Kodak’s rise, tense struggle with digital dawn, bankruptcy, and rebirth as a specialized imaging provider illustrate the fate of industry giants facing disruptive tech.
Kodak registered the very first patent for digital photography in 1975, long before it sold a single digital camera.
The company pivoted to digital not by abandoning film, but by creating a consumer ecosystem bridging film and digital imaging.
Kodak's pivot involved leveraging a vast, hidden patent arsenal that fueled later, unexpected tech successes beyond cameras.
At the height of film, Kodak reportedly earned more from film chemistry than from cameras, paradoxically funding its digital pivot.
Kodak’s rise, tense struggle with digital dawn, bankruptcy, and rebirth as a specialized imaging provider illustrate the fate of industry giants facing disruptive tech.
Kodak registered the very first patent for digital photography in 1975, long before it sold a single digital camera.
The company pivoted to digital not by abandoning film, but by creating a consumer ecosystem bridging film and digital imaging.
Kodak's pivot involved leveraging a vast, hidden patent arsenal that fueled later, unexpected tech successes beyond cameras.
At the height of film, Kodak reportedly earned more from film chemistry than from cameras, paradoxically funding its digital pivot.
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