"Newsflash folks: The Internet does NOT want to be FREE… It wants to GET PAID on Fucking..."
Rick Webb
Co-founder, COO : New York
topics: Internet Culture, Brands, Barbarian, User Experience, and Automotive
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“Newsflash folks: The Internet does NOT want to be FREE… It wants to GET PAID on Fucking Friday, just like everybody else on the damn planet.”
- _ Subscriptions are the New BLACK. ( why Facebook, Google,&Apple will own your wallet by 2015) – Master of 500 Hats p. This was a pretty great article, a cathartic read. I especially liked this:
We have largely WASTED an entire web decade of time, energy&venture capital on extremely inefficient revenue models. There have been a few interesting examples of startups acquired in the 00’s for large amounts due to amazing growth (eGroups, MySpace, Skype, YouTube) or advertising potential (aQuantive, DoubleClick, AdMob, RightMedia). However, mostly the decade has been an uninterrupted string of uninspiring business models and small-time acquisitions of Web 2.0 startups filled with rainbows&unicorns, rather than those based on simple, transactional revenue models.
I should add one thing he’s leaving out: SERVICES. MAN. What is with the internet that no one wants to provide professional services? It’s like everyone working on the web wants to start a car manufacturer instead of selling or repairing cars.
Well let me ask you this: how many people got rich starting a car company? And how many people got rich starting a dealership, a dealership chain or a repair garage? A lot fuckin’ more. Will it make you a billion dollars? No. Do you need a billion dollars? No.
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Originally posted at http://rickwebb.tumblr.com/post/365653936
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