http://gigaom.com/2007/11/13/lessons-from-a-turnaround-fixing-a-150-million-flaw/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2007/11/13/lessons-from-a-turnaround-fixing-a-150-million-flaw/#comment-185151 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:10:34 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/13/lessons-from-a-turnaround-fixing-a-150-million-flaw/#comment-185151 [...] yayu wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptYet while focusing on such a basic utility sounds mundane, plenty of people are willing to pay for it: FusionOne is the 3rd best-selling app on Verizon‘s web site (behind games and ring tones). The company now has four million … [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/11/13/lessons-from-a-turnaround-fixing-a-150-million-flaw/#comment-185153 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:19:40 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/13/lessons-from-a-turnaround-fixing-a-150-million-flaw/#comment-185153 Lesson: no matter how hyper your bubble is, don’t drink the cool-aid. Sales – Expenses = Profit. It’s simple, it’s indelible, it’s universal. How so many people could forget that during the bubble is a mystery, but it makes me think that during the next bubble it will happen again, so don’t be one of those people. Sales – Expenses = Profit.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/11/13/lessons-from-a-turnaround-fixing-a-150-million-flaw/#comment-185152 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:51:11 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/13/lessons-from-a-turnaround-fixing-a-150-million-flaw/#comment-185152 [...] Great article about FusionOne on FoundRead today about how FusionOne refocused their software offerings into a profitable company. [...]

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