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by mkinnan 5609 days ago
"Its the ability to reach a massive amount of people that's valuable."

... but this isn't necessarily valuable until a company sells, right?

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Well, I think it is.

If you have 100,000 users on your website, and no way of making money , you're in pretty good position. Some brainstorming and figuring out how to implement ads and you're set.

If you have 1,000 users and a great way of making money, its not that valuable.

Also, users tend to like sites with less ads as opposed to more. Its better to build up your userbase before monetizing it.

>Also, users tend to like sites with less ads as opposed to more. Its better to build up your userbase before monetizing it.

I think this is one of the keys to success, thank you Jsarokin.