Day two of mesh was better than the first for me, as more of the sessions I attended were relevant to my work. The overall theme that came across was that customer satisfaction is paramount, no matter what business you are in, or starting up.
I came up with a formula to summarize that: e=mc2. (Sorry, Einstein.)
That stands for: Enterprise = My Customers Shared.
The point being that everyone in a company is facing the customer now. Not just the people on the end of a call centre line, the marketing department or the sales clerk. We -- whatever business you are in -- all face the customer, and should have the leeway from the Big Corner Office With Windows to interact with them, and make sure they're happy, without checking if it's OK with 10 levels of management, and oh yeah, I'll get back to you about that next Wednesday.
Some great people I met or listened to at mesh day two included Lane Merrifield (Club Penguin co-founder, makes sure every single customer inquiry gets a personal response from a real human being), Ali Asaria (makes sure that a handwritten note goes out with every order) and Garrett Camp (co-founder of StumbleUpon, still follows the same values now as he did as a start-up in Calgary).
Companies to keep an eye on: Enomaly, Overlay.TV and GigPark (co-founder Noah Godfrey was the publisher of Dose back in the day).
All in all, mesh 08 was an excellent event and a great networking opportunity.
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Thanks for the support and be sure to visit June 17th for our launch
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout-out, John. I had a great time at mesh - also met and listened to some pretty impressive people.
ReplyDeleteAnd the reaction to the GigPark redesign has been fantastic. Lots of mesh people are coming to find the trusted service people their friends use.
thanks for the mention, noah. great summary of the event, the second day was much more relevant to me as well.
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