https://www.diigo.com/list/joel/profitable-startups Thu May 23 01:17:09 UTC 2013 Thu May 23 01:17:09 UTC 2013 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=508818 <p></p> Tue Mar 24 02:33:40 +0000 2009 Tue Mar 24 02:33:40 +0000 2009 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=504969 <p></p> Tue Mar 24 03:10:09 +0000 2009 Tue Mar 24 03:10:09 +0000 2009 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=453166 <p></p> <strong>Annotations:</strong> <ul class="diigo-annotations" > <li> <div class="diigoContent"><div class="diigoContentInner"><p><font color="#000000">1) Active free users - adding value by doing something, like creating content</font></p><p><font color="#000000">2) Passive free users - adding value by just using the service, like attracting others on a dating site</font></p><p><font color="#000000">Users that neither do something useful nor attracting others should be forced out (?) or forced into the paying group (maybe by offering a fix length period).</font></p><p><font color="#000000">This will be another way to look at 'try-before-you-forced-out' model, where one can prove her usefulness to the service</font></p></div></div> </li> </ul> Tue Mar 24 03:38:30 +0000 2009 Tue Mar 24 03:38:30 +0000 2009 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=504328 <p></p> Tue Mar 24 05:46:51 +0000 2009 Tue Mar 24 05:46:51 +0000 2009 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=545010 <p></p> Sat Apr 04 03:39:47 +0000 2009 Sat Apr 04 03:39:47 +0000 2009