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Re:How to generate profit from a startup by mkinnan on Monday February 07, 2011 @11:08PM (#2191882)
"Its the ability to reach a massive amount of people that's valuable."

... but this isn't necessarily valuable until a company sells, right?

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Re:How to generate profit from a startup by Jsarokin on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @12:22AM (#2192063)
Well, I think it is.

If you have 100,000 users on your website, and no way of making money , you're in pretty good position. Some brainstorming and figuring out how to implement ads and you're set.

If you have 1,000 users and a great way of making money, its not that valuable.

Also, users tend to like sites with less ads as opposed to more. Its better to build up your userbase before monetizing it.

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Re:How to generate profit from a startup by joag on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @03:07PM (#2194576)
>Also, users tend to like sites with less ads as opposed to more. Its better to build up your userbase before monetizing it.

I think this is one of the keys to success, thank you Jsarokin.

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