Category Archives: Predictions

Steve Jobs Sets Back Leadership 20 Years

Posted on Friday, 4 November 2011 7:50 am by markpilip

Steve Jobs is one of my heroes and a man who achieved his objective of “putting a dent in the universe.” I enjoyed reading Walter Isaacson’s biography “Steve Jobs” because it gave me insight into the motivation behind the man … Continue reading →

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Prediction: Streaming Wins, Powered by Apple

Posted on Monday, 8 August 2011 8:42 am by markpilip

Bob Lefsetz published an article on Friday that powers this admittedly not very far out prediction. Streaming–powered by iTunes–becomes the preferred choice of music consumption in the US. We’ll achieve that by 2013. Why? Streaming music works.  See Spotify and … Continue reading →

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Be a Scientist, Not an Analyst

Posted on Monday, 6 June 2011 8:33 am by markpilip

I don’t have much respect for analysts, of the Wall Street kind or otherwise.  It’s too easy to look in the rearview mirror and then fit some explanation to it.  Post hoc ergo propter hoc, confirmation bias and the like … Continue reading →

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