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"And I also noted that some of the best web companies of our time; Google, YouTube, Skype, and Facebook all launched without a business model and too their sweet time getting to one."

Wait, aren't 3 of those still unprofitable, with no sign of change? I mean, technically they have business models, but Twitter can just sell ads and then they'll have as good a one as any but Google on that list.

True. And what about eBay, Amazon, and the other huge internet sites that actually do make a ton of money and actually did have a business plan relatively soon in the game? Chopped liver?

I just can't believe that there isn't a forward thinking Angle/VC out there that wouldn't be willing to keep the servers hot for such a classic viral internet 'phenom' until, over time, a natural monetary use appears. Twitter (like youtube) maintains it's cool factor by not telegraphing how it hopes it'll make it's founders billions.

I think of YouTube and Skype as loss leaders.

I'd love to be the founder of a company that exits as big as those two 'loss leaders' did. And there's nothing saying they won't make it up (and more) in a few years.

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