Do I sound like an Apple fan or pro-Apple and anti-Google or anti-Microsoft, with this post's heading? Lol....no buddies I just got a thought when I was reading a news article that Facebook IPO is being offered sometime this week...and Mark Zuckerberg has commented that next wave of FB's revenue should be based on the fact that how their mobile based advertising strategy goes.
Thinking of FB's first IPO I linked that it is the only worthwhile creation Mark has done since FB has come into existence nothing new or major has been done in it...despite the fact it is still growing. This scenario related me to Microsoft and it's success story that was driven by Windows operating system, the only major product that still drives their revenues. Then again I linked it up to Google which still largely derives it's revenues from it's majorly successful search engine.
The thing that I am pointing out is that there is only: ONE major product that defines; the success stories of Google, Microsoft and Facebook. There founders never really did something outstanding enough to give the world a series of continuously successful products that could serially amaze them :) They just relied on their core products and are living happily since then. But Steve Jobs never took this road.
He was a genius in business strategy and innovative thinking. He never relied on his core product which was initially Apple Computer. He continuously gave his consumers new products which always had the X-factor in them. Examples are Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, iPad and Macbook Air. Along with continuously enhanced operating systems both for its desktop computers but also for mobile devices. He never relied on single product success rather he delivered a new range of amazing products to the world that showed that his class and his way of thinking was far greater than his competitors.
This thought has given me teaching that although it is good to relish the fruits of one good thing that you have done once in your life but if you have the ability to do it once, then why not twice, thrice or more. When you continue to give new ideas and work on them with the same zeal you will be more successful and satisfied. And more importantly you will stand apart and people will remember you as a consistent performer not just a one time profitable show.
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