UKNM: Bye, bye Boo

[Ray Taylor]

Felix Velarde <

felixhead-newmedia [dot] com

> said:


> Sorry to be so uncharitable, but weren't the techies one of the

> causes of the low-flying (nay, hedge-trimming) start that BOO, er,

> enjoyed?


Surely, the one and only fatal flaw of Boo was cost control. And the lesson

learned should be that every startup management team should include at least

one grey, preferably as financial director, with a painful habit of asking

"Why the feck do you want to spend all that much?" before s/he signs any

cheques.


Technology was of course one of the things that dragged them down. But had

the job been kept a lot simpler, and better managed, it would have worked

better. Again, this is a problem of lack of effective management. Why blame

the workers?


If I had a hundred thou' in the bank, I would have written KPMG a letter by

now offering a rescue plan. That would be �10 for the company (well that's

how much Rover was bought for), and �199,990 to get Boo on the road to

profit.


So, former Boo employees, why not put an MBO plan together?


Anyone interested, please contact me off list.


Ray Taylor



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