Michael Dowse

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August 17, 2008 at 5:57pm
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The secret to making money online

Last night I watched David Heinemeier Hansons presentation at Startup School 08 from April. David talked about how to make money online, in particular the conundrum faced by Silicon Valley startups:

  1. Idea
  2. ???
  3. Profit

And the solution used by 37 Signals:

  1. Idea
  2. Price
  3. Profit

His point is that venture capital is stupid. Selling a product for a price has worked for hundreds of years, why should it be any different on the internet? If you have a spare half hour and want to make money on the internet watch it here.