Comments on: AOL is Leaner http://www.beltwaystartups.com/2009/12/aol-is-leaner/ Startups and onilne companies in Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tyson http://www.beltwaystartups.com/2009/12/aol-is-leaner/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Tyson Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:51:39 +0000 http://www.beltwaystartups.com/?p=1083#comment-281 They seem to constantly cut, will it ever end? Is it due to spiraling revenue or a better team to manage the business cutting to a size that makes sense? They seem to constantly cut, will it ever end? Is it due to spiraling revenue or a better team to manage the business cutting to a size that makes sense?

]]> By: samaparicio http://www.beltwaystartups.com/2009/12/aol-is-leaner/comment-page-1/#comment-280 samaparicio Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:19:18 +0000 http://www.beltwaystartups.com/?p=1083#comment-280 AOL has a sizable challenge ahead. A company that once was worth $350B is now a mere $2.5B, and they're going against giants with a lot more momentum. AOL still has 100M users and some good properties, but the expectations are so high that nothing short of perfection will be taken as a failure by their naysayers. It was interesting to see <a href="http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jason-calacanis-i-plan-on-buying-250000-worth-of-aol-stock-2009-11" target="_blank">Jason Calcanis come out with a strong endorsement of AOL</a>, though. This may be a case where industry insiders and visionaries are seeing a compelling business with much strength and a solid business model and observers are just not clued in. AOL has a sizable challenge ahead. A company that once was worth $350B is now a mere $2.5B, and they're going against giants with a lot more momentum. AOL still has 100M users and some good properties, but the expectations are so high that nothing short of perfection will be taken as a failure by their naysayers.

It was interesting to see Jason Calcanis come out with a strong endorsement of AOL, though. This may be a case where industry insiders and visionaries are seeing a compelling business with much strength and a solid business model and observers are just not clued in.

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