http://www.rogerd.net/articles/jobs-perot SEO, Community Building, Marketing Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:42:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 http://www.rogerd.net/articles/jobs-perot#comment-224 Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:19:41 +0000 http://www.rogerd.net/articles/jobs-perot#comment-224 [...] In an earlier post, I speculated that Steve Jobs joining the Disney board of directors had a few parallels to Ross Perot’s time at General Motors. Both joined the board of a much larger firm as big shareholders following the acquisition of their company. Both have a strong maverick streak, and neither has been reticent to say exactly what he thinks. Perot, of course, was eventually bought out by GM when he became too much of an irritant. Now, a new BusinessWeek article, Steve Jobs’ Magic Kingdom, suggests another alternative: rather than getting rejected like a xeno-transplant, there’s some chance that Jobs could end up as Head Mousketeer. While not considering it highly probable, BusinessWeek suggests that Jobs could, eventually, take over as chairman or even CEO. They point to his assurances that he didn’t want CEO Gil Amelio’s job at Apple not long before he took over as CEO. [...] […] In an earlier post, I speculated that Steve Jobs joining the Disney board of directors had a few parallels to Ross Perot’s time at General Motors. Both joined the board of a much larger firm as big shareholders following the acquisition of their company. Both have a strong maverick streak, and neither has been reticent to say exactly what he thinks. Perot, of course, was eventually bought out by GM when he became too much of an irritant. Now, a new BusinessWeek article, Steve Jobs’ Magic Kingdom, suggests another alternative: rather than getting rejected like a xeno-transplant, there’s some chance that Jobs could end up as Head Mousketeer. While not considering it highly probable, BusinessWeek suggests that Jobs could, eventually, take over as chairman or even CEO. They point to his assurances that he didn’t want CEO Gil Amelio’s job at Apple not long before he took over as CEO. […]

]]> http://www.rogerd.net/articles/jobs-perot#comment-206 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:12:00 +0000 http://www.rogerd.net/articles/jobs-perot#comment-206 Very interesting comment... I would give Jobs the benefit of doubt considering the fact that as CEO of Pixar he wan't really involved in the nitty gritty, but rather a hands off approach. If that is any precedent, the conflict may not be much. Considering the way Apple is betting on the future of digital entertainment its in the best interest of both Apple and Disney to work together... Very interesting comment…
I would give Jobs the benefit of doubt considering the fact that as CEO of Pixar he wan’t really involved in the nitty gritty, but rather a hands off approach. If that is any precedent, the conflict may not be much. Considering the way Apple is betting on the future of digital entertainment its in the best interest of both Apple and Disney to work together…

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