Today is one of those days that feels "empty" or "numb". I attended a funeral for Leo Pot, who died on July 4th from Cancer. Such a nice man, very successful with his businesses, and a great family. Funny, sharp, witty. He shared a glass of wine or two with me, and gave me thoughts on life after leaving my last job. More important, he has a wonderful family. It's hard seeing his 3 young daughters at the funeral, each dealing with grief. Live each day to the fullest. Make sure you get the most out of what you do, and spend time with people you care about. Rest in peace, Leo. "On July 4, 2008 Leonardus Leo Josephus Pot, loving father and doting husband, left his earthly existence peacefully, at home, in the company of his family. Born in the fall of 1956 in Oegstgeest, The Netherlands to Martin and Joanne Pot, he would go on to complete a Bachelor's deg...
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It's relatively easy to make "start-up" grade products that look cool (spoken by a person who hasn't done that).
I'd love to hear a followup report on how easily Jason's teams got their product deployed by handing it off to the next group that scales it, operationalizes it, etc. If it's too hard for AOL as a company to take great ideas made my small teams and make them work for millions of customers, then we're doomed. Our future depends on doing that and making it easy.
I wonder if he speaks this candidly when he presents at the Dulles campus? :)
I agree with his comment on slapping the AOL logo on every product that we release. A lot of people out there especialy the geek community don't see AOL as a company capable of making *cool* products. Hence we would be better off if we let these *cool* products create their own brand name. Use the right brand in the right place. It may even help if we spinoff a company to showcase these new *cool* products.