Comments on: Is Facebook Desperately Seeking Monetization? http://metarand.com/2008/10/07/is-facebook-desperately-seeking-monetization/ meta musings and digital curation on tech, innovation, gadgets, lifestyle and the media arena Tue, 15 May 2012 02:36:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jane at Tenerife Business Sales http://metarand.com/2008/10/07/is-facebook-desperately-seeking-monetization/comment-page-1/#comment-85037 Jane at Tenerife Business Sales Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:59:51 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=590#comment-85037 worth thinking about, if its ok with you I will quote you in a post I'm intending to create. I advise companies in Tenerife and here we have our own challenges. Some of the key issues being that we are a log way from the mainland and so local knowledge, materials and goods all must be brought in from abroad. There are also a many bureacratic problems that owners of businesses have to surmount. Despite this it's a beautiful place to live and it's a only an irritating inconvenience. The web is a great help... I'll return to take another look at <a href="http://www.tenerife-business.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tenerife-business.com</a> very soon! worth thinking about, if its ok with you I will quote you in a post I’m intending to create. I advise companies in Tenerife and here we have our own challenges. Some of the key issues being that we are a log way from the mainland and so local knowledge, materials and goods all must be brought in from abroad. There are also a many bureacratic problems that owners of businesses have to surmount. Despite this it’s a beautiful place to live and it’s a only an irritating inconvenience. The web is a great help… I’ll return to take another look at http://www.tenerife-business.com very soon!

]]> By: John Furrier http://metarand.com/2008/10/07/is-facebook-desperately-seeking-monetization/comment-page-1/#comment-8818 John Furrier Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:13:20 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=590#comment-8818 Rand, If Facebook doesn't know what their business model is they are in trouble. They are in the advertising and ecommerce business (sales and transcation) - translation anything around the notion of "conversion". If Sheryl can grok that then she can lead the team over there but if she can't she will blow it for them. The key to success is in the platform side of their business. They should focus all their energy there and stop chasing a online ad model ghost. Get the users base up to 200m+ with a robust scalable platform then the rev model will show up at their proverbial doorstep. With the platform being so important I'm concerned around the exit of such prominent engineering talent..Major red flag Rand,
If Facebook doesn’t know what their business model is they are in trouble. They are in the advertising and ecommerce business (sales and transcation) – translation anything around the notion of “conversion”.

If Sheryl can grok that then she can lead the team over there but if she can’t she will blow it for them. The key to success is in the platform side of their business. They should focus all their energy there and stop chasing a online ad model ghost. Get the users base up to 200m+ with a robust scalable platform then the rev model will show up at their proverbial doorstep.

With the platform being so important I’m concerned around the exit of such prominent engineering talent..Major red flag

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