Jim Balsillie

Type: Person

Name: Jim Balsillie

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

Has Apple become Microsoft?

Posted 04:52 PM ETWith Apple (AAPL) stock in an eight-month slump, investors are starting to wonder whether it will ever reclaim its past glory.Some market watchers think Apple is becoming like Microsoft (MSFT), a tech giant that had its day in the sun, ... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 31 2013]

Entities: Apple Inc, Microsoft Corporation, Tim Cook, Jim Balsillie, Steve Jobs

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

University of Windsor

The push to attract American students to Canadian Universities

From Alan Wildeman’s office window, the Ambassador Bridge to the United States is “about a driver and two 3-woods away” – a few hundred yards, in golf parlance. So it is a source of frustration to the University of Windsor president that of 2,000 international ... [Published Globe and Mail - May 31 2013]

Entities: Canada, United States, University of Windsor, Ivy League

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 2 reports

Steve Jobs

Tim Cook Is Not Steve Jobs, He's Jim Balsillie

If your browser does not automatically forward you to http://business-news.thestreet.com/philly/story/tim-cook-is-not-steve-jobs-hes-jim-balsillie/11936856, please click here. ... [Published Philadelphia Inquirer - May 30 2013]

Entities: Jim Balsillie, Steve Jobs, Tim Cook

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

Queen's University

Diaspora communities in Canada can be development partners in countries of origin, says new CIGI-SAMP report

Contrary to viewing migration from the Global South as poaching, Canada can reframe diaspora communities as development partners, according to a new special report. Contrary to viewing migration from the Global South as poaching, Canada can reframe diaspora ... [Published PRWeb - May 28 2013]

Entities: Queen's University, Canada, University of Cape Town, University of Zimbabwe, Jim Balsillie

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

Research In Motion Limited

Canadian start-up hub thrives near Toronto

Canadian start-up hub thrives KITCHENER, Ontario Twenty years ago, no one would have believed the Kitchener-Waterloo area would blossom into the most vibrant technology start-up community in Canada the Silicon Valley of the North.The twin cities of ... [Published Delaware Online - May 27 2013]

Entities: Jim Balsillie, Toronto, BlackBerry, Research In Motion Limited

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

University of Waterloo

NEW USA TODAY highlights Waterloo Region?s tech sector

Welcome back570 News file photo from BlackBerry 10 launch in January 2013. Paul McPhee May 23, 2013 05:59:42 AMUSA TODAY is shining the spotlight on Waterloo Region?s thriving technology sector. Â In a recent article, it refers to it as ?the most vibrant ... [Published 570News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Jim Balsillie, Mike Lazaridis, University of Waterloo

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Canadian start-up hub thrives near Toronto

Entrepreneurs network at the Communitech Hub in Kitchener, Ontario.(Photo: None Communitech)Story HighlightsKitchener-Waterloo area is home to some 1,000 start-upsAmong keys to success: Attractive costs, proximity to TorontoBlackBerry is a huge influ ... [Published USA Today - May 22 2013]

Entities: Jim Balsillie, Toronto, BlackBerry

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Some Respect for Mike Lazaridis of BlackBerry

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Tuesday I attended a Bloomberg summit in Toronto with many different commentators on the Canadian economy.In the final session of the day, Research In Motion founder Mike Lazaridis spoke one-on-one with Hugo Miller of Bloomberg ... [Published Yahoo! Canada - May 22 2013]

Entities: Mike Lazaridis, Research In Motion Limited, Jim Balsillie, BlackBerry, QNX

First reported Mar 28 2013 - Updated Mar 28 2013 - 8 reports

BlackBerry founder to quit phonemaker

Mike Lazaridis follows his fellow co-founder Jim Balsillie as phonemaker reveals a return to profit after steady launch of the BlackBerry 10 ... [Published FT.com - IT - Mar 28 2013]

Entities: BlackBerry, Jim Balsillie, Mike Lazaridis

First reported Feb 14 2013 - Updated Feb 15 2013 - 5 reports

Former BlackBerry CEO Jim Balsillie Has Dumped All His Shares

Former BlackBerry co-CEO Jim Balsillie has entered his own vote of no confidence in the company he helped run into the ground back when it was known as Research in Motion. In an SEC filing today, Balsillie revealed that he sold off every single BlackBerry ... [Published ReadWriteWeb - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: BlackBerry, Jim Balsillie, Mike Lazaridis, Stocks

First reported Feb 14 2013 - Updated Feb 15 2013 - 5 reports

BlackBerry comeback doubt: Jim Balsillie abandons ship, sells entire 5.1% stake in the firm he helped build

Former Research In Motion (RIM) co-CEO Jim Balsillie, who has been replaced by CEO Thorsten Heins leading the newly rebranded BlackBerry, has sold off his entire stake in the company. The move couldn’t have come at a worse time for the struggling Canadian ... [Published The Next Web - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: Jim Balsillie, BlackBerry, Research In Motion Limited, Thorsten Heins

First reported Feb 14 2013 - Updated Feb 14 2013 - 5 reports

Balsillie sheds BlackBerry stake

Jim Balsillie, former co-chief, was one of the handset maker’s two largest shareholders, holding nearly 27m shares for a stake of about 5.1 per cent ... [Published Financial Times - Asia homepage - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: Jim Balsillie, BlackBerry

Quotes

"what i try to do is to expose these folks to the technological realities of commercialization and growing globally" said Balsillie, who retired last year...

Canadian start-up hub thrives near Toronto [Published USA Today - May 22 2013]

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