MySpace – “could have been a great company”

Pros

fantastic people, especially those just below top execs. fascinating industry, in the center of american pop culture. great energy and opportunities to wear many hats and gain experience in many different areas.

Cons

poor internal communications, always having to justify/defend the negative aspects of the site and the company's strategic choices to partners, lack of clear/defined strategy on the part of execs leaves you often guessing or waiting for feedback/approval

Advice to Senior Management

i left just before new management arrived so i can't really speak for the current state of things, but as far as i can tell the restructuring/focusing that owen's doing now should have been done long, long ago.