The Netscape Navigators have been revealed.
I say good for them. Make some money having fun. I’d like to make $1000/month for dorking around on the internet.
I also say good luck to Jason Calacanis. I don’t really care if it works or not, but good luck all the same. It could change a lot of these Web2.0 grab content from everywhere and make ad money off of it pretty sites quickly if Jason’s gamble works out. It would create a fairly significant barrier to entry for new companies if they have to spend about $144,000/year just to pay some slackers to hang around their site.
And, to some extent, I bet it does work out. Bars have been using similar techniques for years. Do you think the cute girls walking around selling shots with sexy names are there just to pass their free time? They bring in some money by making the bar a little sexier and making the guys buy some more drinks. And the shot girls get money for it. The Netscape Navigators may just turn out to be the first official shot girls of Web2.0.
Get your drinks quick. Closing time might be closer than you think if Jason’s gamble backfires.
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[...] It looks like Jason Calacanis’ gamble is paying off with his paid Netscape Navigators. At the time, I thought it seemed like a pretty good idea. It is like hiring an entire marketing crew and not needing to pay for their health insurance or 401k. Nice cheap labor for Netscape and some extra spending money for the people doing something they were already doing for free. [...]