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- ItalianStallion0
I didn't understand a word he said.
For fuck's sake, take it easy man, life is short...
- jerseyred0
found more info about this guy, a sample chapter of his new book, an NPR interview link, as well as another video. This guy may not be changing the world with what he's saying but for me, as a designer who would like to one day do my own thing, I dig his approach and relate to his practical advice.
http://holykaw.alltop.com/how-to…
- johnnnnyh0
I thought I was going to hate this and what he said, but actually some of what he says makes sense.
What he's wrong about is the idea that you can go build your brand on the internet for "sweat equity". That doesn't happen, will never happen. Just because you have a domain/twitter/facebook page doesn't mean anything. It won't change anything, it doesn't provide your business with income, you can't live from it.
Obviously there are a few things on the web which have done well - google/facebook et al. But really, these are the few not the many. This mistaken idea that you can blog your way to success is complete nonsense. I believe you can blog your way to being a blogger who's page is read but beyond that I'm afraid it's nothing.
I agree that some people can set up businesses now differently to 20 years ago. But really, that's all it is, it's just different from renting a shop or office.
If your goal is to type all day - then spend your day on the computer and try make yourself "known" or build your own brand. But who can say that they actually know someone who's done this with a degree of success which relates to paying their bills/mortgage/food on the table?
Any way, interesting, but not interesting enough to change the world.
- egosmoke0
This is great.
- katekelly0
refreshing when people who make presentations actually say something. i like this one.
- lowimpakt0
what did he actually say though? the internet is changing the face of business and you need to care about you're customers?
nothing new there.
he did add in a lot of fucks and shits but that doesn't make for good learning.
he runs some wine magazine?? why not make money from doing something useful instead.
- utopian0
7:23 - "customer service is not putting a fucking tab in the left side, that says feedback... that is not costomer service"
*funny and brilliant presentation
- pr20
The individual means way more less than it ever did in the human history. The $0 that it costs to make something made be great but that also means that for the most part the only one able to survive in the "cost $0 but you also make $0" are big corporations with unlimited pockets. The presentation fails.
- woodyBatts0
i think what he was getting at was the difference between what people do for love can now be as viable of a business as anyone else. hence, his wine. i know that working in design, especially in the web sphere, i meet a lot of people who are always talking about the next google, or how many urls they own, basic posturing b.s. however they see the web as a way to cash in, not necessarily as a way to have a product, build the brand, then make money.
lowimpakt, i do agree with you on one perspective. he definitely didn't say anything new, but i have found that i am overwhelmed by useless new content all the time. in my opinion i found it was really a re-hash and review of fundamentals.
- airey0
my cat's breath smells like cat food.
- utopian0
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- janne760
re: lowimpakt
in the info-age very few lectures offer things that are radically groundbreaking or revolutionary.
pointing out the (known) issue and let people be inspired in ways of looking at it, or be reminded of its importance can be valuable to many.
having said that i haven't watched it.. yet.
- ninjasavant0
@whoever
According to studies, dropping F-bombs in meetings increases participant participation and retention of topic.
- BusterBoy0
Just remember folks, if someone tells you how good they are, they're probaby not that good.
So if this guys says he has turned a $2mill business into a $60mill business, I'll show you a guy that sells ice to eskimos.
Classic self promoter and I'd take everything he says and divide by at least a factor of ten.
- randommail0
One of the most naive presentations I've ever seen. What a douche.
1. I like my cable programming that costs millions of dollars and hundreds of unionized workers to produce such as Mad Men and Sopranos. That guy can't pick his "good" programming a la carte because you can't always guarantee "good" shows. There are hundreds of horrible failures on TV for every successful show that you want to download or watch on Boxee or Hulu or whatever.
2. Hey "Fuck Face", we WERE at the brink of a depression. Just because this guy is a completely obliviously to the effects of the recession doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Wow.
3. Customer Service is king? hahaha.
Apple's customer service sucks. Verizon's customer service sucks even more. Google's doesn't even exist.
People who say shit like this as if it were some sort of self-evident business-axiom are usually amateurs.I don't want to continue wasting my time ranting, but WTF for posting this video here.
- lowimpakt0
janne - I agree but I just didn't find anything inspiring - him, his business or his delivery.
maybe I'm just jaded and old.
- lowimpakt0
randommail - i agree with your point 2. A guy who opens his talk by talking about making millions and then has a go at people worrying about the economic crisis by saying everyone has a massive widescreen tv obviously doesn't understand real people with real problems
stuff like that pisses me off.
- ********0
randommail, you're a fucking idiot.
1. The Sopranos is what you get when you pay for EXACTLY the content you want. HBO can produce so many of the best series of all times because it's paid-for content. It's not ad supported, it's not populist. It doesn't need a bunch of bullshit reality series to cater to the great unwashed masses. Way to prove yourself wrong, dipwit.
2. We were not at the brink of a great depression. You're a scared loser if you think we were.
3. I don't even feel this needs argued. Service is king. You sound like a designer who can't grasp business-axioms whatsoever, like Lifetime value of customers, retention, repeat rates. You know, the stuff that actually keeps bringing in money. Go fucking kern something.
- If you don't think the world was on the brink of economic collapse, you're ignorant in the extreme.BusterBoy
- jfletcher0
He sounds like someone who wouldn't listen to anyone but himself. Won't debate, won't change... that's somewhat useless to me.
- ********0
lowimpakt, mistaking a hike in unemployment and some people losing homes they couldn't afford anyway for the next "Great Depression" is a critical error. It's the type of fear that cripples a nation that's already made up of a bunch of spineless crybabies.
The standard of living in this country has not dropped considerably, not by a long shot. Most people's equity and net worth, combined with social services, can and have floated them through these bad times.