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What is your monetization model? Is the goal to get big enough to have Facebook, Google, LinkedIn buy you out? Or will there be advertisements?

Might you consider a monthly fee and organize as a self-sustaining cooperative of researchers (https://platform.coop/)? For example, Stocksy is a cooperative owned by artists (https://www.stocksy.com/service/about/) and is profitable.

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We are currently working on several advanced features and analytical tools that will be offered as a subscription on individual basis or as a package (enterprise tier, e.g. for universities, companies).

To answer your question on getting big, our focus now is implementation of a platform that is a home to research groups of the world. We have to do it fast, and we have to do it right. In other words, the goal is to get big and be useful. That doesn't mean that our exit strategy is to get bought by a big player.

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