They try to deliver to an institutional investor base that requires blue chip, steady state performance.
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It requires a base station that needs to be connected to a PC, but will work with any kind of Internet connection, whether broadband or dial-up.
He likes companies that have a lengthy history of steady earnings growth, and, in most cases, the model I base on his philosophy requires companies to have posted increasing earnings per share each year for the past ten years.
This becomes more complex as the business expands and suddenly there are infrastructure costs that require a minimum amount of sales, which requires expanding the customer base through marketing and maximizing repeat sales.
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But building a successful consumer Internet company requires attracting a massive user base.
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Market place competition requires organizations to find the largest base of growing, profitable customers.
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Building reach to engage with a large enough installed base of BB10 active users will take time and requires Blackberry to overcome its branding challenge in the US and Europe.
Facebook has already come a long way by appealing to the female demographic (as evidenced by the gender makeup of their user base) but to secure and continue to exponentially grow their stronghold, Facebook requires more female input at the highest level.
But repairing our fiscal trouble requires more than vibrant growth even if he had successfully broadened the tax base.
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And that requires us to continually renew that commitment to our historic structures and our natural resource base, so that when Trevor and Olivia and those guys have their kids, when you guys have your grandkids, that that stuff is there for them, too.
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