Archive for April, 2006
« Previous EntriesDiggin' into Vonage's S-1
Sunday, April 30th, 2006For anyone looking for a good Sunday afternoon read, Vonage's S-1 fits the bill. It offers some intriguing insight into the company's plan to raise as much as $646-million through an IPO. The positive news is Vonage now has more than 1.5 million customers who generate average revenue of $27.65 a month. The bad news is [...]
The Nortel Two-Step
Sunday, April 30th, 2006Sometimes you wonder if Nortel can't win for trying. The company finally manages to convince itself its 2005 financial results are ready for public consumption (a positive development), then it goes and releases them late in the day on Friday after everyone's headed home for the weekend. (a negative development). From an optics perspective, it [...]
A Real Live Microsoft Executive
Saturday, April 29th, 2006Earlier this week at the Sympatico/MSN Digital Ad summit, I talked with Chris Dobson, who heads up MSN's international sales and marketing efforts. Maybe the most interesting part of the conversation was Dobson's willingness to frankly discuss Microsoft's strategic approach to the advertising market and the key trends within the online marketing world. This was [...]
Weekly Podcast
Friday, April 28th, 2006Click here for this week's podcast. (the updated and user-friendly version!)
NOTE: The sound quality of this podcast is terrible so we're going to re-do it on Monday. My apologies. If you're still interested in today's podcast, listen at your peril..:)
Another week, another podcast This week, Kevin and I talk about the Vonage IPO (what gives [...]
Vonage IPO Plans: You're Joking, Right?
Friday, April 28th, 2006So Vonage thinks it's worth $2.6-billion? I wonder what kind of numbers their investment bankers crunched to come up with this pie-in-the-sky number? Vonage is a money-losing business that needs to spend heavily on marketing so it can continue to attract and retain consumers at a time when the cablecos and carriers are start to [...]
Friday Morning Pot Pourri
Friday, April 28th, 2006It seemed like a busy week and there was a bunch of stuff I want to highlight:- Skype now has more than 100 million registered users - nearly double since eBay blew its brains out to acquire Skype for US$4.1-billion. It's nice to see the Skype PR machine is alive and well.- Not sure about [...]
Newspapers' Bleak Future
Thursday, April 27th, 2006I work for a newspaper but sometimes wonder if it’s going the way of the telegram. This sense of impending doom was exacerbated today by Jeff Cole, who has been heading at team at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communications, that has collected data about Internet usage for the past six years. [...]
What If Jane Jacobs Had a Blog?
Thursday, April 27th, 2006Earlier this week, Canada lost a true hero when urban activist/writer Jane Jacobs died at the age of 89. Since she moved to Canada in 1969, Jacobs had been a major force in shaping Toronto's development - providing city hall with a vision of what the city could be. Perhaps the highlight was her [...]
What If…..IE Never Happened?
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006With the launch of the IE7 beta, there has been some fascinating discussion about Microsoft's track record in the Web browser market. John Dvorak, who's no stranger to controversial, against-the-grain ideas, describes IE as "The Greatest Microsoft Blunder" - suggesting it has taken the company's focus away from more important strategic priorities such as getting [...]
Ted Rogers: Style Guru
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006If any CEOs out there are looking to make a fashion statement, perhaps they should seek some advice from Ted Rogers, who was stylin' in a bold, blue suit at Rogers Communications' AGM yesterday. It was quite striking compared with the standard blue/black suit, white shirt “uniform” dutifully worn these days by most CEOs. For [...]
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