Chris Anderson is currently writing his new book, called Free, and in it he describes that in a competitive market, price tends towards marginal cost and therefore the price of most software (I think an exception will definitely be in the enterprise space), will tend towards being free. Basically, Economics 101, with a twist for [...]
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Living in the valley…
I’ve been here for nearly two weeks now – and it’s been really unbelievable how well things work around here! I’ve bought a car, shoes, groceries, electronics and just about anything else you can imagine online. With my car, I selected the vehicle through Edmunds – received 4 quotes, selected one and the dealer delivered [...]
Endeavor
I’m fortunate enough to have qualified into Endeavor, through my previous company, incuBeta and as a result, I’ve tapped into an amazing network of people that have really allowed SynthaSite to flourish. Amongst other great resource opportunities, we also received interns from Georgetown University (Washington D.C.), Harvard & MIT – the latter currently working in [...]
Cloud Computing
I’ve been going on quite a bit recently about the changes in the economics of delivering software as a service, particularly relating to Cloud Computing – which leads me to a great article that came out this weekend from the New York Times, on the impending battle between Google & Microsoft. SynthaSite launched our Alpha [...]
Endeavor Entrepreneur Network
I’m in New York at the moment attending the Endeavor Annual Gala event. I have the benefit of attending talks by Barry Diller (IAC CEO), Scott Meyers (About.com CEO) and a host of other great speakers. It’s a 3 day conference – hence my time for other things, like blogging, is very restricted! The Endeavor [...]
Vinny Lingham is an International Award winning Entrepreneur & Search Engine Marketer. He is currently CEO of Free Website maker, Yola.