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Ill Equipped And Discounted
In a 2012 slideshare deck that built a case for a hostile takeover of Blackberry maker RIM (Research In Motion), venture capitalist Robin Chan hoisted this foil of the smugly smiling C-level dudes running the show at DIM (Disaster In Motion):
To add insult to injury, Mr. Chan writes:
D’oh! C-Level infallibles don’t like being characterized as “ill equipped” and “discounted“. However, fear not for the dissed DIMwit royalty. Since DIM recently announced plans to frantically find a buyer for their struggling business, these execs will make out just fine. The golden parachutes will be doled out, they’ll hop on a plane to their next destination, glide right into the C-suites at their next gigs, and have their smiling picture taken for the next annual report. Who sez performance matters?
BMs Of The Year
Since BD00 is a bombastic and boisterous blasphemer of the “B” word, I just HAD to meta-blog about this infoworld blog post after I stumbled upon it: “The tech industry’s biggest bozos of 2011”.
And the winners are…..
- Léo Apotheker: former HP CEO
- Mark Zuckerberg: current Facebook CEO
- Reed Hastings: current Netflix CEO
- Jim Basillie & Mike Lazardis: current co-CEOs of RIM
Because Netflix is one of the companies on my faves list (and I’m a stockholder!), I’m really bummed about the Hastings-Netflix fiasco. Since I think Mr. Hastings and Netflix will recover from the faux pas, I’m keeping them on the list.




