Chris Dixon: Tech strategy shifted from Microsoft's horizontal model to Apple's vertical
Chris Dixon · a16z Podcast | Verizon Plus AOL -- Why? -- The Short Answer is Mobile · Jan 2, 2019 · at 8:40
Chris Dixon, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), contrasts horizontal and vertically integrated tech business models while discussing telecom acquisitions.
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“I think there used to be the more, I think in the business theory world, A stronger belief in kind of core competency. And that people, you know, it was sort of the, it was the Microsoft model as opposed to the Apple model, right? It was like, let me do one thing well, and like, I'll own this strategic point and I'll let other people do the work around me. And now, you know, it's the Apple model, which is, I want to own a whole bunch of different things that interlock and create the optimal experience.”
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