Curated Resource ( ? )
Why It's Good to Be a "Technology Company"
Curated:
18/08/2014 from
blogs.hbr.org/2014/08/why-its-good-to-be-a-technology-company/?utm_source=API%27s+Need+to+Know+newsletter&utm_campaign=59d4ec7ace-Need_to_Know_August_14_20148_14_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3bf78af04-59d4ec7ace-45795445
my notes ( ? )
(and why I joined a technology company, not another comms agency):
"...organizations that had software engineers and Web enthusiasts in the room when big decisions were made navigated the seas of change more successfully than those that didn’t...
When you think about how news and entertainment have been delivered over the internet so far, four main S-curves come to mind: first proprietary networks, with AOL the market leader; then portals, with Yahoo No. 1; then search, with Google utterly dominant; and now social, with Facebook leading the way but other networks playing a big role as well. (And yeah, there are lots of other S-curves that could be drawn for the actual devices used, the kinds of internet connections, and the like. The world is never as simple as a consultant’s or professor’s model.)
The big question in Buzzfeed’s case is how long this social/mobile S-curve has to run."
- Why It's Good to Be a "Technology Company" - Justin Fox - Harvard Business Review
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