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Re: The Facts Behind Giving Things Away

Poipes — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:54:20 -0000

Right now, that is in doubt. Advertising by itself, is, as you noted, volatile to say the least. I'm hopeful that the current financial situation (not to mention the word "crisis"), will unleash the creativity of web entrepreneurs that will come back with a few new business models. Same as what happened after the 1.0 bubble burst.

Re: Yahoo’s Five Big Mistakes

Poipes — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:52:12 -0000

For instance how about Yahoo! Live (going off air december 3rd). For those of you who don't know, Yahoo Live was Yahoo's own Ustream.tv or Justin.tv.

That's only one of Yahoo's dumped projects.

Re: Tips For Preparing for a Layoff

Poipes — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:49:24 -0000

I like f$%^%edstartups.com too, but it's not the most positive blog out there, you gotta agree with me.

Re: 8 Tips Inspired by Seth Godin

Poipes — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:54:06 -0000

I agree. It´s cool that they post stuff about all the cool and wise guys out there, be it Seth, Gary Vaynerchuk or Ron Conway. Keep up the good work guys!

Re: Failing is Easy, That’s Why It’s so Common

Poipes — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:53:51 -0000

Definitely. This is how I'd condense them:

1) PROCRASTINATE, DISTRACT, OR OVER-PLAN.

This would include all of the following:

1. Dither, dither, dither; plan, plan, plan.
22. Meet to discuss.
2. Postpone hard decisions until you have to make hard trade-offs.
6. Focus on the long-term
7. Build prototypes, mockups and samples.
10. “New, New, New!”
18. A unanimous decision means we’re all right.
23. Work under “understandings”.
24. Everything matters.
20. Create rules to outline decisions.

2) TAKE YOUR CUSTOMERS/USERS/CLIENTS INTO ACCOUNT TOO LITTLE OR TO MUCH

This would include all of the following:

15. “We can build a successful business by capturing just X% of the market.”
5. Solve your problems.
8. Let data make decisions.
9. Give customers everything they want.
17. “I know more than anyone else.”
13. Over-promise, over-sell, under-deliver.

3) GIVE UP CONTROL

This would include the following:

11. Leave money on the table.
12. Optimise for the best-case scenario.
14. Be stubborn in the face of failure.
16. Depend on outsiders to make key decisions or develop key components.
19. Hire resumes.
21. Reward activity.

4) Copy tactics.

5) “Fight the good fight.”

6) Treat these secrets as absolutes. (My personal favourite :P)

Re: The Credit Crunch is Going to Get You (Maybe)

Poipes — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:53:37 -0000

I might have been misunderstood in my previous comment. What I meant was that start-up companies (specifically internet start-ups) can be creative and look for opportunities in this critical situation, and there are way more opportunities for start-up companies than, say, for tech giants. One of the writers in this blog might have been inspired by my comment (or maybe she just agrees). Here´s the link to the post: http://tinyurl.com/4vk2am

Re: The Credit Crunch is Going to Get You (Maybe)

Poipes — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:10:33 -0000

Although ALL sectors of economy are going to suffer (or are already suffering), internet startups will be one of the less affected.
I believe this is so because as Matt Goldberg says in this article, "As investors suffer large losses elsewhere, they are not able to fulfill their commitments to the venture funds."
However, he forgets to add that they will somehow, have to make some good investmentes, either to get back what they lost for their (now empty handed) investors, or maybe only to survive...And I ask myself: Is there any other industry besides internet startups where you can exit with a greater ROI?