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Who at JooJoo completely missed who Arrington is? Seriously asking, how does that happen? Arrington would have, assuming they'd delivered the product, relentl
by aresant 16y ago
Who at JooJoo completely missed who Arrington is?
Seriously asking, how does that happen?
Arrington would have, assuming they'd delivered the product, relentlessly promoted (and defended) the CrunchPad.
Calacanis would have bought one and shredded it just to spite Arrington.
Mossberg & WSJ would have had to weigh in to "remain relevant".
And the entire damn tech community would have been involved in talking about the product, instead of talking about the complete failure of the crackpots behind it.
I don't get how you miss that so completely - free marketing by one of the most influential people in early adopter tech world.
A product he loved so much the guy named it as an extension of his brand, and self.
WTF?
- dotBen 16y agoIt's called greed. Rather than sharing a piece of what might have been a very big pie, the FG guy got want he wanted: the full pie, he just ended up shrinking that pie down to nothing.
- reneherse 16y agoWell, it's kind of a truism that many people in business are concerned only with what they can get away with. In my own line of work, I've seen seven figure licensing deals ignored because the smaller party didn't have the means to litigate. CEO's coaxing contractors to start work on a verbal agreement then refusing to remunerate because there was no signed contract. Et cetera, et cetera... Whether you choose to be the type who screws others is a matter of your personal code. But despite your honor or lack of it, you will be screwed at some point. When it happens, how you choose to react may well have an influence on whether it happens again... I wish Arrington all the best in this, if he has the cash to burn.