Friday, September 29, 2006

Same again


I went out this evening for dinner with a former colleague. He talked about doing a new business meeting with a web 2.0 company that shall remain nameless.

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The reason?

They were going to launch a beta version of a me-to product in a crowded sector and wanted broadcast, national press and coverage in the FT of this momentus event. It looked as if the incumbent had tried to control expectations.

____ _ __,___ ___ _ _____ ________ couldn't tempt them to move the meeting forward. I wonder why?