The BlackBerry Problem | The Mistakes Series

About this episode

Jim Balsillie discusses the mistakes that led to the downfall of BlackBerry.

Jim Balsillie, the one time co-CEO of Research in Motion, reflects on the mistake that led to the downfall of BlackBerry, once named the fastest growing company in the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Jim Balsillie

Topics covered

• business mistakes
• technology
• corporate downfall
• leadership
• innovation

Keywords

• BlackBerry
• Jim Balsillie
• Research in Motion
• business failure
• technology history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Research in Motion

Products: BlackBerry

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