The iPod is a ubiquitous freakin’ product, let it be said. Android is snapping up market share from the iPhone, and, IMO, there’s no compelling reason to believe the tablet market will tolerate platform dependent solutions in the age of open source, in business or consumer markets. But, those markets are changing and the iPod has a smaller demographic than it used to. Long story short, Apples revenue relies largely on device sales in the mp3 player, smart phone and tablet markets to feed apps and content purchases on iTunes. The real reason that Cook is going to lose over the next several quarters is that the product feeding frenzy is almost over for many of Apple’s markets. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. So much the more-so when said company is run by a charismatic, founding influence / marketing-machine, like Steve Jobs.īut let’s just accept that rock star CEOs aren’t hanging around on every street corner, and get away from Tim Cook’s legs for a moment, and onto his markets. There’s also people who think that damn near $400 million in equity is a pretty wild signing bonus to give a guy who’s yet to play in the big show - NFL owners, that sentence was for you.Ī good VC will tell you that a tech companies’ legs – its story value – is intricately linked to its perceived market value. And there is something be said for a top executive that can channel a market vision into a strategic conquest. After all, Alexander the Dependable didn’t conquer the world, it was Alexander the Great.

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