Do not forget the management vacuum at Softquad.
Director of Marketing, Linda Hazzan, 30--joined the Company in 1994 and is Director of Marketing of Softquad Inc. Prior to joining the Company in 1994, Ms. Hazzan spent over three years operating her own marketing communications and consulting firm. Prior to that, she was employed in the marketing departments of Delrina Corporation and Carolian.
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source: Softquad IPO Prospectus dated February 13, 1996.
We have problems folks. The marketing director of ANY company competing in this marketplace requires, at least, the following:
Position: VP Channel Marketing Strategy, OEM alliances
Age: 35+; 5+ years product marketing at microsoft, 3-5+ years brand equity experience with Procter & Gamble, Heinz, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, et al., 3-5+ years experience in establishing OEM strategic alliances; 3-5+ years progressive US and Int'l channel marketing experience with significant accelerating annual revenues from $50 million-$100 million+.
With no disrespect to Ms. Hazzan, like we said, we have problems...big time. How did this IPO allow this to occur?! This explains everything (.) This was obviously unfair to Ms. Hazzan to have put her in this impossible position. What was David Gurney thinking?! |
