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And I can't forget @surj. The man w/hi first name on Twitter kept Gigaom alive w/his events the first few years. He's a great friend now.
And @KevinCTofel and @AlbrechtChris who were always helpful. Even if Albrecht's jokes were sometimes so-so.
Thanks to @katiefehren who was always the most supportive Gigaom blog sider for @gigaomresearch . @gigastacey was great too.
Thx to other @gigaomresearch curators: @JoMaitlandSF @stoweboyd @derrickharris (he was a research side at one point!) @EGubbinsAnalyst
There's also some really good analyst/curator types who deserve shoutouts for @gigaomresearch: @colin_gibbs @adamdlesser @ConcurrentMedia
.@celrae ... was expensive to run too. As were events. The company couldn't get revenue catch up to its rising costs..
.@celrae @gigaomresearch while I think the original plan - if it was given enough runway, was the scalable model. But yeah, the blog....
.@celrae @gigaomresearch I don't know the finances since I left - but I think the model we created ultimately couldn't scale, while....
All that said, what we did at @gigaomresearch was a first, and it was all good people. Proud to have been part of it. RIP.
But I think we did go after individual subscribers, we just ended up going after easier corporate money in the name of growth
1 favorite.@celrae believes we never tested individual sales enough. I think she's right. I think in retrospect we chased easier money...
Eventually we hired a real sales guy. Nate Entrekin - who is awesome. Never sold research before but we made him a real salesguy.
So we went after corporate budgets. In addition to be the Research VP, I was selling our first corporate deals.
Ultimately our theory we tested - could you live on individual wallets - proved not workable, at least for a venture funded w/a board....
1 favoriteWe were the first big tech blog to launch a paid content service in a big way. Now everyone's trying.
1 retweet 1 favoriteI'm so grateful for our years in the @gigaomresearch trenches @michaelwolf! I learned so much from you — and you, @PaulWalborsky.
We wondered if we could convert enough of the Gigaom readership, which is a good, thoughtful readership, to paid content.
1 retweet 2 favorites...for the reader who was hungry for it. It hadn't really been done before.
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