Monday, December 29, 2003

Pulver observes that marketing is the big expense

by alec on December 29, 2003

VoIP: Beyond Cheaper Phone Calls. Subscriber acquisition is a big expense, no doubt.  That’s an area that VoIP can’t solve, and if anything, it will become a bigger problem as VoIP services promote churn away from the incumbent monopolies.

Phil Goldman, dead at 39

by alec on December 29, 2003

From CNET: Briefly: Mailblocks CEO and WebTV founder dies.  Cause of death unknown. 

I am blown away.  I had only a few opportunities to work with Phil at MSFT, but always found him intelligent, softspoken, and willing to listen to someone with a good idea. 

The value of brand / first mover advantage

December 29, 2003

The web sure is an interesting lab for testing and quantifying some of the accepted “truths” of marketing. What is first mover advantage in a market worth? In First-mover advantage, Infoworld reports on the results of a study comparing price increases at market (and mindshare) leader Amazon to the same price increases at lesser known competitor Barnes [...]

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