Comments on: Having a villain http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2009/11/04/having-a-villain/ chapter four - my 30s Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: farhanlalji http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2009/11/04/having-a-villain/comment-page-1/#comment-512 farhanlalji Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32:12 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/?p=292#comment-512 Interesting Jon, here's my take. Simon's in a bit of a bind, Jedward are both an enemy (for his record label) and a hero (fighting the enemy of boredom for his TV company). So he rolled the dice and the TV show trumped the label.<br><br>It's difficult when you have competing interests and enemies in one interest who are your hero for another. Think this is what happened between Google and Apple as well. Friends became enemies as they got bigger.<br><br><br><br>________________________________ Interesting Jon, here's my take. Simon's in a bit of a bind, Jedward are both an enemy (for his record label) and a hero (fighting the enemy of boredom for his TV company). So he rolled the dice and the TV show trumped the label.

It's difficult when you have competing interests and enemies in one interest who are your hero for another. Think this is what happened between Google and Apple as well. Friends became enemies as they got bigger.

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]]> By: Jon Hoar http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2009/11/04/having-a-villain/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Jon Hoar Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:23 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/?p=292#comment-511 Tangentially - are Jedward the (panto) villains that are making X-Factor interesting this year? Do people really want to get rid? Take them out and you're left with a humdrum karaoke competition with no superstar-in-waiting and no talking points. In other words - not much X-Factor. Tangentially – are Jedward the (panto) villains that are making X-Factor interesting this year? Do people really want to get rid? Take them out and you're left with a humdrum karaoke competition with no superstar-in-waiting and no talking points. In other words – not much X-Factor.

]]> By: Faiza Kanji http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2009/11/04/having-a-villain/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Faiza Kanji Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:24:49 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/?p=292#comment-510 Good food for thought. I agree that this concept does work really well in business. It works especially well for those businesses that make you think you are own worst enemy and with "their" help or product you can make yourself better. It's the key to success for fashion and cosmetics. I love the Dove campaigns for going against the grain on this - but they are unique. Good food for thought. I agree that this concept does work really well in business. It works especially well for those businesses that make you think you are own worst enemy and with “their” help or product you can make yourself better. It's the key to success for fashion and cosmetics. I love the Dove campaigns for going against the grain on this – but they are unique.

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