Making Money
Business models are the surest way to understand a company’s motivations.
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For Apple, hitting middle age means a strategy primarily focused on monetizing its existing customers. It makes sense, but one wonders what happens next.
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The impact of Facebook’s News Feed changes on the media is far less interesting than what the changes — and their stated purpose — say about Facebook itself.
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Google is at its best when its product focus follows its business model; for too long Android was a detour.
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An Interview With Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi About Accounting and AI
An interview with Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi about the working for one of tech’s oldest software companies, and how Intuit is leaning into the AI paradigm shift.
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Apple Earnings, Memory Problems, The Hardware Company Regression
Apple’s earnings suggest that the company’s hardware business is doing better than ever, even in the face of memory challenges. Does the software story help or hurt?
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Anthropic S-1, The Cost of Compute, Who Is Paying?
Anthropic’s IPO is finally here; the core business is very profitable, but competition may eat all of the profits, even as investors are set up for endless dilution.
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An Interview with Craig Moffett About SpaceX and Bubbles
An interview with Craig Moffett about SpaceX, from launch to broadband to mobile, plus how he is applying the lessons of the dot-com bubble to today.
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Do You Trust Apple?
Apple has a lot of trust in terms of delivering integrated products and preserving privacy; the real trust question is if you think Siri AI will justify investing more in their ecosystem.