Comments on: The art of the spectacular and public crash and burn http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/the-art-of-the-spectacular-and-public-crash-and-burn/ Sat, 25 May 2013 06:11:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: clstimmel http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/the-art-of-the-spectacular-and-public-crash-and-burn/#comment-1322334 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:10:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622636#comment-1322334 You point this out as the message of “changing the world”, but I think it’s worth underscoring. There is a dangerous game that I’ve observed in Cleantech startups that I’ve watched, as a researcher, analyst and contributor. It is that game of running marketing way out in front of what a product or technology is yet capable of providing. In this sector, especially, I find the extremes of hype troubling. There are ridiculous sums of money being dumped into companies that cannot execute on their vision, when real clean technologies are needed more than ever.

]]> By: michael kanellos http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/the-art-of-the-spectacular-and-public-crash-and-burn/#comment-1322138 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:24:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622636#comment-1322138 Great article. I’d like to add Nikolai Popesicu (sic) as well. Not a good exit.

]]> By: Chris van Loben Sels http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/the-art-of-the-spectacular-and-public-crash-and-burn/#comment-1322119 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:58:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622636#comment-1322119 Katie, great piece.

These are fantastic examples. It makes me realize how lucky I was to start my career at PeopleSoft, learning Dave Duffield’s way, which would keep anyone safe from these — especially CEO ego.

From Dave, I would add one more: total focus (or lack thereof) on the customer. Really listening to your customers keeps you from believing your own hype.

It also helps you do everything else. .. build better products, etc, it’s why companies like Expensify and Selligy (http://selligy.com) believe the AppStore will save the enterprise industry…take your eye off the customer and they stop downloading your app!

Thanks again (please excuse this re-post to correct the auto-correct issues!)

]]> By: Chris van Loben Sels http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/the-art-of-the-spectacular-and-public-crash-and-burn/#comment-1322116 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:55:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622636#comment-1322116 And you didn’t clean up my comment while you were at it? ;)

]]> By: Chris van Loben Sels http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/the-art-of-the-spectacular-and-public-crash-and-burn/#comment-1322114 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:54:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622636#comment-1322114 Yikes, last time I type a comment on my phone . . . typo’s: Dave Duffield (of PeopleSoft and Workday, not Dave Duffid, apparently of autocorrect).

“Keeps you from belie sing your own hype” should be “keeps you from believing your own hype”

And I know that stop has only one p

Oh the heck with it, going to just re-post!

]]> By: Katie Fehrenbacher http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/the-art-of-the-spectacular-and-public-crash-and-burn/#comment-1322105 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:30:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622636#comment-1322105 fixed that, thanks

]]> By: txpatriot http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/the-art-of-the-spectacular-and-public-crash-and-burn/#comment-1322087 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:04:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622636#comment-1322087 “Fare share”? Good lord . . .

]]> By: Chris van Loben Sels http://gigaom.com/2013/03/21/the-art-of-the-spectacular-and-public-crash-and-burn/#comment-1322012 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:35:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=622636#comment-1322012 These are fantastic examples. It makes me realize how lucky I was to start my career at PeopleSoft, learning Dave Duffid’s way, which would keep anyone safe from these — especially CEO ego,

From Dave, I would add one more: total focus on the customer (or in some of these cases, lack thereof). Keeps you from belie sing your own hype.

It also helps you do everything else. .. build better products, etc, it’s why companies like Expensify and Selligy (http://selligy.com) believe the AppStore will save the enterprise industry…take your eye off the customer and they stopp coming!

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