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| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 23, 2023, 12:21:48 am ---He has started dozens of business that has failed. Mentioned them many time. That actually the basis of one of his books, how he failed at many businesses and Dilbert was the standout sucess. --- End quote --- I don't know his whole story that well. Now even if we can't say it's not his cup of tea, we might still say that business is not his thing. ;D And his standout success not relying on really owning the business side of it may be part of the equation, which would explain why he offloaded all the dirty work, which is now coming back and biting him. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 23, 2023, 04:52:25 am ---I don't know his whole story that well. Now even if we can't say it's not his cup of tea, we might still say that business is not his thing. ;D And his standout success not relying on really owning the business side of it may be part of the equation, which would explain why he offloaded all the dirty work, which is now coming back and biting him. --- End quote --- I think most likely they just offered him the website and email list thing as part of the publishing/syndication deal and it was an obvious "Yeah, why not" back in the early days of the late 90's. Here is a 1998 capture that says Copyright United Feature Syndicate. Another snapshot in 2012 shows ©2012, Universal Uclick Latest ones you can't see the page bottom footer. Everyone with any ounce of online business sense these days knows that your subscriber list is your most treasured asset. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 23, 2023, 05:54:46 am ---Everyone with any ounce of online business sense these days knows that your subscriber list is your most treasured asset. --- End quote --- Not "these days"; that concept long preceeds the internet. The traditional manifestation was of a company salesman defecting to a competitor. The first company then sues to prevent the salesman taking the client base to the competitor. Obviously that happens with large and/or established companies, but it also extends to small companies... * when my dentist set up his own practice; he had to be able to demonstrate that he hadn't solicited clients * nother classic example is hairdressers, believe it or not |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on March 23, 2023, 10:31:43 am --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on March 23, 2023, 05:54:46 am ---Everyone with any ounce of online business sense these days knows that your subscriber list is your most treasured asset. --- End quote --- Not "these days"; that concept long preceeds the internet. The traditional manifestation was of a company salesman defecting to a competitor. The first company then sues to prevent the salesman taking the client base to the competitor. Obviously that happens with large and/or established companies, but it also extends to small companies... * when my dentist set up his own practice; he had to be able to demonstrate that he hadn't solicited clients * nother classic example is hairdressers, believe it or not --- End quote --- Yes, of course. Back in the early days of the interwebs though no one really knew how big it would get though or what the future would be. At the time it would have been just another small incidental thing to tack onto an existing big publishing deal. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 23, 2023, 11:59:37 am --- --- Quote from: tggzzz on March 23, 2023, 10:31:43 am --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on March 23, 2023, 05:54:46 am ---Everyone with any ounce of online business sense these days knows that your subscriber list is your most treasured asset. --- End quote --- Not "these days"; that concept long preceeds the internet. The traditional manifestation was of a company salesman defecting to a competitor. The first company then sues to prevent the salesman taking the client base to the competitor. Obviously that happens with large and/or established companies, but it also extends to small companies... * when my dentist set up his own practice; he had to be able to demonstrate that he hadn't solicited clients * nother classic example is hairdressers, believe it or not --- End quote --- Yes, of course. Back in the early days of the interwebs though no one really knew how big it would get though or what the future would be. At the time it would have been just another small incidental thing to tack onto an existing big publishing deal. --- End quote --- I remember two points from a lunchtime conversation with colleagues in January 1996: * wrong: buying pet food over the web is a stupid concept * right: if this web shopping thing ever takes off, it would be good to invest in shipping companiesThe latter was fairly obvious, since the conversation was in Palo Alto and while the '49ers often lost money, the people supplying them made fortunes. |
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