Notesbynero

Year One Dear Reader, Last Monday made it one year since I started as a Product Manager at QuantumBlack. Time flies when you are having fun. In true Nero fashion 😊 I thought it would be helpful to reflect on my experience so far, as a Product Manager at QuantumBlack, and other…

Delivering Value Dear Readers, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This is the 2022 annual review issue where we review the past year, and set the scene for 2023. 2022 was an interesting year with the world recovering from a pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, inflation and lots of uncertainties…

An Expanded Version Dear Readers, Welcome to the 40th issue of this newsletter. For this issue I thought we should do something different. I recently did a short article at work on what Black History Month means to me. …

Announcement: Despite stiff competition, Netflix Q3 results show gains of over 2 million subscribers. Disney shares sank by 13.16% (lowest in over 2years) due to higher than expected losses. As a result, Disney’s CEO Bob Chapek has been replaced with his predecessor, the legendary Bob Iger. Dear Readers, I’ve been…

See what I did there, Career and Life. We spend so much of our waking moments working that we should give it more than a second thought. After writing the latest article on the Streaming Wars, I had a moment of reflection. A few friends had mentioned how I seemed…

Part 4: Netflix vs Blockbuster Announcement: Disney has overtaken Netflix with 221.1 million total worldwide streaming subscriptions, compared to Netflix’s 220.7 million. In response, Netflix is launching an Ad-supported subscription plan in partnership with Microsoft. Dear Readers, Welcome to the 4th article in The Streaming Wars series. …

Part 3: Netflix vs Blockbuster. Dear Readers, This is the 3rd article in the series: The Streaming Wars. This series is based on Netflix and its evolution from DVD mailing service to global streaming giant with over 212 million global subscribers, and the fierce competitions (with Blockbuster and other players)…

Part 2: Netflix vs Blockbuster. Dear Readers, Announcement: It is official Netflix would create a new ad-supported tier plan instead of relying completely on subscriptions. This is important and was a hypothesis behind this series that for long term competitive advantage, Netflix would need to take this step. This is…

Part 1: Series Introduction. — Dear Readers, Previously we explored a series about Spotify and the music streaming business across 9 articles and learnt about the product strategies, business models, technology, and partnerships required to bring our favourite songs to our devices. Today, I am excited to announce the start of another series: The Streaming…