Jim Balsillie Quotes

Canada, Businessman
February 3, 1961

James Laurence Balsillie (born February 3, 1961) is a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and former co-CEO of the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM, 'BlackBerry'). He is also the founder of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Canadian International Council (CIC), Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) and the Arctic Research Foundation (ARF).

Also known as Philanthropist

In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally.

Jim Balsillie
- America
You have to pay a lot of attention to what's important, what's permanent, what's real.

Jim Balsillie
- Important
- Real
- Attention

I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them.

Jim Balsillie
- People
- Technology
Apple and the iPhone is kind of one more entrant into an already very busy space with lots of choice for consumers … But in terms of a sort of a sea-change for BlackBerry, I would think that's overstating it.

Jim Balsillie
- Space
- Sea