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Andy Grove moving Intel from memory to microprocessors was an excellent strategic move. > "Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction. Success
by scrlk 3y ago
Andy Grove moving Intel from memory to microprocessors was an excellent strategic move.
> "Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction. Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive."
Something that Intel's leaders didn't pay attention to during the 2010s.
- ngcc_hk 3y agoThere is even a story plus a term for it. The story is about what if we all go out off this room and come back like a new guy. What would we do? "strategic inflection point" ... They decide to move from a memory company to a CPU company. No access to Nikon but being just a Leica len maker for Canon (and famously found by DDD and used in Korea War), then move to nikon rangefinder (but strangely follow Zeiss approach more). Then jump ship to SLR by inventing Nikon F (and used in Vietnam War). It is just crazy move, but at least it is related. And "survive" and move on. Or just like Fujifilm move to cosmetic in one stage as making film has some knowledge that can be re-used there. And survive and move on.
- Laforet 3y agoNikon started off as a defense contractor making rifle scopes and artillery sights for the military. Camera lens was a side business that took over after the war. While no longer on the cutting edge, they still have a significant presence in the semiconductor lithography business. So they will survive in one way or another even if they stop making cameras one day.