The Globe And Mail is reporting that former Apple CEO John Sculley is considering a shot at BlackBerry. Now he didn’t confirm that this was true, but he did say this:
In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Sculley said whoever takes over BlackBerry maker needs to have the management experience if they are to have any sort of success turning the company around.
“The only thing I would say is, I think there’s a lot of future value in Blackberry,” Mr. Sculley said, “but without experienced people who have run this type of business, and without a strategic plan, it would be really challenging … Whoever buys it would have to have a strategic plan that was credible and could succeed, and they would want to have an experienced team that would be able to implement that plan.”
That’s true. But is he the man to do this? Personally, I say no. He’s the guy that fought and then disposed of Steve Jobs, then watched as Apple tanked. Jobs later returned and as they say the rest is history. I think that what Sculley says is correct. But he’s not the leader that BlackBerry needs.
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John Sculley Wants In On BlackBerry?
The Globe And Mail is reporting that former Apple CEO John Sculley is considering a shot at BlackBerry. Now he didn’t confirm that this was true, but he did say this:
In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Sculley said whoever takes over BlackBerry maker needs to have the management experience if they are to have any sort of success turning the company around.
“The only thing I would say is, I think there’s a lot of future value in Blackberry,” Mr. Sculley said, “but without experienced people who have run this type of business, and without a strategic plan, it would be really challenging … Whoever buys it would have to have a strategic plan that was credible and could succeed, and they would want to have an experienced team that would be able to implement that plan.”
That’s true. But is he the man to do this? Personally, I say no. He’s the guy that fought and then disposed of Steve Jobs, then watched as Apple tanked. Jobs later returned and as they say the rest is history. I think that what Sculley says is correct. But he’s not the leader that BlackBerry needs.
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