“You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.” CompanyRecordsShapesModelsStartingTake TimeRecord CompaniesIt Takes TimeBusiness Models Author:Simon Le Bon
“It's extremely hard to build a company with a product that everyone loves, is free and has no business model, and then to innovate a business model. I did that with Kazaa, had half a billion downloads but that wasn't a sustainable business.” HardLove IsHalfCompanyProductsModelsBillionsOne LoveDownloadsBusiness Models Author:Niklas Zennstrom
“If anything is going to halt necessary investments in next generation networks it will be Congress dictating business models to companies.” IfsNextCompanyGenerationsModelsInvestmentCongressNext GenerationHaltBusiness ModelsDictating Author:Claudia Jones
“The business model of Linux distribution is broken; it's like the business model of the dotcoms. Running your company on Linux is like running your company on Napster.” RunningCompanyBrokenModelsDistributionLinuxBusiness ModelsNapster Author:Darl McBride
“The business model piece is we're always talking about competing more effectively. If you're starting a company or career you don't want to compete. You want to create a monopoly. We want to invest in a company that has a good plan to create a monopoly.” IfsWantCompanyTalkingCareersPiecesPlansModelsInvestingStartingCompetingMonopolyBusiness Models Author:Peter Thiel
“You can look at the cost structure of an incumbent company and discover: where are they not going to be able to drop their prices... because that business model is fundamental to the existence of the company.” LooksAbleExistenceCompanyBuildingCostModelsFundamentalsStructureIncumbentsBusiness Models Author:Aaron Levie