They are launching in October.

I pointed out that they had left it very late to hire a designer for a job launching in six weeks that would take at least three weeks to complete and the company guy said “Oh. Yeah. We’ve been kind of… busy.”

To this guy, he has a great and exciting product with a winning team, the glory of cash money, and probably something that operates effortlessly under the hood. The front end is just one of many, many pieces he’s juggling into place.

But of course, from Scoble’s point of view, it’s the ONLY part he sees, and thus, the most important. Scoble has a very valid point, but it wasn’t made very graciously. It’s also statistically unlikely that all 70 do in fact suck and this probably was not the best occasion for hyperbole.

Life is never pure and simple, and there are no absolutes. Slating every single one of them makes great copy. Doesn’t that make the post even more surprising?

Sorry my laptop has gone mad!

Life is never pure and simple, and there are no ab Slating every single one of them makes great absolutes. Doesn’t that make the post even more surprising?

Saying things suck just doesn’t cut the mustard. It’s not constructive. Criticism when fairly pitched helps startups refine their offerings. Saying things just suck is akin to throwing one’s arms up the air and bitching. Robert, I’m disappointed in you.

I do think that it’s important that websites are given much higher priority by startups. Five years ago I’d say it was a lot more forgivable to let that slide, but it should absolutely be given very high priority in this day and age. It does happen to be the first think people see about a company.

It doesn’t seem like Robert took the time to find out if the companies wanted to do a launch at DEMO, but even if they did, they really shouldn’t have made the websites live unless they gave it the attention it deserved.

I do agree that with Robert’s influence, he does have an “earned?” responsibility to make more of an effort to research and use more tact before shooting from the hip. If mistakes were made, he does magnify them. Knowing that, though, people do have to stay on their toes. It may not be fair, but it is what it is with him. Overall, I think he does more good than harm, but he is a wild card.

how much different are scobles observations than that? weak presentation, al the website.

c’mon.

However, what has not been considered is that startups are by their very nature starting up. That means things get overlooked sometimes, the resources are not there, they are busy trying to generate revenue or pay bills or concentrate on build what they are building before they lauch a full site to get the message out there etc i.e. They can be raw and very raw..

Some mistakes such as negleted websites I think in my opinion are forgiveable. Plus what is not to say this is a deliberate strategy on behalf of some of the companies. Maybe they do want ot do a launch at DEMO. I can’t say that it is, but did Scoble take the time to find out?

When someone such as Robert, blankets everyone with a comment like that I don’t think its really fair and thought out. Sure most have a tick skin and you will need one, but at the end of the day high profile guys slate you before you really get started, its gotta have an impact somewhere.It was just a really sucky way to get across his point.