From an article in Entrepreneur magazine. According to Jayson Demers, Founder & CEO of AudienceBloom, these are 5 signs your startup is destined to fail:

1. You haven’t changed your original idea.
2. Your employee turnover is high.
3. Consumers aren’t talking about your company.
4. You don’t really know how you’re doing.
5. You haven’t improved anything.

Our industry is in a fast pace of change. SD-WAN, g.fast, gigabit, 5G and more. What have you changed or added?

The cable guys all expect their “awesome” cellular hot-spot footprints to replace cellular. iPass does too.

Pole Attachment Fight between Google Fiber and AT&T, Comcast and the city.

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

Google Fiber Problems with Layoffs and a strategy shift internally to maybe fixed wireless instead of fiber.

Google Fiber isn’t a Failure (despite only 70K TV subscribers). And Google Fiber launches in NC.

Comcast is targeting DSL

If you have Fiber projects, you should join my Facebook group on Fiber Marketing. (email me)

AT&T Unveils New Apartment/Condo Map for Gigabit Service. Also, CenturyLink is rolling out G.Fast for MDU at half-gig or 500 Mbps. And Ma Bell is looking at g.fast for MDU also.

NYC in a fight with VZ FiOS over deployment promises

Good Sales Advice on LinkedIn.

Good read about Positioning statements (and how many of them are worthless).

A look at Word of Mouth marketing.

I think sales is about Time Management as much as anything. We live in times where we are attached to work 24/7. There is constant pressure to work more. It’s about working smarter and being efficient with time.

We are all busy! Busy Busy Busy!

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AT&T explains why it sometimes delays Google Fiber access to poles. “Google Fiber has been battling AT&T over access to utility poles for a few years now. During a dispute in Austin, Texas late in 2013, AT&T said it could deny access to its poles because Google wasn’t a “qualified” telecom or cable provider.”

This reminds me of Covad/Northpoint/Rhythms DLECs who didn’t realize how much the ILECs could screw you – or that the regulatory process was convoluted without an enforcement arm.

AT&T Slams Google/Alphabet over Google Fiber Slowdown Speculation. AT&T thinks this helps them, but cable is destroying AT&T’s hold on consumers and small business. No idea what they are laughing about. They should have been fighting the cable consolidation.

Looking at alternatives, Google bought Webpass for some expertise in fixed wireless broadband. However, “Cuts at Google Fiber: No one switching, wireless and cable going to a gig.”

The other alternative is G.Fast. “Live from New York. It’s G.fast wireless backhaul.”

“Commodities are in the eye of the producer. If you don’t want to sell something that’s judged merely on price, then don’t.” Very short read by Seth Godin.