You’ve probably already read Chris Anderson’s new article The Economics of Giving it Away. A nice summary was put also put together by Dharmesh Shah at OnStartups.
I generally agree with the direction that Chris Anderson sees things going. The marginal cost of a web service is getting smaller. The freemium business model makes [...]
Categories: Internet, Startups
Tagged: Business Model, Chris Anderson, Economics, Free, Profitable, Startups, Sustainable
- Published:
- February 3, 2009 – 4:14 pm
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- By seph250
Marc Andreesen, successful entrepreneur (Mosaic, Netscape, Loudcloud) and investor (Digg, Plazes, Ning) provides a nice analysis of the potential effects of a Microsoft-Yahoo acquisition to the likelihood of smaller startups being acquired. His conclusion is that there will be no effect :
The Microsoft/Yahoo deal, if it happens, means very little for the entrepreneurial climate [...]
Categories: Internet, Startups
Tagged: Internet, Microsoft, Search, Startups, Yahoo
- Published:
- February 6, 2008 – 9:25 pm
- Author:
- By seph250