August 9, 2005

in defense of free

4 Comments

Best thing Fred Wil­son ever wrote (which is saying a lot):

Because free is a great way to make money. You just have to know how you are going to get paid for being free.

Read the entire post or con­sign your­self to the dust­bin of his­tory etc etc.

4 Responses to “in defense of free”

  1. SalesBrief says:
    August 9, 2005 at 9:04 pm

    Everything For Free

    Is “free” a great way to make money? That is the ques­tions posed by Gaping Void, in res­ponse to Fred Wilson’s recent post on his blog. Fred, a ven­ture capi­ta­list at Union Square Ven­tu­res men­tions a num­ber of highly popu­lar, well fun­ded, ser­vi­ces that…

  2. Heather says:
    August 10, 2005 at 12:54 am

    Dea­rest Hugh,
    I was totally in love with you before.…BUT now that I’ve found your article “how to be crea­tive” in my favo­ri­test maga­zine “LensWork”.…I think I love you even more.
    Many cheers to you!

  3. AdPulp says:
    August 11, 2005 at 1:52 am

    One Man Gathers What Another Man Spills

    Yes­ter­day, on the 10th anni­ver­sary of Garcia’s pas­sing, Seth asked, “What Would Jerry Do?” More than Campbell’s Soup or Ame­ri­can Air­li­nes or CAA or Cisco or McKin­sey, the Gra­te­ful Dead is the tem­plate for how orga­ni­za­tions are going to…

  4. JTH says:
    August 16, 2005 at 2:27 am

    Lately I’ve been paraph­ra­sing the Ame­ri­can Icon, Yogi Berra “it’s free … which is a good price”
    keep up the good work(s)
    Ciao
    Chip