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EarthLink, Short Term Profit but Long Term?

josh — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:17:52 +0000

I worked for EarthLink three different times so it always holds a special place in my heart. It is tough to read things like this though. With all the cuts they’ve done, they were profitable in 2008 but really what does the future hold?

I’ve talked to the few people still there and it really is just a skeleton operation technically and eventually that will need to be cut. It really is too bad since there was always so much promise but really not as much execution.

All of this leaves EarthLink without a clear growth strategy. Once dial-up dies off, the company has no wireless or fixed infrastructure of its own to offer competing services. And even though cost-cutting has helped the company return to profitability, it won’t help solve the company’s fundamental problem, which is a lack of future strategy.

2009: The Year of LinkedIn

josh — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:56:39 +0000

In the current economic struggles, I think a site like LinkedIn is going to become more and more important. Sarah Lacy posts about this with the view of how LinkedIn’s engagement is going to up since more people will be looking for work and using their social contacts to find work.

Last Day at EarthLink

josh — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:57:06 +0000

September is traditionally the time for going back to school and the start of football season. For me this year, it’s also time for one chapter of my life to end and get ready for the next one to begin. Today is my last day at EarthLink.

It’s actually the third time I’ve had a last day here which is pretty funny. I have a feeling though, there won’t be a fourth one. No, I’m not burning any bridges but let’s just say that things are a bit in flux around here.

I have worked with some amazing folks, learned a lot and was given freedom to investigate new and different technologies. You can’t ask for much more in a job but now is the time to make a move and that’s what I’m doing.

Monday, I start working at the Los Angeles Times. I’ll have much more to say on that after today.

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