Comments on: Spend More Time on Strategy than the Technology: A Tokbox Story

By: human3rror

human3rror — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:33:06 +0000

you don't? lame!

j/k.

By: stephenbateman

stephenbateman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:31:22 +0000

yea… Twitter had $55 milllion start up capital, so they've got a little while to figure it out.
But great point about churches (those who DON"T have 55mil)

By: CoffeeWithChris

CoffeeWithChris — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:01:57 +0000

Kind of like Daniel said, this is the truth in ministry in general. We need to always have our vision (long-term strategy) guiding us. As soon as we let any program or tool (technology) guide us, we are certainly looking for trouble.

By: Daniel Decker

Daniel Decker — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:27:08 +0000

Cool without sustainability is a no no. I worry about that a little with Twitter, not that they will lay off staff or close up shop as much but about the sustainability of being profitable. They've built such a massive tool, now they will have to monetize it to keep it afloat. When the monetizing kicks in that can also create doom (if not done right, with their users experience in mind).

Like a church that grows it's infrastructure (building, programs, etc) ahead of pace or puts too much of its resources in the structure. Sometimes they end up with their back against the way, fighting to pay the debt load versus being free to do ministry.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:39:05 +0000

thanks man! i love what i do and i love the community that's growing!

By: Milan Ford

Milan Ford — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:32:56 +0000

you see – this is now #1,472…reasons why i love this blog!! great post John