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Research in Motion the #1 Fastest Growing Company in the World Says Fortune Magazine

by Kevin Michaluk on 18 Aug 2009 01:18 AM
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RIM #1 Fastest Growing Company in the World

Research in Motion's Co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie must feel on top of the world right now having been named the #1 Fastest Growing Company in the World by Fortune Magazine. Making the jump into the consumer space with the introduction of the BlackBerry Pearl was huge for the company (right product at the right time), and following it up with the uber-popular BlackBerry Curve and now newer next-generation devices like the Bold, Storm and Tour have allowed the company to increase its grasp of the growing US smartphone market up to a whopping 56%.

While being #1 is sweet, it's also a tricky position to be in as it's impossible to continue the skyrocketing growth forever. So to the boys and girls in Waterloo and working for RIM around the globe... we hope you celebrated hard tonight, as the smartphone competition out there is getting fiercer by the minute and there's no shortage of work to be done. We have faith in you... let's keep it locked at #1!

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Posted by Jonezed7 Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

Congrats RIM!

 
 
Posted by bighap Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

Woooo!

 
 
Posted by salomondrin Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

Is to own a studio and make movies ;) LOL

 
 
Posted by kjdoug Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

You didn't even mention that i sent in the article...

 
 
Posted by Kevin Michaluk Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

hey kjdoug... i saw this article went it went across the wires earlier today...meant to blog it sooner but was out for the night. haven't even checked the tip box in the past few hours.  thanks for sending it in though.  we get a ton of readers sending in articles all the time, plus we're pretty much on top of things 24/7, so we can't do too many thanks on blog posts or else we'd be listing 100 names sometimes! don't take offense, we appreciate when you and anybody/everybody sends stuff in! MUCH THANKS always!!

 
 
Posted by fitgeek Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

Makes us developers feel good about making apps for this device =)

 
 
Posted by kjdoug Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

It's ok Kevin...I was kiddin...but if you really feel bad you can send me one of those Storm 2's :P

 
 
Posted by btdown Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

Congrats RIM, now get the fuck to work on some more handsets.
Think revolutionary, not evolutionary.

 
 
Posted by cide2life Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

congrats!!! keep up the good work

 
 
Posted by Payne78 Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

No wonder they haven't been able to put out a good OS update for the Storm, they're to busy celebrating. I'm not sure they were quite ready for this rapid growth, we'll see how they adapt.

 
 
Posted by vx1 Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

Excellent work well deserved! Congratulation
research in motion

 
 
Posted by Jon133 Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

good job RIM. let's try to stay number one eh?

 
 
Posted by cosmo-jack Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

RIM is The 1....

cj

 
 
Posted by Berrydale Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

With all the media talk and print out there about the iPhone it is always amazing to see these type of numbers. The iPhone success cannot be disputed, but when they add up ALL of the sales for ALL BlackBerry models, there is no other number One.

Also, I can agree with some of the complaints some members have about the dated OS, the UI improvement possibilities, ect., but look who is still number 1 in smartphone sales. And now the fastest growing company in the world.

This does mean that they will need to step it up in Waterloo to maintain thier position and continue to attract new customers arund the world.

Congratulations RIM! Keep up the good work!

 
 
Posted by johntkong Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

I wonder what Berrys the co-CEOs each use ... CONGRATS RIM!!

 
 
Posted by DA_HITMAN81 Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

The NHL might see this and allow Jim to get that hockey team he's always wanted.

RIM FTW!!!!

 
 
Posted by victory101 Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

How do you feel Mr. iPhone? BB rocks, hey lets all buy stocks this week.

 
 
Posted by Crunch Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 908 days ago

Man...we could all be rich now. RIM's stock was down and out @ $22 USD right when the stock market went to crap. Now, it's $77 USD. That is TWO AND A HALF times more in LESS THAN A YEAR, and RIM's market share also went up by 150% (one and one half times) reaching a STUNNING 56%.

All this during the intense competition from Apple's iPhone, which makes RIM's story even more improbable.

And no, buying stock now will be of no use, as RIM cannot possibly continue wiping out competitor after competitor. You might gain some percentage points, but the big winner in stocks none of us can ever be with RIMM (<-- NYSE symbol). lol...

We should have bought stock in the company when it was worth 22%. That's what I am pissed about not doing myself. !@#$%^&*

 
 
Posted by Mountain Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 906 days ago

I recently found RIM. This being my first Blackberry (Storm) I have found great satisfaction with this smart phone. I look forward to the devices of tomorrow from RIM.