Who “Owns” A Web Service
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Who “Owns” A Web Service
from A VC by Fred
You cannot build a successful sustainable business in today’s society and economy unless you treat your customers as owners. You do not need to give them shares in the business. Those go to the people who stay up all night trying to move from joyent to verio and people like me who risk capital in the hope that they can get it right.
But users are stakeholders in your business. More than stakeholders, in this world of peer production, personal expression, viral distribution, etc, the users are contributing significant value to your business. They must be respected and treated with a lot of value back.
