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Every Online User Platform Needs Revenue To Survive

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with almost three billion user accounts, all free. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0

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How To Set A Balance Of User Growth Vs Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with well over two billion user accounts, all free. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

Both Sides of the Table

Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif. Competitors: Gowalla.

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Interview with John Mudge, iBN Sports

socalTECH

We started with a small, high school, Rancho Santa Margarita Catholic High School, and broadcast their football games, the whole season, in 2006. We've created a channel and web page for every one of our partner schools and school districts, and we distribute the content there.

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Growth Without Profits Isn’t A Sustainable Business

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with more than a billion user accounts, all free. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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4 Ways To Make Profits Part Of Your Growth Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with more than two billion user accounts, all free. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.