Sydney 2000 Olympics coverage
Sydney 2000 - the first complete Olympic coverage in conjunction with NBC Rated #1 by ESPN magazine Rated #1 by Sports Illustrated Rated #1 by Media Metrics
Live Coverage (Olympic Mtn. Biking)
Live Viewers (Olympic Rowing)
Analysis - Olympic Track & Field
Analysis - Olympic Track & Field
Analysis - Olympic Diving
What’s next
Broadband
Interactive TV
HDTV Wireless
future (prototype DBS broadband display)
future (Interactive TV display)
future (broad-band HDTV display)
future (narrow-band PDA display)
A few lessons
#1 - Can Do
#2 - the Australian Psyche #3 - be in the center of the action
#4 - focus
Lesson #1 - Can Do
There is absolutely no reason why you can’t succeed in the high tech industry Australians are smart, educated, hard working and innovative Be confident Learn to network
Take risks
Lesson #2 - You have to unlearn stuff
Australian psyche is a problem to be overcome – Its OK to fail - its an essential part of long term success – Big picture is OK but long term value comes from focus and execution
She’ll be right mate is valuable only in the very early stages Quickly hire people smarter than your self otherwise you can’t grow
Lesson #3 - Be in the center of the action to lead an industry leader
Silicon Valley is on a run away – 60% of the Worlds Venture Capital – 80% of the Worlds successful “early stage experience” - Grey hair • Board Members • Finance and Legal Counsel • Advisors and Mentors Its very hard to do it from Melbourne or Sydney without a lot of travel or more... It requires a HUGE commitment - from you and your family
Lesson #4 - Stay focussed
Stay true to your vision and continually refine (not enlarge) your focus and overpower the challenges with twice as many resources as you think are necessary At the end of the day you are building a long term sustainable business Don’t look behind you - its ugly As Sy Kaufmann says - Al, at the end of the day if you keep executing the “street” will eventually get it