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Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 8)
SM: What is Ed Colligan’s area of expertise? EB: He contributed a lot in the marketing front of the company. That was his main contribution. Ed was a first time CEO. The board felt he could preserve the innovation skills that had characterized the success of the early Palm days as well as Handspring, while
Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 6)
SM: Was there was a lot of vision overlap between Palm and Handspring at the time of the acquisition? EB: Yes, this meant that essentially we were buying them back to have access to the smartphone product which was the Treo. The first Treo was an interesting product, but not a great product. It was
Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 5)
The impact of 9/11 on a company such as Palm is important to acknowledge. Up to this point, these devices were luxury items in the corporate environment – nice to have, but certainly not mission critical. Post 9/11, America was a terrified society, focused on the fundamentals. Against this backdrop, Eric took over as the
Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 4)
Palm’s product schedule went off-track, as they steered consumers off Palm V, an obviously terrific product, without a compelling new product introduction. SM: Do you think it created market confusion for customers? EB: Yes. It was a sign that the pace of innovation had slowed down. All of the people we had put in place
Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 3)
After a year of relative stability, Palm faced the market crash concurrently with a failed product launch. The combination of stock market problems and operational failure created a bad situation which was compounded by a lack of innovation in product development. SM: Did the stock price sustain for a bit? The market started going bonkers
