Sam, Jony, McGuffin and Vaporware
Jun 01, 2025•30 min
Episode description
Is it ever a good time for a company to announce vaporware? Let’s discuss the pros and cons of pre-announcements, vaporware, and the strategy of products that may or may not ever exist.
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SHOW NOTES:
IS IT EVER A GOOD TIME TO PRE-ANNOUNCE SOMETHING? OR VAPORWARE ON PURPOSE?
- Russ Hanneman (Silicon Valley) - “No Revenue”
- Set a big ambition for the company
- Distract the market from current company challenges
- Distract your competitors to chase something where they don’t have strengths
- Probe the market for ideas - sort of like a “leak”
- Get the market to pump your valuation, so you can take other actions
- Stall your customers from potentially buying a competitive offer
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