Congratulations Mike.
Link to the article?
More helpfully, here it is:
http://jacksonville.com/business/2015-06-01/story/career-track-whos-move-first-coast
Congrats, to Mike, one of Jax's finest.
Mike's done a good job of promoting his friends and his Folio Weekly girlfriend's friends (Caron S.). They're a real power couple.
Between the two of them, they will control which business (i.e. restaurants) appear in Folio Weekly, quality of reviews, and whose SBA application gets attention. ..and if you're a minority business owner...you'll never see the light of day cause you ain't a part of the 'cool people' club
Sour grapes much, BennyKrik?
Offering critical opinions and opposing viewpoints is one thing. Anonymous whinging on the internet is another. I doubt you seriously think it's positive or productive.
Horrible usage of lmgtfy.
Quote from: johnnyliar on June 02, 2015, 10:09:49 AM
Horrible usage of lmgtfy.
Agreed!! At least have the decency to hyperlink (http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/f9/f9db8623c1c0b9482f0da71b5329bf43187001c80736012ec6201db91da9763a.jpg) it.
Being in someone's network always offers an advantage. That's why people network. However accusing people of exclusionary tactics probably ought to come with some evidence in order to be taken seriously. I am biased I am friends with both of them knowing them it is definitely my opinion that promoting jax and the core to a greater extent is more on the agenda than working for their friends.
Yes I am anonymous. I don't ask you who you are.
You do not think there is a moral hazard between a food critic from Folio Weekly and her significant other who picks and chooses which local businesses get media attention and get promoted? All this translates into dollars. Do you not suspect FW's Best of Jax awards are purchased by advertising dollars?
Everything is this town is vetted. You gotta know the right people to be invited to food and business events. Caron S and Mark Field are those people.
Who the hell coined the term 'Best Food Trucks in Jacksonville' or where did it come from? I hardly believe some of them qualify vs their peers.
Why does Matt Pitman of Times Union actively promote his significant other's Sally Ann Vintage Fashion Truck and his personal friend's FreshJax business on camera in a segment he shot for TU, when RAM opened in 2015. One would believe RAM is all about those two particular vendors out of 160 others.
Anyone and everyone should be shocked by how a food critic/Newspaper or market manager chooses favorites who then receive business support from community and funding. May I please have local beer at OneSpark 2016 from breweries who do not throw their weight around town?
Quote from: BennyKrik on June 02, 2015, 10:48:15 AM
Yes I am anonymous. I don't ask you who you are.
You do not think there is a moral hazard between a food critic from Folio Weekly and her significant other who picks and chooses which local businesses get media attention and get promoted? All this translates into dollars. Do you not suspect FW's Best of Jax awards are purchased by advertising dollars?
Everything is this town is vetted. You gotta know the right people to be invited to food and business events. Caron S and Mark Field are those people.
Who the hell coined the term 'Best Food Trucks in Jacksonville' or where did it come from? I hardly believe some of them qualify vs their peers.
Why does Matt Pitman of Times Union actively promote his significant other's Sally Ann Vintage Fashion Truck and his personal friend's FreshJax business on camera in a segment he shot for TU, when RAM opened in 2015. One would believe RAM is all about those two particular vendors out of 160 others.
Anyone and everyone should be shocked by how a food critic/Newspaper or market manager chooses favorites who then receive business support from community and funding. May I please have local beer at OneSpark 2016 from breweries who do not throw their weight around town?
Let me know when you're done with this article (http://www.succeedsocially.com/sociallife) and I'll have another one for you to check out.
Matt is not a journalist and his features are not news. Many are "sponsored." Further blurring the lines between news and advertising.
With respect to RAM segment, it wasn't sponsored. It actually appeared as if Matt came to RAM to report about RAMs opening day.
Wesssider, you may respond to my comments.
Posting links to articles with instructions on how to suck my way upto to top is lame
So rather than devoting their own time and money to promoting people they know and projects they can vouch for, they should devote it to people they don't know and projects they can't vouch for. Sounds like a winning strategy.
Quote from: Murder_me_Rachel on June 02, 2015, 09:58:57 AM
Quote from: Tacachale on June 02, 2015, 09:02:15 AM
Sour grapes much, BennyKrik?
Like, OH MY GAWD, SOMEONE DARED TO HAVE AN OPPOSING VIEWPOINT FROM THE GROUPTHINK CIRCLE-JERK?!?!! CAN'T BE THAT THEY ARE EXPRESSING CRITICAL THOUGHT, THEY MUST BE HATERS!! Such weak shit and the reason downtown will never prosper the way it should-- people can't take critical opinions and/or anyone saying anything against the approved narrative.
I actually find there are plenty of opposing viewpoints on this site, it actually is what draws me to the discussions. I don't even know Mike, but I have seen his impact on making DT a better place to live and visit. From what I have seen he is trying to make a difference, and I doubt his efforts are exclusionary, just because someone doesn't run in his "circle". He seems to be an advocate for all the food trucks.
Quote from: BennyKrik on June 02, 2015, 11:58:32 AM
With respect to RAM segment, it wasn't sponsored. It actually appeared as if Matt came to RAM to report about RAMs opening day.
Wesssider, you may respond to my comments.
Posting links to articles with instructions on how to suck my way upto to top is lame
Let's break this down then, BK.
You're upset because others in your industry seem to get 'preferential' treatment because of people they know, right?
I mean, at least to me, it's kind of common sense, business and otherwise, that the more people you know, the easier it is to market your product. You coming onto an online, anonymous forum to vent how life is unfair because only the connected people are getting exposure was followed up with a link from some generic website about "How to Find Friends" because that is intrinsically important. Especially if you're trying to sell goods and/or services.
Part 2 (http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-build-powerful-in-person-networks-from-your-social-contacts/)
Not sure what you're pushing, but if it's decent, maybe you should try marketing a little differently? Rather than blast the guy anonymously, why not engage the guy IRL? I know Mike; He's a pretty approachable guy, and if your product doesn't suck, then you too might get a chance to be one of the 'cool kids'.
Edit:
Unless being one of the 'cool kids' is too hipster for you... If that's the case, I hear there's plenty of markets and festivals in Clay county. ;) Good luck!
Redneck,
we are ALL anonymous here, so no need to attack me personally for being anonymous by default.
I do not know who you are, so you vouching for MF is deficient. If all participants here know each other by real name, then why do y'all write behind an anonymous handle?
I presented arguments and FACTS. The term 'Moral Hazards' was mentioned. This conversation is not about my possible shortcomings.
This conversation was about interconnectedness of several business interests, which influence small business commerce in the most oligopolistic way - and MF and his lady are smack in the midst of it.
If you can explain why one brewery has exclusive rights to dispense beer at OneSpark among a dozen local breweries, I will explain you why the SUN is hot.
Whatever MF's real motivations were behind 'making Jax better place', market managers make money on RENT minus Liability insurance. It is a very lucrative business.
I'm not attacking you, BK.
Quote from: BennyKrik on June 02, 2015, 10:48:15 AM
Yes I am anonymous. I don't ask you who you are.
You do not think there is a moral hazard between a food critic from Folio Weekly and her significant other who picks and chooses which local businesses get media attention and get promoted? All this translates into dollars. Do you not suspect FW's Best of Jax awards are purchased by advertising dollars?
No I do not. I would indeed welcome all media attention that I could get, but my actual business decisions would be based on my own research. There's no moral hazard, because there is no partnership.
QuoteEverything is this town is vetted. You gotta know the right people to be invited to food and business events. Caron S and Mark Field are those people.
And what makes this any different than any other aspect in life? Personal case and point -The majority of the jobs that I'm awarded is because of who I know. That's business.
QuoteWhy does Matt Pitman of Times Union actively promote his significant other's Sally Ann Vintage Fashion Truck and his personal friend's FreshJax business on camera in a segment he shot for TU, when RAM opened in 2015. One would believe RAM is all about those two particular vendors out of 160 others.
It seems from your statement that the piece was about RAM. I didn't see the piece, but who he chooses to interview and highlight is his prerogative.
QuoteAnyone and everyone should be shocked by how a food critic/Newspaper or market manager chooses favorites who then receive business support from community and funding.
No they shouldn't. It's called advertising.
QuoteMay I please have local beer at OneSpark 2016 from breweries who do not throw their weight around town?
That would actually be a distributor question, now wouldn't it?
Mike is a tireless supporter of the city and gets less thanks than he actually deserves. Dozens of local businesses have benefited from his hard work. He is great at developing concepts and he often works for free and gifts his creations back to the city. The list of people he has helped is so long that if he hasn't helped you, then it's probably on you and not him. If you've never actually bothered to meet him in real life and asked him for help, then you're just a hater and are blaming others for your lack of success.
The small town feel of the city is very much reflected in this site.
I think this pretty much sums it up:
Quote from: Tacachale on June 02, 2015, 12:12:21 PM
So rather than devoting their own time and money to promoting people they know and projects they can vouch for, they should devote it to people they don't know and projects they can't vouch for. Sounds like a winning strategy.
Sounds like BennyKrik needs to a) either repent and try to make friends with Mike Field or others who can lift him up to higher places, or b) become one of millions of cranky anonymous assholes in some larger city where you can fly in fly out and never develop a reputation as you try to sell some shitty product or where you can churn out an entire career by being an asshole.
I often reflect and look back with jealousy at friends who stayed in Jax and rose to wherever they wanted to simply by knowing people. It's how the city, or any smaller city, works. That still applies to food truck operators (of which Mike is not one - he just finds time away from his otherwise busy schedule to promote and grow that industry in Jax).
Other than the few that congratulated Mike, I think this thread has spiraled a bit off topic.
Simms, are you implying that having a large rolodex only works in small markets?
QuoteI often reflect and look back with jealousy at friends who stayed in Jax and rose to wherever they wanted to simply by knowing people. It's how the city, or any smaller city, works.
Because I'm pretty sure that's just how 'it' works, regardless of the size of the city.
^^^No, a large rolodex benefits all. I think I do speak from experience, though, that the path to success varies slightly by geography as people's cultures and attitudes change and shift with regional differences, and some differences that are absolutely attributable to sheer size.
Jax is a small southern city, with southern roots, a slow pace, and lots of other attributes that make it almost opposite to a Boston, SF, or NYC.
Having a large rolodex in Jax also means something entirely different than having a large rolodex in a large city. There are only a handful of movers and shakers in Jax, and due to Jacksonville's small and intimate size, it really is not too difficult to find some sort of connection to one. I think we are all kind of hinting at that. Mike Field has been called out publicly by a major local media outlet as being a mover and shaker, and everyone seems to agree with that. Then there is a disgruntled poster who is not happy with Mike and how he fits into this system we are referring to.
What I'm hinting at is that Mike serves as sort of a gatekeeper for the food truck industry in Jax, among other things. There are probably 20 Mike Fields for food trucks in San Francisco, each leading a group (such as Off the Grid) that itself represents hundreds of vendors. Whereas in Jacksonville one should reach out to Mike, become friends with Mike, put out a good product for Mike to rep, etc, in a large city the dynamic changes a bit. It's a little more "every man for himself" and there are *definitely* fewer things based on relationships. That's all I meant by moving to a large city where you can be an anonymous asshole and still succeed in just about any venture. You *cannot* be anonymous or be an asshole in Jax.
I see what is going on here. This Benny guy is clearly a Mike Field plant and pumping him up to be an bigger deal than Mike really is. Well played, Mike Field, well played.
Shucks, I appeared on the front cover of Folio once,and at the second opportunity,declined.
Maybe should fan out over Avondale (certainly by bike-the red & white ancient Nishiki with spray paint can in bottle holder) and spray paint designated park areas "Courtesy MF" 8)
Enjoy your last few minutes on the site.( Obviously the post I was referring to was removed )
Strange thread, but not entirely unanticipated.
It's simple Mr. Field-simply run for office!
Qualifications Certified.Good dirt to burrow out.Apparently. Just be sure to tamp down the concerns of multiple Avondale persons ready to write big checks in response to The Next Step.
A vacant "Gas Station" and "Seven Eleven Beer" was easy.
Thousands of years from now the place will be under water,once again. Rush to complete your "Track".
It sucks that this had to degenerate into character assassination, conspiracy theories, etc.
Congratulations to Mike!
Quote from: Murder_me_Rachel on June 03, 2015, 08:18:26 AM
Quote from: johnnyliar on June 02, 2015, 10:09:49 AM
Horrible usage of lmgtfy.
Aw, c'mon, man. Thats exactly what it was designed for. The only better time to use it is on a co-worker.
It's not the fact that you used it here, it's
how you used it. Poorly.
lmgtfy would work if you mentioned something about John F Kennedy in this thread, and someone asked you who that was.
In this case, you are sending someone on a Google search in order to find a short paragraph buried in a random section of a medium-sized regional newspaper, which is also typically behind a paywall. The first Google result is, in fact, your post with those keywords on this forum.
I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Also, something something Mike Field. Still on topic!
Mike, congrats, and well deserved. You pour yourself into making the city we live in a better place, wish there were more like you.