The fon movement
These past few days have been interesting and I have a lot to talk about. I will blog my thoughts on FON and the experience in more detail over the next few weeks. Right now I’m in the airport waiting to catch the red-eye back to NYC from California. My plane leaves at 12:40AM cali time and I will arrive in NYC 11:00AM and head directly to the office! I’m tired now and will probably be tired and jetlag when I land but there is so much that needs to be done.
Many people think when we refer to the “FON movement” that it is simply good marketing on our part. Yes it is marketing and it is branding but it is a branding that people involved in FON believe best represents how we feel about the company and what we are doing. Our team in Spain have been working these past few weeks until 3-4AM everyday and even on the weekends! Many of the FON management team have left great opportunities at other companies to join a movement that that many believed wouldn’t make it off the ground.
To be honest while I loved the idea of FON from the start I had no idea how successful the company would be, we still don’t know where FON will be in 5 years. But I do know that it has the potential to help many people! I joined for FON’s potential. Everyone I know at FON has joined for its potential to do good while doing business. They are dedicated, passionate and FONactical. Really! And that is what a movement is.
Of course as the ecosystem of FON develops, more people who are not interested in the “movement” will board the ship and thats fine. But the core of FON, what will make it a success are these people working in Spain at 4AM. Those early Foneros who joined when we only had 1000K hotspots and it didn’t really “make sense” to share. Our board of advisors who see FON as something that could help communities around the world. And if you believe in what we are trying to do, you.
February 8th, 2006 at 5:40 am
You might want to join hands with Tropos and other similar companies for partnership. I have detailed on my blog on why that makes sense.