Thanks to Marc Schiller for pointing to this Dave Winer quote (advising Jason Calcanis) that has stuck in my head for the last few days:
"...he needs to figure out a way to build the company so that many others can profit from it."
Building eco-systems for others to profit/prosper/do well is a very interesting thought, but it's even better when it's thought of in the context of real co-operation. At the broadest level, the collective inter-dependency makes 2.0 eco-systems much more intesting and healthy organisms than just naked individual pursuit of $ (though that is certainly possible also, for the selfishly inclined). It's just that, as Jason argued recently, co-operation drives evolution, and the tools that we have access to now are facilitating that more efficiently.
That's the theory, anyway, and I'm sticking with it.
Shiller's blog is great. Thanks for the recommendation and sending me away from your site, as Jason noted in his post.
Posted by: Adrian Lai | August 21, 2007 at 06:19 PM
Hi Adrian!
I'm not sure which Jason you're referring to? Jason Oke?
Posted by: Dino | August 24, 2007 at 10:57 AM