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:

  1. 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.
  2. The things they had experimented with—such as paid subscriptions and events—have now become standard practices for most media companies.
  3. 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.
  4. In other words, chasing venture capital too aggressively led them down unnecessary paths.
  5. 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.
  6. The end also gave him the opportunity for a new beginning.
  7. 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.
  8. 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：

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. 结束，也给了他一个重新开始的机会。
  7. 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。
  8. 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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