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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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
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Amazon, Trump, and Tariff Costs; Amazon Haul and Temu; Political Lessons
Amazon’s collision with the White House over tariffs highlights the political risk factors that every company needs to take seriously.
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YouTube TV, Wiz, and Why Monopolies Buy Innovation
Google could aggregate TV, but it might not have the product capability; that’s a convoluted way of explaining why buying Wiz is a good idea
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An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About Building a Consumer Tech Company
An interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about building OpenAI and ChatGPT, and what it means to be an accidental consumer tech company.
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Intel’s New CEO, Reevaluating Gelsinger, Lip-Bu Tan and Cadence
Intel’s new CEO casts Pat Gelsinger’s tenure and firing in a new light: was Intel’s problem simply bad execution?
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The U.K. Demands Back Door From Apple, Elon Musk’s OpenAI Bid
The U.K. demands Apple build a back door into its products; Apple is more likely to leave the country. Then, Musk messes with OpenAI.
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Stargate, The End of Microsoft and OpenAI
OpenAI’s Stargate announcement and revised deal with Microsoft mark the end of the relevant portion of their partnership.