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But is there anyone that has made money directly from the data? It seems like data is only valuable as part of a valuable service, not on its own.
by pchristensen 15y ago
But is there anyone that has made money directly from the data? It seems like data is only valuable as part of a valuable service, not on its own.
- sogrady 15y ago[disclosure: i'm the author] yes, and i should have included that in the piece as i was asked about it when i presented the material at OSBC. examples include SpiceWorks (free IT management client, monetizes data / adverstising), to Google (monetizes location data, email, etc), to TomTom (location data). there were also two separate open source vendors that spoke to me following the presentation that will be launching data oriented initiatives. one within a few weeks.
- Travis 15y agoI have made money directly from the data. My startup scratched its own itch, and one of the byproducts was a dataset that we sold directly to another company. The price was in the low 5 figures; we estimate that we have approximately 1k times as much as we sold (initial sale was for proof of concept). There is huge value in data.
- sogrady 15y agoexactly. if you're comfortable talking about it privately, i'd love to hear about it. or even better, if you're ever in a position to blog it, make sure it gets to HN. either way, congrats. you're well ahead of the curve.