November 2008

CabEasy

This TechCrunch article talks about CabEasy, a website which facilitates strangers sharing taxi cab fares.  The 1-man startup was built by New York based entrepreneur, Laurent Kretz. Quantcast Compete

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Someecards

Someecards.com, is an e-card website with a sarcastic or provocative message.  According to the NYTimes it sends out more than 500,000 cards each month (as of October 2008) and it has been profitable as of September 2007. Both Time and PC Magazine named it among their top web sites of 2008. Quantcast Compete

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hiphopmusicdotcom

hiphopmusicdotcom.com gets 45.8K users per month, according to Quantcast.  The about us information on this site is somewhat less than revealing about who is behind the project.  But word has it that it is largely run by a single individual who has been successful in monetizing the site and making a significant living off of [...]

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The Freemium Business Model

This article by Dries Buytaert (founder of Drupal and Acquia) discusses the economics of the freemium business model.  He quotes Fred Wilson’s definition of “freemium”: “Give your service away for free, possibly ad supported but maybe not, acquire a lot of customers very efficiently through word of mouth, referral networks, organic search marketing, etc., then [...]

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