Why Do So Many People Freak Out When They See 'Free' As Part Of ...

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 04/04/2008 - 22:41

A bunch of folks have been sending in a blog post by entrepreneur Hank Williams apparently attacking the concept of "free" and blaming venture capitalists , saying that they're overfunding a bunch of startups allowing them to give away stuff for free and distort the natural market.

There's a lot of things that are incorrect in his analysis. Let's go through a few of them. He kicks it off by suggesting that it's "inherently impossible to start a small...

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