Comments on: 8 Important Voices in Tech http://www.rosshudgens.com/8-important-voices-in-tech/ Personal development, marketing, search & social. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:41:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Expert Week Returns To Outspoken Media! | IGadgets & Information Technology http://www.rosshudgens.com/8-important-voices-in-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Expert Week Returns To Outspoken Media! | IGadgets & Information Technology Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:03:26 +0000 http://www.rosshudgens.com/?p=246#comment-421 [...] Hudgens caught my eye when he emailed me about his 8 Importance Voices in Tech post. Curious to see who this Pete Cashmore-double was, I did some healthy Ross-stalking and liked [...] [...] Hudgens caught my eye when he emailed me about his 8 Importance Voices in Tech post. Curious to see who this Pete Cashmore-double was, I did some healthy Ross-stalking and liked [...]

]]> By: Expert Week Returns To Outspoken Media! http://www.rosshudgens.com/8-important-voices-in-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Expert Week Returns To Outspoken Media! Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:05:19 +0000 http://www.rosshudgens.com/?p=246#comment-419 [...] Hudgens caught my eye when he emailed me about his 8 Importance Voices in Tech post. Curious to see who this Pete Cashmore-double was, I did some healthy Ross-stalking and liked [...] [...] Hudgens caught my eye when he emailed me about his 8 Importance Voices in Tech post. Curious to see who this Pete Cashmore-double was, I did some healthy Ross-stalking and liked [...]

]]> By: 5 Web Voices I Listen To. Who Are Yours? » http://www.rosshudgens.com/8-important-voices-in-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-121 5 Web Voices I Listen To. Who Are Yours? » Thu, 20 May 2010 17:13:38 +0000 http://www.rosshudgens.com/?p=246#comment-121 [...] related: Ross Hudgens recently wrote about 8 important voices in tech, that you may find valuable. He mentions me, but don’t hold that against him. There are seven [...] [...] related: Ross Hudgens recently wrote about 8 important voices in tech, that you may find valuable. He mentions me, but don’t hold that against him. There are seven [...]

]]> By: Ross http://www.rosshudgens.com/8-important-voices-in-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Ross Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:11:37 +0000 http://www.rosshudgens.com/?p=246#comment-19 Good point Will, as that's something I definitely wasn't aware of. I think if we take 37signals points with a grain of salt, i.e. this is not the only definitive answer, it's just a good recommendation towards one, they are very worth listening to. I.E. on points like "no companies need VC funding", it's easy to look at it like an absolute, but if we observe it from a viewpoint of "too many companies are using VC funding.. less should" rather than "none should", they're making some good points. Same as the period when "free" was a chic thing because of Chris Anderson, they made a strong push against an over-reliance on it by vilifying it publicly, and that has definitely made an impact (although I can't measure it) on the tech community. I shouldn't have stated "And right." on the description of them. Absolutes are dangerous and I'm definitely not a fan of them. Good point Will, as that’s something I definitely wasn’t aware of. I think if we take 37signals points with a grain of salt, i.e. this is not the only definitive answer, it’s just a good recommendation towards one, they are very worth listening to.

I.E. on points like “no companies need VC funding”, it’s easy to look at it like an absolute, but if we observe it from a viewpoint of “too many companies are using VC funding.. less should” rather than “none should”, they’re making some good points. Same as the period when “free” was a chic thing because of Chris Anderson, they made a strong push against an over-reliance on it by vilifying it publicly, and that has definitely made an impact (although I can’t measure it) on the tech community.

I shouldn’t have stated “And right.” on the description of them. Absolutes are dangerous and I’m definitely not a fan of them.

]]> By: Will http://www.rosshudgens.com/8-important-voices-in-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Will Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:46:25 +0000 http://www.rosshudgens.com/?p=246#comment-18 Def. important voices, but as you point out, important doesn't equal right, and I don't think 37 Signals is always right. In fact, I think most of their controversial blog posts are wrong. "The Next Generation Bends Over" post is loaded with wrong and false assumptions. Their premise doesn't even make any sense. VCs would rather a company get bought then have an IPO? Uh...no. Sequoia would not have preferred Google to get bought; Google is one of Sequoia's biggest money-makers. I wanted to write that comment on 37 Signals, but they disabled comments on that post. VCs don't get really rich off a bunch of quick flips like Mint's. IPOs are their path to gold. I'm sure they would have had Mint have an IPO. 37 Signals' assumption that Mint's VCs pressured it towards selling was baseless and completely made up. Def. important voices, but as you point out, important doesn’t equal right, and I don’t think 37 Signals is always right. In fact, I think most of their controversial blog posts are wrong. “The Next Generation Bends Over” post is loaded with wrong and false assumptions. Their premise doesn’t even make any sense. VCs would rather a company get bought then have an IPO? Uh…no. Sequoia would not have preferred Google to get bought; Google is one of Sequoia’s biggest money-makers.

I wanted to write that comment on 37 Signals, but they disabled comments on that post. VCs don’t get really rich off a bunch of quick flips like Mint’s. IPOs are their path to gold. I’m sure they would have had Mint have an IPO. 37 Signals’ assumption that Mint’s VCs pressured it towards selling was baseless and completely made up.

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