Re:This is why we are entrepreneurs. An awesome video.
by quizbiz on Thursday May 14, 2009 @04:44PM
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Aa marketing ploy with an underlying purpose of selling stuff isn't necessarily lame. The video is good and does not mention them. This is a fair mention and I love the idealism that it promotes.
There is no shame in the fact that great causes are sponsored.
Re:This is why we are entrepreneurs. An awesome video.
by jimboyoungblood on Friday May 15, 2009 @01:46AM
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Um, did we watch the same video?
1) It ends with "See how Grasshopper empowers entrepreneurs to succeed" and "grasshopper.com" bouncing up and down to call attention to itself.
2) What "causes" are sponsored?
I completely disagree with your statement that "a marketing ploy with an underlying purpose of selling stuff isn't necessarily lame"- in general one should run screaming away from anything that can be described as a "ploy" with an "underlying purpose".
Re:This is why we are entrepreneurs. An awesome video.
by anand on Thursday May 14, 2009 @05:29PM
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I'm a user and their service is different from Google Voice. It's a professional sounding 1-800/voicemail system intended for business, not personal use. "Push 1 for customer service, Push 2 for sales" type of thing.
http://blog.entrepreneur.com/2009/05/video-entrepreneurs-can...
they're trying to sell stuff to entrepreneurs (who've never heard of grand central / google voice). Obviously this video is a cynical viral marketing ploy... lame.