How Kodak Engineered Its Own Demise (Literally)

About this episode

The episode discusses how Kodak's failure to adapt its business model led to its decline despite inventing the digital camera.

Kodak didn’t make a mistake. The digital camera was invented in their own building but it was missing more than film. It was missing a business model. 0:00 Intro 3:15 Two Truths & A Lie 4:15 The Man Who Gave Everyone A Camera 15:40 Advertising Done To Perfection 23:06 Welcome Steve 35:25 The Point 39:15 The Ending 44:10 Two Truths & A lie Madmen Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3n2sJ43Hg&t=4s A Long Time In Finance w/ Steve Sasson - https://open.spotify.com/episode/407q6PT4umq9BVECyJsLhy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Steve Sasson

Topics covered

• business model
• digital camera
• advertising
• history of Kodak
• innovation

Keywords

• Kodak
• digital camera
• business model
• innovation
• advertising

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kodak

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