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avc.com - 2/1/2009
When Talking About Business Models, Remember That Profits Equal Revenues Minus Costs
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There is no shortage of discussion about Internet business models these days. And they almost always focus on revenues. But revenues are only half of the value creation equation. The other half is costs. Let me explain. Businesses are worth the net present value of future cash flows. Cash flows ...
blog.facebook.com - 2/3/2009
Facebook's 5th Birthday
— blog.facebook.com — Tomorrow is Facebook's 5th birthday. This is a happy occasion for Facebook, but much more significant to... the Facebook team is the fact that over 150 million people around the world are using Facebook to connect with the people in their lives. (more) Facebook's 5th Birthday

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Zuckerberg: Facebook’s “intense” year
scobleizer.com - 1/30/2009
Zuckerberg: Facebook’s “intense” year
— scobleizer.com — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, in a tie? Oh my. If you know Mark you know he’s a... pretty casual dresser. Usually seen in T-shirt, jeans, and sandals. But not here at the World Economic Forum where we walked around downtown Davos ... (more) Zuckerberg: Facebook’s “intense” year

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10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
allfacebook.com - 2/3/2009
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
— allfacebook.com — Everyday I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged... them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related to their privacy on Facebook. Over the weekend one ... (more) 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

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WatchMojo.com Business & Technology:  Online, It’s All About Lower Costs, Not Higher Revenues

Mashable!:  What is Twitter’s Vision?

(Obsolete Feed):  Support Forums: Just Say No

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Online, It’s All About Lower Costs, Not Higher Revenues
WatchMojo.com Business & Technology — ... The Web has proven to represent a great way to do things - big things - for less money.  In the 1994-2007 era, we had this upside down, largely due to VCs appetite for risk and money burning.  So it is interesting to see VC Fred Wilson point out the wisdom on focusing on lower costs and not just higher potential revenues. ...

What is Twitter’s Vision?
Mashable! — ... these seemingly successful companies do not actually turn profits. Poster children for this phenomenon are the increasingly popular communications platform Twitter and the hundreds of clones it has inspired. There’s a lot of attention given to this new class of decentralized, ad hoc social networks, and for good reason - many people like using them, and find personal or business value in them. Mainstream media is writing about and using them, venture capitalists and trade press debate how to monetize them, and ...

Support Forums: Just Say No
(Obsolete Feed) — ... we end up spending much less time on support calls than comparable services. The less time (and the less money) we have to spend on support means we have more of both to spend on building a better service. It's why Craig Newmark at Craig's List apparently often mans the phones - he wants to know what's happening on the front lines. Me too. This is a key part of building the next generation, lean and mean businesses that Fred Wilson discusses from a valuation perspective here. ...

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