Empire Builders ยท EB-005
He Saw It Before Anyone Outside Apple Did. He Wrote The Memo. Nobody Read It. Nokia Is Gone.
Pekka Laine saw an iPhone prototype during a meeting at Apple on January 19th, 2007, which transformed his understanding of mobile technology. A twelve-page memo he sent to his director was met with a curt "interesting, thank you" response, leading to dire consequences for Nordica Mobile.
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