... and Business!
Long time no blog, so I watched yet another geek movie to get inspiration. Pirates of the Silicon Valley. The story revolves around the begining of rivalry between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, the start of their competition.
In competition you can be at two sides, either you can be a twitter or a follower, there is no third place to be. By being twitter, you stay ahead of the competition playing sharp with your innovative ideas. Your competitors would be following you up by getting inspiration from your ideas. Remember, it is very difficult to get copyright on ideas.
So will you guess that the twitter is the winner and the follower is the looser? Who won between Apple and Windows? It is the guy who plays smart.
How to play smart?
1. Innovation
We have brought several innovations, including Mobile-Nanny & MobileSync Pro. We thought of the idea, shouted Eureka, prototyped and designed the products from scratch and build a great product. The competitors dropped their jaws
Lets talk about innovation, and I understand I am suppose to talk about Steve and Bill, and the Pirates movie, but wait I got another one; Flash of Genius.
This one is a true story of a Bob Kearns's 12 years court fight for the innovation that was stolen by Ford Motors, here is a quote from him:
In the story he also states how he thought of the idea. Due to his defective eyes, he had to blink regularly. And so during a rainy day drive, he said why cant my wipers blink the same way. That, that was the flash of the genius. This is something that the innovators has, the idea is sitting hidden the mind, and at a blink it appears.
Moving from my HTC to iPhone, why is it so difficult to transfer between two different platforms? That's eureka for MobileSync.
Being innovative keeps you ahead of the game.
2. Inspiration
Inspiration is a term used in synonyms of copying specially by music directors, but I guess that's wrong. Copying people should be permanently banned from business.
Now inspiration might be the "Flash" I talked about above. How Mr. Zuckerberg (yeah, again) made Facebook? Inspiration from the Winklevoss' idea! However he was not a copy person, he created something that, that..., that is Facebook and *not* what Winklevoss brothers thought of.
SniperSpy, Net Spy Pro, ePhoneTracker were inspired but not copied. They stand tall and smart to the competitors products, features ahead. And actually they're inspiring the other way around now.
Here is what inspiration is, you see a chair, and your brain flashes how you can make a flying chair.
3. Protection
Copyrights, Patents are in mess specially in International cases. But you got to play the cards with whatever is available.
4. Staying cool
There is one more line from Bob Kearns in FoG that says even though he won, he cant get back the 12 years he lost fighting. There is a life beyong the competition and the rivalry, and then there is health and wellness of yourself and your business. Pirates of the Silicon Valley ends with the 1997 MacWorld Expo scene where Steve Jobs bring Bill Gates on the big screen announcing that Microsoft invested $150m in Apple and will be a 'partner'. No matter how much Apple's fan would have hated it.
That is playing cool, and understanding the situation with clear mind. Those who wins know the right thing to do at the right moment. There is no place of emotional wars in business, as when two cats fight the monkey wins. Want an example from us? Are we doing anything with PCHO?
5. Fire and Motion
The last suggested way to play smart is to stay ahead of the game. Fire and Motion is a technique that Call of Duty fans like me would be aware of, is to fire blindly at the enemies while your other shoulders are moving forward. The competitors see what you are releasing, blogging, tweeting, press releasing and more, that is your opportunity to fire at your competitors too. Keep them busy following & guessing you, and not be on the other side.
And before I click Publish, my answer to, who won between Apple and Windows? I will quote Steve Jobs twit: "Microsoft, kiss my apps."
Long time no blog, so I watched yet another geek movie to get inspiration. Pirates of the Silicon Valley. The story revolves around the begining of rivalry between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, the start of their competition.
In competition you can be at two sides, either you can be a twitter or a follower, there is no third place to be. By being twitter, you stay ahead of the competition playing sharp with your innovative ideas. Your competitors would be following you up by getting inspiration from your ideas. Remember, it is very difficult to get copyright on ideas.
So will you guess that the twitter is the winner and the follower is the looser? Who won between Apple and Windows? It is the guy who plays smart.
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How to play smart?
1. Innovation
We have brought several innovations, including Mobile-Nanny & MobileSync Pro. We thought of the idea, shouted Eureka, prototyped and designed the products from scratch and build a great product. The competitors dropped their jaws
Lets talk about innovation, and I understand I am suppose to talk about Steve and Bill, and the Pirates movie, but wait I got another one; Flash of Genius.
"Well, I want you, uh... I want you to know something. When I walked into this courtroom, I was wearing a badge right here. You couldn't see it.
It said I was an inventor. A contributor to society."
In the story he also states how he thought of the idea. Due to his defective eyes, he had to blink regularly. And so during a rainy day drive, he said why cant my wipers blink the same way. That, that was the flash of the genius. This is something that the innovators has, the idea is sitting hidden the mind, and at a blink it appears.
Moving from my HTC to iPhone, why is it so difficult to transfer between two different platforms? That's eureka for MobileSync.
Being innovative keeps you ahead of the game.
2. Inspiration
Inspiration is a term used in synonyms of copying specially by music directors, but I guess that's wrong. Copying people should be permanently banned from business.
Now inspiration might be the "Flash" I talked about above. How Mr. Zuckerberg (yeah, again) made Facebook? Inspiration from the Winklevoss' idea! However he was not a copy person, he created something that, that..., that is Facebook and *not* what Winklevoss brothers thought of.
SniperSpy, Net Spy Pro, ePhoneTracker were inspired but not copied. They stand tall and smart to the competitors products, features ahead. And actually they're inspiring the other way around now.
Here is what inspiration is, you see a chair, and your brain flashes how you can make a flying chair.
3. Protection
Copyrights, Patents are in mess specially in International cases. But you got to play the cards with whatever is available.
4. Staying cool
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.- William Shakespeare
There is one more line from Bob Kearns in FoG that says even though he won, he cant get back the 12 years he lost fighting. There is a life beyong the competition and the rivalry, and then there is health and wellness of yourself and your business. Pirates of the Silicon Valley ends with the 1997 MacWorld Expo scene where Steve Jobs bring Bill Gates on the big screen announcing that Microsoft invested $150m in Apple and will be a 'partner'. No matter how much Apple's fan would have hated it.
That is playing cool, and understanding the situation with clear mind. Those who wins know the right thing to do at the right moment. There is no place of emotional wars in business, as when two cats fight the monkey wins. Want an example from us? Are we doing anything with PCHO?
5. Fire and Motion
The last suggested way to play smart is to stay ahead of the game. Fire and Motion is a technique that Call of Duty fans like me would be aware of, is to fire blindly at the enemies while your other shoulders are moving forward. The competitors see what you are releasing, blogging, tweeting, press releasing and more, that is your opportunity to fire at your competitors too. Keep them busy following & guessing you, and not be on the other side.
And before I click Publish, my answer to, who won between Apple and Windows? I will quote Steve Jobs twit: "Microsoft, kiss my apps."
