- continued – Top line growth is paramount to business start-ups, and this is no different for us. Our focus on attracting new customers has not changed. What has changed is how this growth is measured. In the past, we would tout the Contract Value of the customers we had signed in a given month. But as [...]
In my prior post, I alluded the plane crash of 1999, where JFK jr. and his passengers (his wife and sister-in-law) perished. The NTSB concluded that the probable cause of the crash was pilot error, which was contributed to by the fact that the pilot was not instrument-rated. Why did I bring this up? Prior to Envysion’s launch of Envysion Video [...]
I’ve heard from those who were alive in 1963 that they will always remember where they were when they received news that JFK was assassinated. Since I was not born yet I can’t count myself in this group. However, I have a similar recollection of the morning that news broke of his son’s fateful plane crash in 1999. [...]
Most people, when given the opportunity, will ”try before they buy.” This doesn’t work in some industries (think fruit vendors). But for others, this approach works well. MVaaS is certainly in the latter group. Typically, customers that are afforded a pilot are those with a large number of sites. And it is certainly reasonable that these customers would [...]
Have you ever heard of the Hawthorne Effect? The Hawthorne Effect is a term from psychology that describes the tendency of people to act differently when they know they are being studied. The concept was named by Henry Landsberger, who was busy in the 1950′s analyzing experiments from the 1920′s at the Hawthorne Works. The [...]
Image via Wikipedia I was pondering Matt’s recent post about manufacturer’s claims when I came upon this article on Cheerios. Check out the warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration. This is not something I would like to find on my desk on a Monday morning. Caveat emptor, to be sure.
Image by wstera2 via Flickr In a prior post, I asked for suggestions on what the Unintended Consequences would be when MVaaS is introduced into an environment. Based on the underwhelming response, one may be tempted to conclude that there aren’t any. Just upside opportunity, right? In an attempt to start a dialogue on this, let me share [...]
Dan Caruso has an interesting blog series on Unintended Consequences (“UC”) (I, II, III, IV, V). With Star Trek as the backdrop, he challenges the recent governmental interventions designed to help the current economic situation. Great posts and also great comments. This got me thinking about UC in other contexts. Take MVaaS, for example. By merely [...]
The Envysion team recently hosted a Texas Hold’em tournament. All employees were invited, along with a couple of special guests. Congraulations are in order for Dan Caruso, who took first. Dan got to the final two with a commanding lead, and he never let up. Perhaps his blogging on the Telecom Texas Hold’em paid off. Second [...]
If you are an investor, you likely have had a tough year. After closing at 1,427 on May 19, 2008, the S&P 500 Index has generally gone one way – down. The closing mark for the Index on March 9th was 677. This is a stunning 53% drop! If you foresaw this and moved appropriately, hats off to you. [...]