Comments on: Can Walt Mossberg Change The World? http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/10/22/can-walt-mossberg-change-the-world/ Simeon Simeonov on entrepreneurship, innovation & venture capital Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Walt Mossberg and Verizon’s Move to Open Its Network « HighContrast http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/10/22/can-walt-mossberg-change-the-world/#comment-16201 Walt Mossberg and Verizon’s Move to Open Its Network « HighContrast Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:45:21 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/can-walt-mossberg-change-the-world/#comment-16201 [...] Verizon network. This is a huge deal, by analogy equivalent to the fall of communism. Hey, maybe Walt can change the world. Here is Om’s analysis and a pat on the back from the FCC. I’m with Om. I bet there [...] [...] Verizon network. This is a huge deal, by analogy equivalent to the fall of communism. Hey, maybe Walt can change the world. Here is Om’s analysis and a pat on the back from the FCC. I’m with Om. I bet there [...]

]]> By: Vladimir Dimitroff http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/10/22/can-walt-mossberg-change-the-world/#comment-16148 Vladimir Dimitroff Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:10:54 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/can-walt-mossberg-change-the-world/#comment-16148 Can't agree more with Cesar - the possibilities are (nearly) endless, even limited imagination will uncover some - so what we (they) lack is, in fact, good will. The will to sit down, borrow that sole brain cell they share among Board members, and use it to their customers' - and shareholders' - benefit. Mobile operators are my clients and I catch myself speaking of <i>them</i> as 'us', although I don't alwasy share their views and strategies (you can take a horse to the water etc.). One thing I can confirm: where customer centricity is less of a lip service and more of a well understood philosophy for creating shareholder value, there are signs of 'perestroyka' and <i>gradual</i> dismantling of 'totalitarian operator dictatorship' (kudos to Sim for the analogy). Revolutions are unlikely, but watch this space for some spectacular transition to come... Can’t agree more with Cesar – the possibilities are (nearly) endless, even limited imagination will uncover some – so what we (they) lack is, in fact, good will. The will to sit down, borrow that sole brain cell they share among Board members, and use it to their customers’ – and shareholders’ – benefit.

Mobile operators are my clients and I catch myself speaking of them as ‘us’, although I don’t alwasy share their views and strategies (you can take a horse to the water etc.). One thing I can confirm: where customer centricity is less of a lip service and more of a well understood philosophy for creating shareholder value, there are signs of ‘perestroyka’ and gradual dismantling of ‘totalitarian operator dictatorship’ (kudos to Sim for the analogy).

Revolutions are unlikely, but watch this space for some spectacular transition to come…

]]> By: Cesar Brea http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/10/22/can-walt-mossberg-change-the-world/#comment-15718 Cesar Brea Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:53:43 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/can-walt-mossberg-change-the-world/#comment-15718 Sim, I think what we have is a failure of imagination. Here are some ideas: http://www.octavianworld.org/octavianworld/2007/10/pricing-iphone-.html Cesar Sim, I think what we have is a failure of imagination. Here are some ideas:

http://www.octavianworld.org/octavianworld/2007/10/pricing-iphone-.html

Cesar

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