Daily Productive Sharing 1198 - Ten Years After GigaOm
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Ten years ago, Om Malik shut down his media company, GigaOm, which bore his name. Looking back, he reflects on several key lessons:
- His good friend Tony Conrad pulled him aside and told him that losses like this cannot be overcome overnight—it takes years, at least three at the fastest.
- The things they had experimented with—such as paid subscriptions and events—have now become standard practices for most media companies.
- The topics they discussed early on—ubiquitous connectivity, the future of work, cloud computing, data culture, clean technology, and the 'cord-cutting' trend—have now become fundamental realities of modern life.
- In other words, chasing venture capital too aggressively led them down unnecessary paths.
- Failure taught him empathy for other entrepreneurs because, in the end (unless one is utterly ruthless), they are all striving for perfection in an imperfect world.
- The end also gave him the opportunity for a new beginning.
- The extreme success of technology has left only two survival paths for media—either bow down to false saviors or stand in opposition to the overwhelmingly powerful.
- A reminder: what seem like the worst moments in life are often just steps toward a better future. We just can’t see it at the time.
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十年前,Om Malik 关闭了以自己名字命名的媒体公司 GigaOm,回首这些,他不仅感慨:
- 他的好朋友 Tony Conrad 把他拉到一旁,告诉他,像这样的失去,并不能一夜之间走出来——至少需要几年,最快也要三年。
- 他们曾尝试过的事物——比如付费订阅和活动——现在已经成为大多数媒体公司的常规操作。
- 他们早期讨论过的话题——无处不在的连接、工作的未来、云计算、数据文化、清洁技术以及“剪线”潮流——如今已经成为现代生活的基本事实。
- 换句话说,过度追逐风投资金,反而让他们走上了不必要的道路。
- 失败教会了他对其他创业者的同理心,因为最终(除非是冷血无情的人),他们都在不完美的环境中,尽力追求一个完美的结果。
- 结束,也给了他一个重新开始的机会。
- 科技的极端成功意味着媒体领域只有两种生存方式——要么俯首称臣,向虚假的救世主屈服,要么与那些极度成功者对立。
- 再次提醒:那些看似人生最糟糕的事件,其实只是通往更好未来的一段旅程。只是当时的我们还看不清这一点。
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