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Blognation’s Demise

By Huw Leslie | December 13, 2007

I don’t think I have anything to add to the blognation fiasco - it has already been extensively written about by some. It does now look as though blognation as it exists at the moment has completely imploded, and that Sam Sethi will have no further involvement as efforts are made to turn what is a great brand and potentially good concept into a valuable company.

I find my optimism on joining blognation about six months ago deeply irritating now. I don’t think it has been an entirely wasted period for me personally however; beyond the obvious “don’t lie to people you do business with”, which I would hope I could have worked out for myself anyway, I do think I have learnt some good lessons, and have come into contact with great people.

So where from here? I haven’t decided yet. In the short term I’ll probably do a bit more blogging here. In the long term, I will certainly continue to blog, although I am not sure what form that will take.

In the meantime, I find this 401 authorisation on Vecosys (Sam Sethi’s domain) deeply disturbing. It says ‘restricted access pre-launch’. The idea of Sam launching something else already seems an incredibly bad one to me.

Vecosys 401 Authorisation

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2 Responses to “Blognation’s Demise”

  1. Hey Huw,

    If there’s one great thing to come from Blognation it’s that I got to meet people like you, Ewan and David. Keep blogging, and don’t vanish from the scene ;-)

    Incidentally I found this post through Blog Friends; we still owe you a drink for all the help you and your Blognation colleagues gave us when we were starting out the project.

    All the best,
    Jof

    Posted by: JofArnold on December 18th, 2007 at 8:13 am

  2. Hi Huw, It is months later but As I was also nearly involved in blognation, the lack of some sort of success has annoyed me as well. In fact Europe is still kind of fragmented. What I got from blognation though was an extraordinary collection of new contacts… the blognation team but also people who were very enthusiastic about what was happening. Anyway, while we have not actually met it has been a real pleasure to have been in touch with you

    Posted by: Don Crowley on March 21st, 2008 at 3:03 pm

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