Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Where the Profits are, the Value is - Apple iPhone

Here's the breakdown of the sources of value for the iPhone.

Note that almost all the value (and profit and wealth) redounds to the creators of the intellectual property.  Assembling stuff is a chump's job.  Recently Andy Grove argued for a lot more manufacturing in the US and incentives thereof.  A retired CEO of Intel and Engineer, Andy has turned into a chump.

We need to keep our eye on the ball:  intellectual property, design and creativity.  Let the Chinese and the Indians be the chumps.

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