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Focused on BlackBerry Messenger (put it on Android and iOS app stores). WhatsApp sold for $19.3 Billion. BBM could have been bigger.
by phonon 3y ago
Focused on BlackBerry Messenger (put it on Android and iOS app stores).
WhatsApp sold for $19.3 Billion. BBM could have been bigger.
- xethos 3y agoOne of the founders / Co-CEOs wanted to do just this. He was over-ruled, and sometimes I wonder which one is more bitter about (effectively) losing their company - Jim (IIRC), who played Cassandra and was ignored, or Mike, who didn't trust him enough.
- phonon 3y agoLed to him quitting, yup. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/balsillie-quit-blackberry-over-nixed-bbm-plan-report-1.1872572 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/balsillie-... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-inside-story-of-why-blackberry-is-failing/article14563602/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-insid...
- _ea1k 3y agoThat is a really good point. They'd have had a real shot at dominating messaging in the US for a long time, and maybe globally as well.