Comments on: Blyk’s CEO switcheroo points to new trend: You have to ‘get it’

By: Goliath

Goliath — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:30:49 +0000

Sticking with Peters pseudonym from the bible, I have gone with Goliath.

Anyway, I used to work at Blyk and Mike’s words are absolutely fair.

He is not being maliciously negative but is telling it like it is.

Shaun did not get it.

Shaun was not the key decision maker on making people redundant.

1 +ve, 1 -ve point.

Which is more telling? You decide.

By: peter

peter — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:55:53 +0000

Mike, I agree.

So if I provide my full name will you reveal your sources?

Didn’t think so…..

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:52:21 +0000

Maybe – but neither is making anonymous comments which you aren’t prepared to back up with a full name and web link. If you believe in what you say and want others to, then don’t make anonymous comments. It’s pretty simple.

By: peter

peter — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:18:42 +0000

Mike, I believe you but this is the kind of thing that really holds the industry back – Blyk are trying to attract new advertisers into mobile who are likely to be put off when they read this nonsense about a senior figure.

I have no idea whether or not he ‘gets it’ (I’ve only met the guy a couple of times) it is a question that only his employer can answer; but sniping by disgruntled ex employees, Blyk staff or self-appointed mobile evangelists is really not going to help an industry that needs to throw off the elitist mantle and get more paying advertisers in.

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:51:15 +0000

Peter – Actually, I have more than one source on the “didn’t get it” line, in and outside the company.

By: peter

peter — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:14 +0000

I agree with Martin, and having done business with Blyk would suggest the ‘don’t get it’ comment came from one of the many hot air merchants in mobile industry who are putting us all at risk with their stupidity.
Just hope Shaun doesn’t leave the industry as it’s going to need him.

By: martin

martin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:32:26 +0000

Sarik, that’s just dumb. Twitter is not the meaure of social networking. Your metric is better suited to a product development or marketing bod.

The best CEOs (and successful) I have worked with have been great at a whole range of things rather than specialists – great at being a leader, great at negotiating, vision, business sense, inspiring.

These are people who have taken new companies into the Sunday Times top 100 Fast Trackand driven profits.

Fuck all to do with Twitter.

By: Sarik

Sarik — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:37:11 +0000

Good observation, Mike. Or in other words: advice to startups: don´t ever hire a new top manager, who has less than 1.000 followers on Twitter. He won´t get it.

Sarik

http://www.cellity.com