loses their Blu-ray contract with Warner.

I don’t get the iPod vs Palm argument either. Palm began to fail when they missed the business person smartphone market and that they lost to RIM. The iPhone/iPod Touch is a relative newcomer to this segment and is still largely a consumer electronics product vs a business productivity tool.

I know where you’re going with your idea but I think you’ve clearly missed the mark with your examples.

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