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Opinion
U.S. spending on legacy weapons mirrors Kodak investing in film
“The most recent defense budget basically said, let's buy a ton more weapons, of weapons that have already been designed. And politically, that's incredibly popular, right, because those weapons are built in congressional districts all over America. It's very e…”
Gregory Allen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:52 a16z Podcast | Autonomy in Service
Insight
Feifer: Facebook, not the digital camera, ultimately killed Kodak
“What killed Kodak wasn't the digital camera. It was Facebook.”
Jason Feifer Jan 12, 2023 ▶ 1:00:25 Building for Tomorrow with Jason Feifer
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Markoff: Kodak failed due to strategic errors, not Instagram's disruption
“13 programmers at Instagram take out a 140,000 workers at Kodak. You know, great story, except it's not true. I mean, first, you know, the guys at Kodak made a series of strategic mistakes, and they shot themselves in the head repeatedly until they were dead. …”
John Markoff Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:35 a16z Podcast | Talking Humans and Machines with NYT’s John Markoff
Assertion Partly supported
Diamandis: In 1996, Kodak had a $28B market cap and 140,000 employees
“So Kodak in 1996, the top of its game, the twenty eight billion dollar market cap, 140,000 employees.”
Peter Diamandis May 25, 2023 ▶ 43:01 The Rise of the Exponential Organization with Peter Diamandis and Salim Ismail
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