Lenovo

  • All by ourselves

    In the 70’s, the Me decade, we heard “All by myself” a lot on the radio. Now, it’s the age of collaboration. All by ourselves. Whiteboarding, synergy and M&A. Nokia, Sony and Dell. All are taking the back seat. Players we did not see coming are now in the field: Haier, Acer and Lenovo. Users…

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  • Vincent Cerf is a case in point. He is perhaps the oldest employee at young Google. Before that, a lifer at MCI. But you need someone who has been there, done that. Who could connect the dots (or see them at all). Start-ups got money and the juice. Most of, start-ups got the goods and…

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  • It’s a good IKEA

    A billion+  prospects. Wow! http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-china-ikea25-2009aug25,0,3900096,full.story IKEA in China. More  a  theme park then a show room. They try, they buy. Today it’s the A/C and ambience. Tomorrow, it will be CHIKEA everywhere (not only the font, but spelling change as well!). One thing China does well is to mass-produce these household items on the scale…

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