Company Structure
What a company makes — and how it makes it — in indelibly tied up into how the company is structured.
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Intel is in much more danger than its profits suggest; the problems are a long time in the making, and the solution is to split up the company.
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Disney’s reorganization reinforces their integrated strategy; there is a lot to learn for anyone competing with Aggregators.
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The Windows division no longer exists at Microsoft, marking the end to a four-year process of changing Microsoft’s culture.
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A core part of what makes Apple Apple is its organization structure; Tim Cook has said it will never change. However, if Apple is serious about being a services company, change it must.
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Amazon is building a lot of businesses that look like AWS: taxes on major industries that work to everyone’s benefit. The reason, though, is that AWS is a lot like Amazon itself.
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Steve Ballmer is reorganizing Microsoft into a functional organization: it is a mistake that misunderstands the company he leads.
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Nvidia and Intel, Tan’s Earnings Call Negotiation, Deal Specifics
Intel and Nvidia have made a historic deal; it’s good for Intel (and Nvidia), but doesn’t solve their — and the U.S.’s — fundamental problems.
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An Interview with Dan Kim About Intel, Nvidia, and the U.S. Government
An interview with Dan Kim about the CHIPS program, why the U.S. took a stake in Intel, and the fraught dispute about Nvidia and China.
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U.S. Intel
The U.S. taking an equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea; it also happens to be the least bad idea to make Intel Foundry viable.
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Google and Windsurf, Stinky Deals, Chesterton’s Fence and the Silicon Valley Ecosystem
Windsurf’s founders and IP are going to Google in the latest stinky deal that is downstream of regulator’s recklessly messing the startup ecosystem.
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WBD Split, HBO and Warner, Whither Sports?
WarnerBros. Discovery is splitting up, but the real split goes back to Turner Broadcasting.
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An Interview with Plaid Founder and CEO Zach Perret About Plumbing Trust
An interview with Plaid co-founder and CEO Zach Perret about building trust as an ingredient brand in financial services.
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Airbnb’s New App, Experiences and Services, Chesky’s Founder Mode
Airbnb has a new app with new offerings for experience and services; I’m not sure the economics make sense for either.
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OpenAI Restructuring, Microsoft’s Rights, Simo and Windsurf
OpenAI is tying up all its loose ends in preparation for being the user interface for AI