1. What was the underlying vision(s) in the minds of Apple's founders that led to its birth and further sustenance?Please give us your feedback.
2. How did they implemented their naive ideas, and how did they manage their initial but crucial days?
3. From where did the funding of such IT firm come; and how did Apple finance its business venture?
4. How did Apple gain a competitive edge/advantage in its early days over its direct rivals, such as IBM?
5. What were the factors that made Apple so popular among its targeted market which resulted in 334 million of dollars a sale revenue in only a few years?
6. Is Apple a game changing player; or does it just play the game it find?
7. What are Blue Oceans? It is said that blue oceans of business universe are such areas where the growth potential, value-creation, and profits are unprecedented. Did Apple created any such blue oceans? (Due to time shortage we couldn't shed some light on this part, it has been explained in the previous post.)
8. Cutting from your past to invent what's new is a trap many managers often fail to see and become a victim of. Did Apple ever fall into this trap?
9. In order to create a win-win situation for yourself and your competitors, you've to embrace your worst enemies: Did Apple recognize the possibility of such a win-win strategy?
10. Apple has a name in spending on R&D. Has R&D helped Apple grow? Did Apple resort to R&D in most crucial times like of downturns?
11. Focus is critical for effective leadership. How does Steve jobs provide focus in Apple?
12. Apple's success is not completely based on leadership, of course there has to come a lot of contribution from the bottom. What is the main criteria by which Steve Jobs hire people?
13. How do Steve Jobs co-ordinate, or in other words how does he ensure that the organization stays on its vision?
14. Why do we love Macs?
15. What is the organizational culture in Apple?
15 Questions You Need to Ask about Apple Inc.
Here are those 15 questions regarding Apple Inc. (as a start-up) that we (Billal Naeem, Osama Hafeez and I) tried to address and answer in our talk on Apple. Your insights and ideas are most welcome.
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In my opinion you guys were able to answer all the above mentioned questions in depth.
A suggestion that I would like to make is that we should alternate our sessions between a local company & an international one.
That's a very valid and interesting suggesstion. Please raise this point in our next meeting at FEA.
Moreover, when we're discussing Coke and Pepsi in the last talk, Osama tried to compare Gourmet Cola with the latter two. And, since opinions varied, it called for an in-depth analysis (not too rigorous) and synthesis of current cola situation in Pakistan.
Let's see...
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