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Apple profits from PC sales

Apple has more profit from PC sales than the next five Windows PC vendors combined. (Image from asymco.com.)

I appreciate this. Business people should think in profit, not revenue, but most state revenue. At my software firm, our revenue was only $2M annually, but our profit approached 25%. That's the same as a $10M/year firm with a profit margin of 5%, with a lot less risk.

By Alvin Alexander on April 17, 2013

A Code for America chart showing 'IT Spending'

A Code for America chart showing 'IT Spending'.

By Alvin Alexander on December 1, 2012

Holiday 2011 sales and discounts (DecalGirl, ThinkGeek, MacMall, iHome)

I'm keeping it short and sweet today: devdaily.com is an affiliate with a number of great companies (DecalGirl, ThinkGeek, MacMall, iHome, Discovery Channel) offering nice sales/discounts for the 2011 holiday season, and on this page I'm sharing all the Christmas/holiday links that they've sent me.

So, without any further ado, happy holidays, and enjoy the savings.

10% off at DecalGirl

DecalGirl is offering 10% of all orders:

By Alvin Alexander on December 3, 2011

iPad price drops; iPad 2 coming soon?

I just read on techradar that both T-Mobile and Orange have reduced their iPad prices, most likely to reduce inventory for a new iPad 2 model. This is of particular interest to me, because I've been reading a lot of books with the Kindle software lately, and I'd like to buy an iPad soon to make that reading experience more enjoyable.

By Alvin Alexander on March 7, 2012

Consulting advice: Keep it positive

This article is now part of my new eBook, which is only $2.99 on Amazon.com:

You want me to do what? A Survival Guide for New Consultants

I hope you enjoy my book, and more than that, I hope it helps you have a very profitable and rewarding career.

 

By Alvin Alexander on May 4, 2012

How I started my career as a consultant

This article is now part of my new eBook, which is only $2.99 on Amazon.com:

You want me to do what? A Survival Guide for New Consultants

I hope you enjoy my book, and more than that, I hope it helps you have a very profitable and rewarding career.

 

By Alvin Alexander on May 4, 2012

Consulting tips - Turning the tables in a very important sales meeting

This article is now part of my new eBook, which is only $2.99 on Amazon.com:

You want me to do what? A Survival Guide for New Consultants

I hope you enjoy my book, and more than that, I hope it helps you have a very profitable and rewarding career.

 

By Alvin Alexander on May 4, 2012

Jobs for thieves

I was just chatting with my oldest sister, and we were talking about companies who are currently hiring. While looking at that list, my sister casually mentioned that there is another name for a financial advisor: "thief".

On a whim, I went to Monster.com and typed in "thief", and found these job listings:

By Alvin Alexander on August 6, 2011

iPhone versus Windows Mobile - early sales figures

This NY Times article gives a little idea of operating systems sales on mobile phones. From this article and other sources, it looks like Apple thinks they will sell around 10M iPhones next year (either next year, or in the first 12 months), and Microsoft is projecting sales of 20M Windows Mobile devices in 2008, both of which were announced before Google's Android announcement today.

By Alvin Alexander on October 8, 2012

IDC releases PC sales figures for 2nd quarter 2007

IDC released PC sales information for the 2nd quarter of 2007, and shows Apple with a 5.6% share of all new personal computers shipped in the U.S. This puts them in fourth place in U.S. sales, in a virtual tie with Gateway, and in front of Toshiba and Acer. Dell and HP are in first and second, respectively. HP, Apple, Acer and Toshiba are up, Dell and Gateway are down. Apple may gain more ground and pass Gateway, but lose position to the hard-charging Toshiba and Acer.

By Alvin Alexander on July 17, 2010
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