BlackBerry continues to alienate it's users - BBM
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Then maybe it was better to stop the servers and amen Chuck!!
Posted via CB1005-21-18 02:50 AMLike 0 - BBM had huge potentials.... 50 milions users at least was not a small quantity. Chen had no idea probably what BBM was. From a software/financial point of you I am sure they had the possibility to improve this app and get it positive in the cash flow. And not just licensing to a low level Indonesian company spamming its users! It is their job(bb management) to improve the software and improve the things, moving them into a positive financial trend,not of us here. They could have ended probably licensing anyway...but do you want to compare a great app with a big users base, with a one healty like a skeleton?
Then maybe it was better to stop the servers and amen Chuck!!
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What was Chen to do... invest more money into "maybe" fixing it and "maybe" gaining market-share against the giants in social media (some of whom make no revenue)? Or focus on areas where he had more confidence?
But as it stands, BBM is going to become more and more "commercialized" as Emtek looks for a way to pay for the licensing they agreed too.05-21-18 08:11 AMLike 0 -
Now....one point...how many patents owns BlackBerry? Are they licensing them? Or simply waiting somebody to adopt them and then waiting for jurisdictional actions?
Posted via CB1005-21-18 09:17 AMLike 0 - I doubt Chen did know what BBM was... but he built a team around him that did know. And the simple answer is BBM was a very buggy cross-platform messenger in 2013/2014.... heck even today if you look at reviews it a mess.
What was Chen to do... invest more money into "maybe" fixing it and "maybe" gaining market-share against the giants in social media (some of whom make no revenue)? Or focus on areas where he had more confidence?
But as it stands, BBM is going to become more and more "commercialized" as Emtek looks for a way to pay for the licensing they agreed too.
Posted via CB1005-21-18 09:20 AMLike 0 - All are business decisions on a case by case basis. You try and maximize profits and monetize your patents through development, licencing, or litigation.05-21-18 09:34 AMLike 0
- Depends on what kinda cost it would have taken to make BBM a viable option.... it's the same reason BlackBerry doesn't make phones. By the time Chen came on board, it was too late for BBM....05-21-18 09:55 AMLike 0
- Think of Chen as a doctor who arrives at a battle. The first thing you do, is have to make very difficult decisions - battlefield triage. You absorb the available data, and then you put your resources into what you think you can save, and you discard what you can't.
Don't forget, Blackberry was knocking at the door of insolvency.Laura Knotek likes this.05-21-18 10:10 AMLike 1 - Think of Chen as a doctor who arrives at a battle. The first thing you do, is have to make very difficult decisions - battlefield triage. You absorb the available data, and then you put your resources into what you think you can save, and you discard what you can't.
Don't forget, Blackberry was knocking at the door of insolvency.
Never taught that being a FAN/INVESTOR was a good idea...05-21-18 10:44 AMLike 0 - Think of Chen as a doctor who arrives at a battle. The first thing you do, is have to make very difficult decisions - battlefield triage. You absorb the available data, and then you put your resources into what you think you can save, and you discard what you can't.
Don't forget, Blackberry was knocking at the door of insolvency.
Posted via CB10stlabrat likes this.05-21-18 11:51 AMLike 1 -
There was nothing speculative about Good.05-21-18 12:14 PMLike 0 -
BES had issues with Android and iOS device management, it rated very poorly on managing and security with those platforms. But with Good, BlackBerry had the whole package for device management... plus an existing customer pool.
Kinda expect BlackBerry to make additional "investments" with the cash that the Qualcomm settlement brought them. But then I've also always taught that the real goal was to find someone to buy BlackBerry. Think that showing the value of the IP is one way they are really pushing this.Laura Knotek likes this.05-21-18 01:44 PMLike 1 - BBM had huge potentials.... 50 milions users at least was not a small quantity. Chen had no idea probably what BBM was. From a software/financial point of you I am sure they had the possibility to improve this app and get it positive in the cash flow. And not just licensing to a low level Indonesian company spamming its users! It is their job(bb management) to improve the software and improve the things, moving them into a positive financial trend,not of us here. They could have ended probably licensing anyway...but do you want to compare a great app with a big users base, with a one healty like a skeleton?
Then maybe it was better to stop the servers and amen Chuck!!
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Buying out your competition with the limited resources available, when they have the better product was a much safer and smarter bet that paid off immediately. BB, even with the capital infusion, was close to eloping with the grim reaper.05-21-18 07:07 PMLike 0 -
BlackBerry’s problem was their cash flow statements. They had been consistently negative because of all the cash spent developing the BB10 OS. Two years before Chen arrived, the company was spending general manager level money while the income had dropped to entry-level part-time receptionist level money. The capital infusion was like a severance package and you’re complaining the fired employee used the money to get a new similar entry-level job and training in a new field instead of going on vacation with it.05-22-18 01:45 PMLike 0 -
Don't forget, this is AFTER Prem's cash injection.05-23-18 05:47 AMLike 0 - Well then why did you bring up balance sheet as measure of cash? Statement of cash flows is the most important statement when discussing troubled companies future strategies with existing free cash flow?05-23-18 07:15 AMLike 0
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- "Chen was named CEO in November 2013. One of his first tasks as chief executive was to announce a record $4.4-billion (U.S.) quarterly loss. But, unlike his predecessors, Chen moved decisively, approaching the challenge like a battlefield surgeon: The patient was profusely bleeding red ink, so the first priority was getting enough money on the balance sheet to prevent IMMEDIATE death." - Globe and Mail
Don't forget, this is AFTER Prem's cash injection.
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