Is there a way for the hearing impaired to read these podcasts? On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 11:22 PM John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> One of the guys at work told me about the PodCast “Business Wars”….dang if > you are into this type thing it’s simply amazing…. > > The first I listened to was the battle between Netflix, Blockbuster and > HBO. > > The back story is fantastic, Netscape which was the David in the video > wars was saved by two event…first Steve Jobs called Reed Hastings, the > CEO, and ask him if he would like Apple to feature Netscape on it’s new > iPad devise…now a method for folks to steam video’s to a mobile devise that > was worthy of watching…it was a turn around for the company. The second > was the new CEO deciding to can the new streaming app. that Blockbuster had > just developed…talk about a leader out of the 19th Century. > > This Podcast details the jockeying of all three companies for > dominance…very interesting. > > The second was the battle between Adidas and Nike shoes…boy what an > interesting story…it begs one to wonder why people are such lemmings to > follow what others do…when Adidas signed the best European Soccer player to > their brand they sold 500,000 shoes in the next few days, then a second run > of 500,000 sold out immediately, then the third….why as humans are we this > way? > > But, the heist of all was when Nike wanted to sign Jordan….he wants to go > with Adidas but Nike flew he and his parent so their offices in Oregon….he > was unimpressed and continued to say he wanted Adidas….he had just signed > with the Bulls. > > They brought out a shoe just for him, he didn’t like the height of the > sole of the shoe so they said they would custom design it to suit him…no > other manufacture had offered to do this for him…then they played a video > of some of his college highlight and at the end showed two Black Mercedes > that were his, along with a $500,000 yearly contract for 5 years….that did > it, he wanted no more meetings, he would sign with Nike..and this was the > beginning of the Nike dominance. > > These stores are brilliant and give the back story of how companies fought > their way to the top or failed. > > Possibly some of you would find this interesting… > > For we Apple users I can listen to this with the AirPods, or the > PowerBeats Pro, change to the HomePod when in the office, control al of > this with the Apple Watch…it’s simply amazing what Apple has done for us…I > went to the Apple Store to order the AirPods Pro, on the 29th….could hardly > get in the store, my wife stood outside, said she didn’t want to go in. I > wanted to use the Apple Gift Cards to try the AirPod Pros, but they would > not order them from the store, had to be done on line…just before Christmas > there was a two week waiting period, now it’s month. > > The store, double the size of the old store, was so busy it was hard to > walk through…I read this week that, Buffett, the largest shareholder of > Apple Stock, has had his investment value double in just a couple short > years. > > This is one amazing company. > > John > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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