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Are eyeballs good enough?

Posted on July 22, 2008

The following is from Ask The VC, where Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson of Foundry Group answer questions related to venture capital investment and startups:Q: In the era of free software, would a mobile software startup be committing short-sighted suicide by attempting to price their product at all? These days, it seems that eyeballs are considerably more valued than short-term monetization. Facebook being a prime example: they avg a mere $3.00 in gross revs per active user annually, but yet they hold a $15B valuation. Within the VC community, how much weight does the build it now - ...

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