All you need is true fans

Source

1,000 True Fans? Try 100 | Andreessen Horowitz

More than a decade ago, editor Kevin Kelly wrote an essay called " 1,000 True Fans ," predicting that the internet would allow large swaths of people to make a living off their creations, whether an artist, musician, author, or entrepreneur.

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1,000 True Fans? Try 100 | Andreessen Horowitz

Key points

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Argues 100 fans paying $1000 per year will be the passion economies future

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Interesting ideas on why someone would pay $1000/year

Premium content and community
Delivering tangible outcomes
Accountability
Access, recognition and status

What is good about it?

Interesting ideas about what super high-end content could be created in the passion economy

What is bad about it?

Is written inside a silicon valley rich bubble