Comments on: What’s Really Going On With Podtech?

By: PodTech Heading Towards The Deadpool? at Geekstr

PodTech Heading Towards The Deadpool? at Geekstr — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:01:24 +0000

[...] of major problems at PodTech surfaced in July and were followed by founder and CEO John Furrier departing the company in August. PodTech is best [...]

By: PodTech Heading Towards The Deadpool?

PodTech Heading Towards The Deadpool? — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:56:24 +0000

[...] of major problems at PodTech surfaced in July and were followed by founder and CEO John Furrier departing the company in August. PodTech is best [...]

By: Technorati Loses A “Great Leader.” PodTech Also Loses CEO : Knurów

Technorati Loses A “Great Leader.” PodTech Also Loses CEO : Knurów — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:13:48 +0000

[...] that blog search engine Technorati and videocasting site PodTech weren’t doing particularly well: that both companies were conducting CEO searches. But today the bloodletting became [...]

By: Technorati Loses A “Great Leader.” PodTech Also Loses CEO

Technorati Loses A “Great Leader.” PodTech Also Loses CEO — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:39:50 +0000

[...] that blog search engine Technorati and videocasting site PodTech weren’t doing particularly well: that both companies were conducting CEO searches. But today the bloodletting became [...]

By: PodTech - ein gefährdetes Geschäftsmodell « Ich über Web & Business

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:12:53 +0000

[...] 27th, 2007 by Sebastian Moser Die Welt rätselt, was mit PodTech los ist. (Eigentlich primär TechCrunch, aber mit 500.000 Feed-Abonnent/innen ist da kein [...]

By: On Second Thought, Get PR Back In Here at Like It Matters

On Second Thought, Get PR Back In Here at Like It Matters — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:46:45 +0000

[...] Arrington got involved. Mike feels like he doesn’t get a clear story, and he writes this piece. So, we’ve gone from mailing lists, to assorted blogs, to an insider blog no one really [...]

By: LorenFeldmanisajerk

LorenFeldmanisajerk — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:00:21 +0000

Loren Feldman is an ugly prick and asshole. Furrier was wise to can him.

Giving Feldman a forum is no better than giving bin Laden a forum; they’re both pricks, just with slightly different branding. Feldman, with a target on his forehead, should be used on a recruiting poster for al Qaeda.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:57:49 +0000

@robert, yes I know, that is an excellent video, that’s what I meant by a few exceptions . BTW i came here through techmeme, i dont read techcrunch that often.

By: Dhananjay

Dhananjay — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:48:15 +0000

There is a reason we don’t do start-up content deals. Creating truly compelling content requires heavy investments upfront with no guarantee that it will find an audience, or any insurance that the audience will stick around. In the case of Podtech, they don’t have either compelling or the audience, giving them anything further is more likened to a grant.

By: Jim Long

Jim Long — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:56:29 +0000

Mike Arrington, at the spring VON conference, at your session with Robert Scoble, you said doing video was “hard”. You were half right. It’s hard when you do it RIGHT. By “right”, I mean having a working knowledge of the language of film.

I’ve got to echo the comments of Mike Butcher here. Video is nice “icing on the cake”, and when syndicated, can drive people to your site. I never really quite understood then need to SEE a 20 minute talking head. I think you can use video to tell business stories in a human compelling way. To do that though you need to have an understanding of the “grammar” or narrative style of visual storytelling.

If PodTech hopes to capitalize on producing their own content, they need to reach out to people who combine a traditional media skill set with a passion for emerging media. I’m just sayin’.

By: UrFired

UrFired — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:51:59 +0000

Scoble and Facebook, now I see it…

By: The Technology Free Press » Blog Archive » Is It Really a Blog Fight?

The Technology Free Press » Blog Archive » Is It Really a Blog Fight? — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:04:59 +0000

[...] July 27, 2007: “Seems that the execs at PodTech weren’t so pleased with TechCrunch’s story today, and called an all-hands meeting to state to employees that, as Robert Scoble reveals on Twitter, [...]

By: The Technology Free Press » Blog Archive » What, Indeed, Is Really Going On at PodTech?

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:44:05 +0000

[...] July 27, 2007, Michael Arrington, publisher of the influential TechCrunch blog, asked: What’s Really Going On With Podtech? Wrote Arrington: There have been a number of reports that silicon valley based Podtech is [...]

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:02:03 +0000

Online video is very hard to monetize. It’s a nice ‘icing on the cake’ but the content which is faster to produce and gets real traffic is textual blog posts, not video blog interviews which ramble on for 20 mins. When I do a video interview I keep it to 10 mins max, usually 5. People get bored otherwise. Unless Podtech can come up with truly compelling content for a business audience, or more professional stuff for a consumer audience it should call it a day.

By: M Freitas

M Freitas — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:51:25 +0000

Many companies seem to think like “build, and they will come”… It just doesn’t work like this…

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:32:45 +0000

#31: >once you have seen one startup (or two) you’ve seen them all.

Eric, one question: why are you reading TechCrunch then? All I see here is discussion about startups.

I cover a lot more than just startups. Today I have a distinguished engineer at IBM.

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:29:22 +0000

#38: we’re not “strapped for cash” and we are not getting out of content development. I don’t know where Mike got that.

By: Yes Its True

Yes Its True — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:09:51 +0000

plus… if they are not creating new content and are strapped for cash, why would they have a VP of Content (or whatever his title is).

By: Yes Its True

Yes Its True — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:00:53 +0000

my guess is that Facebook will hire Scoble (and other family members as that seems to be part of the deal) soon…given all of the publicity that Scoble gives Facebook and the space it occupies…it would not surprise me at all.

By: Ronald Lewis

Ronald Lewis — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:02:18 +0000

Honestly, I’m quite happy that Scoble and Furrier ignored my inquiry to work together. I wanted to license (for free) my interviews with the likes of Craig Newmark, Kevin Rose, Mark Spencer, Dr. David Farber, Webaroo and others to be featured on their network.

I chalked it up to ego — Something I’ve never experienced over the years with folks like Gates, Ballmer and other guys that just happen to know this “nobody”.

It’s great being mysterious and unknown to most people.

By: Hridayesh

Hridayesh — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:02:11 +0000

I can’t imagine the arrogant Furrier taking himself out, that has to be spin. And I hear from chatter that they only got half of the 2 million, with performance goals, for the other half.

By: Dominic

Dominic — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:55:12 +0000

Podcasting will never be what it has been cracked up to be. Also, the iPod will be just another memory in 2 years. One more thing, as for podcast on cell phones, that’s another dead end road.

By: Vijay Teach Me

Vijay Teach Me — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:38:25 +0000

It is amazing ppl line up for youtube but not for podcast.

Vijay

By: George Appiah

George Appiah — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:25:15 +0000

And I was just going to send them a pitch! Love their player though

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:20:43 +0000

A wordpress.com blog doesnt really make a great impression as a corporate blog. Or is that more a personal thing ? Anyway, when scoble joined I checked out some of the videos, but once you have seen one startup (or two) you’ve seen them all. There were a few exceptions that were informative, but most of it is just a waste of time.