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For a mainstream TV show/station, I'm not sure I entirely agree. What would be more exciting to watch, web/tech with thousands of faceless customers they would
by pxlpshr 18y ago
For a mainstream TV show/station, I'm not sure I entirely agree. What would be more exciting to watch, web/tech with thousands of faceless customers they would likely not interact with outside of email/twitter for at least a year... or tangible product & biz development that a mass audience can see, understand, and relate to easily?
I think web/tech is more exciting to live and build for the intellectual types, but much like computer gaming, it's just not meant to be a spectator event. 90% of footage would be pale faces behind a glowing computer screen, where as retail is a lot about vendor selection, sales and deal making.
That said, I think you could replace those products with anything — what's interesting is watching them overcome challenges in their respective industries. Who knows, could learn a thing or two. :) Some startups need to stick their neck out of the bubble once in a while and breath something different... Perhaps there wouldn't be less me-too-point-oh.
- bemmu 18y agoPossibly a lot of the lessons learned in their shoe / salsa business will be applicable to a web business as well.
- vaksel 18y agoYeah thats what I meant, they could have went with some electronics company building phones, TVs, etc instead of salsa, and nothing would really need to be changed. I dunno salsa is just boring.
- maneesh 18y agodo you mean delicious
- pxlpshr 18y agoI think it depends where you're from, salsa is a big thing down south. But yeah, I get what you're saying... salsa probably would not have been my first choice either, but maybe they know something we do not. I'm also pretty sure they selected based on the people/personality and less on the business. For the record, I did not downmod you.