BlackBerry
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Benedict Evans · said 56 times in 28 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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brought up most by Benedict Evans (10), Chris Dixon (8), Salim Ismail (7), Frank Chen (4), Zal Bilimoria (3), Qasar Younis (3), Alan Knott Craig (3), Steven Sinofsky (2)
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2023 8 mentions in 1 episode
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2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 42 mentions in 21 episodes 2 per episode
- Seven Trends in Blockchain Computing (Spring 2019)
- Inside the Apple Factory: Software Design in the Age of Steve Jobs
- a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa
- a16z Podcast | Searching for Mobile's Third OS
- a16z Podcast | The Technology is Ready, So Where is the Internet of Things?
- a16z Podcast | Enough with the Old Stuff -- Time for New Questions in Mobile
- What's Next for the Internet?
- a16z Podcast | Capitalizing on an Autonomous Vehicle Future
- 13 more episodes that year, every mention in 2019 →
Everything said about BlackBerry, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019
Evans: Tech ecosystems survive unless product quality becomes uncompetitive
“It's extremely hard to kill an ecosystem as long as the product's good and the customers keep buying it. You know, the way that BlackBerry killed its ecosystem, in effect, was by having a product that was no longer competitive.”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Sinofsky: Apple Watch reading experience mirrors early BlackBerry adoption
“The watch is, is not a, it's actually a surprisingly good consumption tool, considering the form factor, and I remember I tweeted, like, it feels like the first time I got a Blackberry. You stare at this little pager thing, and you're like, there is no chance …”
May 25, 2023 positive
Ismail: Tech winners like Apple and Google succeeded by becoming platforms
“Yahoo, BlackBerry, Nokia all failed to become platforms, right? Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon all successfully became platforms, and that business model basically carries you through because now you wire yourself into the infrastructure.”