From Bankrupt to $73B Surveillance Empire: The Motorola Nobody Knows

In the fourth quarter of 2007, Motorola lost $1.2 billion on phones in three months — the same quarter Apple launched the device that would make every phone Motorola knew how to build obsolete. Google eventually paid $12.5 billion for the phone business, then sold it two years later for $2.9 billion. The half nobody wanted reached a $70 billion market cap by 2026. This is the story of how Motorola lost the phone war and built a defense empire nobody saw coming. Chapters: 0:50 - The Rise 2:03 - The Disruption 3:42 - The Pivot 6:06 - The Acquisition Machine 7:34 - Into The Battlefield 9:18 - What Went Right --- motorola,motorola solutions,motorola razr,motorola vs apple,motorola history,motorola split,greg brown CEO,motorola google acquisition,motorola lenovo,motorola decline,silvus technologies,motorola defense,motorola public safety,motorola comeback,business case study,corporate strategy,tech business history,company turnaround,motorola 2025,motorola market cap,iphone disruption,business documentary,motorola empire,corporate survival,martin cooper