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How Free Makes Money for Me

Started by Nick O'Neill · 10 months ago

There’s a discussion place on Techmeme today about the impact of the problems being created by these pesky venture capitalists that are funding businesses with no revenue model. Now Hank Williams (the other of the SAI article) isn’t known for always being optimistic. As ... Continue reading »

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  • I think the free model works, Nick!

    There always have been and always will be non-sustainable ideas in business, but good ideas can survive being free.
  • As Matt says, sometimes free is enough. In the free world there is always room for improvement, and that is where a good idea becomes sustainable. Hank may have a product that users may pay for, but he needs his "free" enthusiastic users to drive improvements that will justify charging for the product.

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