Feedback on Today's All Hands

We've had a couple of days with some big announcements for AOL moving forward. Lots of this is very exciting for the company -- we can now set one clear message to the market and to our customers, instead of the multiple messages that we all had tales about. I personally think this is a great shift and people will get the message.

Having AOL for free on Broadband - client access as well as web - is a major shift. It reminds me of the shift many years ago from per hour charges to flat fee charges.

Some other key notes:

- Must be PRODUCT lead. Single most important thing to accomplish is to lead with great product. This is exactly my thought too... it's all about the product and having passion for building something compelling.

- External companies say "can aol llc make products people choose to use".. The answer is Yes, for sure.

- How do we operate as a fast and lean operating company? Jon mentioned this, as did Joe.

Please let me know what you thought about the messages delivered today and yesterday. I think this is great for the business and also for our teams. Leave a comment below, or drop by and we can chat about it.

See also Employee Central which has a host of links to FAQs and other information.

Comments

Anonymous said…

I for one am glad we're make a bold move!

August 4, 2006 at 2:11 PM

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