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Hypothetical CEO – What Would YOU Do with Facebook?

FacebookCEOIn the past few months, Collis has hosted two games of Hypothetical CEO. We pick a company or situation, and you place yourself at the helm and form strategies to solve problems, which you then post for all to see in the comments. Our first rounds, looking at Twitter and YouTube, generated some excellent discussion.

As Collis has said, “Sessions of the Hypothetical CEO are going to become a regular post here on The Netsetter so our little band of startup junkies can get to know each other. So even if you are normally a comment lurker, I highly encourage you to join in, throw some opinions around, even if they are wild, silly or daft ideas!”

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Hypothetical CEO – What Would YOU Do with YouTube?

Hypothetical CEO - YouTubeSome weeks ago we had our first round of a game I like to call Hypothetical CEO, where you pick a company or situation, place yourself at the virtual helm and strategize away. Our first round – What Would You Do as CEO of Twitter? – netted a couple dozen great ideas and comments and made for some good reading. Now again I’ll pose a current web startups company, give you some background and my own answer and open the comments to hear what you, my fellow netsetters have to say! Read More

Hypothetical CEO – What Would YOU Do with Twitter?

hceo_twitterToday I’d like to introduce you to an awesome game I love to play when I’m bored. It’s called the Hypothetical CEO. All you need to do is find some struggling or oft-questioned company and ask yourself “What would I do if I was the CEO of … ?” It’s entertaining if you enjoy strategizing and makes for great discussion – if you can find someone else with a similar business geek personality to discuss with.

Sessions of the Hypothetical CEO are going to become a regular post here on The Netsetter so our little band of startup junkies can get to know each other. So even if you are normally a comment lurker, I highly encourage you to join in, throw some opinions around, even if they are wild, silly or daft ideas!

Today’s Hypothetical:

What Would YOU Do If You Were In Charge of Twitter?

Background
Not a day goes by that I don’t see a questioning of Twitter’s monetization strategy – or more precisely lack of one – in the tech media. Pundits have floated the profitability of selling paid accounts, spots on the recommended list, and focusing on real-time search to sell ads. After a recent $35m funding round, Twitter has taken enough capital that they no doubt have enough to burn through for some time to come. But assuming they aren’t shooting for acquisition, and they continue growing, then they’re going to do something reasonably soon. The question is … what? Read More