Lessons of a Local Startup
Fantastic series of posts by Andy Sack on the lessons of Judy’s Book and how the company is evolving to overcome the challenges of the business and concentrate on the things that are working. These sort of posts are exactly the reason I think blogging is wonderful. I’m happy wade my way through a million echo-chamber-my-friend-X-is-launching-a-social-video-widget-ad-network-pat-me-on-the-backs to reach posts like Andy’s.
Interesting adjunct to Andy, Stu MacFarlane, founder of InsiderPages has ‘resigned’ from his post as CEO and Mitch Galbraith, formerly the VP of advertising is taking over, Peter Krasilovsky reports. While it may seem scandalous, to Andy’s point in his post, the sales component of the business has been the toughest to crack, and at some point in time it makes sense for a sales person to lead the ship. Verizon Superpages, for instance, is simply a large sales organization and not much else.
And for a third quick hit of social directory news, quote of the day goes to Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO of Yelp. From a Forbes article:
“At the end of the interview, I asked them where they thought they would be in five years. This is what they said:
Stoppelman: Sitting on top of a pile of money … [in unison with Simmons] … surrounded by women! Yeah! [high five]”
Haha, kudos to them.
