“Concerns are raising: Without Steve Jobs, has Apple indeed lost its Mojo?” Richard Gutjahr asks for G!.
“‘Quite the opposite’ says Horace Dediu, one of the most fascinating Apple experts, I met. Horace started as a developer, has been an analyst for Nokia and knows the mobile industry like no other,” Gutjahr writes. “With his company asymco.com he is one of the brightest stars in the analysts’ scene, especially when it comes to Apple. Anyone who had the chance to see him at one of his iPad-navigated presentations on stage understands why.”
“Horace made a statement, which I found quite intriguing: In order to remain innovative, it is not enough to reinvent yourself again and again. Apple must be the one to destroy its own business,” Gutjahr writes. “A few days ago, Horace and I sat down for a Skype-Cast (New York and Munich). In this conversation we touched issues like the Post-Jobs Era, Apple’s philosophy, the long-term strategy of the company and, of course, the Next Big Thing.”
Read more, and listen to the 1 hour and 14 minute conversation, in the full article here.