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Unsexy & Profitable: Making $$ Without Hype

Event Interactive 2010
Format Panel
Organizer Matthew Chasen uShip.com
Description In a world of hype wars, where many popular yet revenue-challenged startups battle for headline supremacy, a handful of under-the-radar Internet businesses have done the unthinkable: they've become profitable. Hear how your business can turn more profits than heads from this handful of Internet veterans.
Questions
Answered
  1. How did you find the inspiration for your business concept or idea?
  2. How do you turn a light bulb idea into a business plan and company?
  3. At what point do you know you have a business model that can turn a profit?
  4. Is it more important to get lots of members or get members that you know will pay?
  5. What sacrifices did you make as a company to become profitable?
  6. Is it absolutely necessary to become profitable as an Internet company?
  7. What’s the point of becoming profitable – don’t you just want to be acquired?
  8. Do turning heads and turning a profit have to be mutually exclusive?
  9. How has your company growth helped/hurt your goal of turning profitable?
  10. How do you become profitable if no one knows about you?
Level Intermediate
Category Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Case Study, Economic Concerns, Funding / VC