Comments on: Vonage IPO Questioned http://gigaom.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dude http://gigaom.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24434 dude Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:07:32 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24434 <p>anyone who has met this "carlos" bhola and does not think he is an absolute moron needs to get a life</p> anyone who has met this “carlos” bhola and does not think he is an absolute moron needs to get a life

]]> By: Creamy http://gigaom.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24433 Creamy Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:08:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24433 <p>After reading "Dave's" post we all NOW know that Dave is really aka: Carlos Bhola himself. It's the writing style that gave you away... sounds like sour grapes and jealousy. I'm just surprised you didn't use the word "maniacal" or the phrase "the cacophony of silence is astounding" Get a life!!</p> After reading “Dave’s” post we all NOW know that Dave is really aka: Carlos Bhola himself. It’s the writing style that gave you away… sounds like sour grapes and jealousy. I’m just surprised you didn’t use the word “maniacal” or the phrase “the cacophony of silence is astounding” Get a life!!

]]> By: Jake http://gigaom.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24432 Jake Tue, 13 Sep 2005 04:29:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24432 <p>Will $600M acquire the next million lines? Or two million?</p> <p>And then what?</p> Will $600M acquire the next million lines? Or two million?

And then what?

]]> By: David http://gigaom.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24431 David Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:44:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24431 <p>Dear NEA,</p> <p>Carlos Bhola was correct after all.</p> <p>Without significant MSO or wireless industry partners, Vonage could never achieve anything more compelling than a one hit wonder.</p> <p>An iconic consumer brand like Coke, AT&T or McDonalds is built and sustained by hundreds of millions spent each year in marketing and advertising. It is the pinicle of irony for Vonage, having bet the farm on nuicence banner ads, that Skype, spurred on singularly by word-of-mouth and zero customer-care reached such heavenly valuations.</p> <p>Having shunned the "powered by" business plan after Bhola's departure, Vonage ineffectively deployed precious capital marketing to fickle, cost-conscious, endlessly churning, mobile phone toting consumer markets. Standing in stark contrast to the Datek model of delivering low cost, high-volume trades to a greedy, stock consuming public enamered by a rising market, Vonage thought it could repeat success on a faulty premise.</p> <p>My predicition is that a Vonage IPO will even have difficulty rising above $10 per share at opening.</p> <pre><code> Dave </code></pre> Dear NEA,

Carlos Bhola was correct after all.

Without significant MSO or wireless industry partners, Vonage could never achieve anything more compelling than a one hit wonder.

An iconic consumer brand like Coke, AT&T or McDonalds is built and sustained by hundreds of millions spent each year in marketing and advertising. It is the pinicle of irony for Vonage, having bet the farm on nuicence banner ads, that Skype, spurred on singularly by word-of-mouth and zero customer-care reached such heavenly valuations.

Having shunned the “powered by” business plan after Bhola’s departure, Vonage ineffectively deployed precious capital marketing to fickle, cost-conscious, endlessly churning, mobile phone toting consumer markets. Standing in stark contrast to the Datek model of delivering low cost, high-volume trades to a greedy, stock consuming public enamered by a rising market, Vonage thought it could repeat success on a faulty premise.

My predicition is that a Vonage IPO will even have difficulty rising above $10 per share at opening.

   Dave
]]> By: Mark Evans http://gigaom.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24430 Mark Evans Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:29:56 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24430 <p><strong>Et tu Vonage?</strong></p> <p>The Skype-eBay marriage is dominating the VOIP spotlight today but what of Vonage, which was the industry's poster child before its buzz suddenly evaporated? What does the Skype deal mean for Vonage's IPO, which is supposed to raise $600-million. ...</p> Et tu Vonage?

The Skype-eBay marriage is dominating the VOIP spotlight today but what of Vonage, which was the industry’s poster child before its buzz suddenly evaporated? What does the Skype deal mean for Vonage’s IPO, which is supposed to raise $600-million. …

]]> By: Brian Breslin http://gigaom.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24429 Brian Breslin Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:08:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24429 <p>Vonage customer service is bad. but what happened to the SEC rules forbidding a crook from running a public company?</p> Vonage customer service is bad. but what happened to the SEC rules forbidding a crook from running a public company?

]]> By: Srini http://gigaom.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24428 Srini Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:40:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/12/vonage-ipo-questioned/#comment-24428 <p>Congratulations! Hope you had as much fun writing this blog, as I had reading it!</p> Congratulations! Hope you had as much fun writing this blog, as I had reading it!

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