I can’t take it anymore – I just can’t. NOTE – this post was triggered by a fine post (and subsequent FriendFeed discussion) by Mark Evans – which you can find here. The idea that you can create a “cool” service, attract massive numbers of subscribers, and then monetize the subscriber base is insane. Always… Continue reading Can we please stop talking about monetization?
Category: Business Model Innovation
It is time for Applications that make Communications an Advantage for Small Businesses
The current trend in communications is more (and more) communication technologies, providers, mechanisms and buzz words. Social Media, VoIP, Blogs, Wikis, Unified Communications, TelePresence, WebMeetings, SMS, IM, Chat, Mobile, MicroBlogging, etc. You can hop on any tech site and see daily skirmishes over which technology is the best – or how you should leverage social… Continue reading It is time for Applications that make Communications an Advantage for Small Businesses
A Return to Sensibility
In some very important ways the current financial crisis is a good thing. First, it will preemptively pop the Web 2.0 bubble. Why is that important? Well – and this is just my opinion – we’ve returned to the same type of fundamental philosophy we saw in the Dot Com bubble – version 1.0 was… Continue reading A Return to Sensibility
Quotes from Bret Taylor – FriendFeed
Louis Gray was kind enough to share what he heard at a MIT/Standford Venture lab panel on lifestreaming. You can find Louis’ full entry here. Here are the parts I found the most interesting… both in terms of FriendFeed’s strategy and the lessons they teach us about creating a startup. Bret’s presentation stated that FriendFeed,… Continue reading Quotes from Bret Taylor – FriendFeed
Vision, Innovation and what you think you are doing…
The single biggest barrier to innovation is a lack of imagination. The second biggest barrier is the failure to commit to your imagined future state when everyone else tells you that you’ve got it wrong; that you are not making sense; that investors “won’t get it” or some other variation on the theme. As Seth… Continue reading Vision, Innovation and what you think you are doing…
Seth Godin & the Myth of Launch PR
I love reading Seth’s posts. He always manages to shine a light on something that is not only true… but also leads us to think beyond marketing and PR and ask some fundamental questions about why we are entrepreneurs and how we create a business. New startups can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars racing… Continue reading Seth Godin & the Myth of Launch PR
Great example of communications creating value.
From Seth Godin – this is how communications applications create value. “My computer will call your computer…” Lisa points us Fonolo, a company in beta that spiders phone trees at big companies and promises to make it easy for you to go straight to the spot you want. Then it calls you when the phone… Continue reading Great example of communications creating value.
It didn’t work… I quit…
Seth Godin reminds us that “new economy” or old – one primary virtue of those who are successful is the ability to persevere. The ability to act near term and plan long term. To not fall into the trap of giving up after the first Angel/VC/Expert smirks at your vision. In short – don’t quit.… Continue reading It didn’t work… I quit…
Free World Dialup moving to $30 annual membership
From Jeff Pulver’s blog this morning comes news that FWD (Free World Dialup) is going to begin charging for VoIP Service. FWD has long had a very large user base and significant challenges generating any revenue from that base… they’ve seen Vonage, Broadvoice etc create businesses from the basic idea they’ve been working since 2001.… Continue reading Free World Dialup moving to $30 annual membership
Twitter’s Business Model? Apparently a charity…
First let me say I’m a fan of Twitter… and use it on a daily basis… News from Wired today that Biz Stone over at Twitter thinks… well I’ll let him speak for himself: [From Twitter’s Business Model? Well, Ummmm…] Blogs and news sites buzzed the next day about how Twitter had ushered in a… Continue reading Twitter’s Business Model? Apparently a charity…