Re: UKNM: Indexfinger

[Jonathan Beverley]

As a 'demisee' this week (and a vocal forecaster of the fastest

shake-out in history) I find myself having to add my two penneth.


Ben Thompson wrote:

> Actually, bar Indexfinger (which I know nothing about, so cannot comment)

> most of the recent companies that have gone, have gone for pretty obvious

> reasons (i.e. spending more than they were earning). The reasons why

> companies do this are numerous but for every firm that is successful with

> this technique at least one will not be.


Quite. I'm being big enough to admit that it was a managerial balls-up

on my part that Upstart effectively went belly-up. I think the story is

the same behind most of the others, too, but there is an awful lot of

pride & ego at play, so you won't find it being shouted from the

rooftops. I'm happy to, because as far as I'm concerned that was stage 3

of my career, I failed, learned tons and should I ever have the chance

to do it again, will know some of what not to do.


In the meantime, I am keeping hold of Upstart in bank account name only,

and am now available for freelance work in the analysis/authoring field!


Regards,

Jon Beverley



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