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One 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 compa
by xethos 3y ago
One 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...