Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry (Collins Business Essentials)
DungZ (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Let me narrate a story of the two PC giants: Dell and HP. One of them performs very well but the other does not. Both of them wish to enhance their PCs with Windows 7. The CEO of HP, Mark Hurd, stated on the conference call during the fourth quarter of the company that the group [...] Related Posts Dell Inspiron Mini 10v Netbook Computer AT&T Plans San Francisco 3G Network Upgrades...
The Reasoned Sceptic (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
My last two posts concerning Dell, here and here , detailed my belief that, despite the founder's return in January of 2007 as CEO, the company is still doomed. The nearby 5-year price chart of Dell, Hewlett Packard and the S&P500 Index confirms this. Dell's recent equity price rise is about the same as the index's, after having fallen much further since Michael Dell...
The Blade (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Once upon a time Dell was the darling of the computer industry. They were #1 in sales and their technical support was rated #1 as well. But times changed and slowly the company lost market share to HP and others. When their technical support went to India consumer complaints were loud and clear. So several years ago Michael Dell took back over the company and it looked like Dell...
SeekingAlpha Hardware Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Kris Tuttle submits: Dell ( DELL ) showed the industry a new way to do business in personal computers. It was revolutionary at the time and created a very large, very profitable franchise in computing. A one-trick pony is plenty when the trick is good enough. Unfortunately the trick is no longer unique. There’s no point in rehashing the misfortunes of Dell customer service...
Reflections (Free subscription) | yesterday
... that included interviews with high-profile entrepreneurs including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Michael Dell, founder of Dell computers. In an article published in December's Harvard Business Review the researchers identified five skills that separate the blue-sky innovators from the rest -- skills they labeled associating, questioning, observing, experimenting and discovering....
SlashGear (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... might see 2009 U.S. release after all Acer Tempo WM6.1 smartphones coming April & May Michael Dell says (again) Dell phone is coming in 2010, and may use platforms other than Android Acer 2010 smartphone range to be more than 50% Android?
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... Even if they hate your concept, they'd rather hedge their bets--because if you turn out to be Michael Dell, then they don't want to be the people who told you that you had an ugly baby." Bottom line: Don't trust nice talk in a meeting. The only authentic sign of approval you can get from an investor is an investment. Needless to say, this wasn't what we wanted to hear. But it...
