Freitag, 18. April 2003

It's the company, stupid! After having being pointed to VentureBlog by Stefan Smalla, the title of this article on how VCs invest in companies and not products has been rotating through my brain for the past few days. Let's just dwell on that sentence for a moment, shall we. Now let's check up on how companies present themselves on the Net. Slightly different picture - isn't it? Apart from the way a VC sees an investment - isn't it the same way a potential customer will see your company? After all what is a great product without a great company behind it offering support, service and "a face"? Does your company have a face? A voice? Or just a bunch of products it hides behind? So, the next time I come to your website I'm not going to be looking for the "products" tab - but for the "weblogs" link.

More Gaming: Looks like I might well go and buy a Nintendo Gamecube next week. Nintendo is currently offering a 50 € rebate on the price of a Gamecube if you happen to buy an Advance SP - and of course I did.

ETCon next week: Lots of fine people will be converging at ETCon next week. I would very much have liked to go and as I have written before - why does this sort of thing only take place in the US?

Those were the best of times: I saw the Styx DVD Return to Paradise this week and that brought back memories...

Decision time: Heavy-hearted - I've decided not to run tomorrow. I am still not fully over the cold I have been suffering from this week and to run would perhaps not be the best of choices. Luckily there is another local 10 k run in about 5 weeks.