He sold a piece of software to AOL for $70 million!

by Ryan Shaw

Posted: 14 years ago 10 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I was sitting down with one of my offline consulting clients, and he was meeting with a 28 year old guy who just sold a piece of software to AOL for $70 million!!!

First of all, why haven't we developed software that will retire us for good?

Well, I will tell you what it is first.

It's software that collects buying habits of users online. Hmm, I don't know how you write a program to do that, but I sure do see the earning potential of developing software!

If there was any piece of software that could help your business; what would it be?

Or, is there any software ideas that you had that could sell for over a $1 million to a company?

#$70 #aol #million #piece #software #sold

Keyword Prodigy 14 years ago

Seems like a great way of making money does that!
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Ryan Shaw 14 years ago

Yeah. It seems like a great alternative to info products!
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- CDarklock 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by traffictipsnow
  
  It seems like a great alternative to info products!
  
  Oh, great. Just what we need: a bunch of IMers making software that sucks instead of writing short reports that suck. :p
  
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  Tom B Banned 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by CDarklock
  
  Oh, great. Just what we need: a bunch of IMers making software that sucks instead of writing short reports that suck. :p
  
  Hey, I don't need any competition!
  
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GuruBomb 14 years ago

Software is in many ways an "info" product. Kudos to the lad, and good luck to everyone else
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sparckyz 14 years ago

I'm no expert, but it seems if you can write some software incorporating some data-mining modules and set it to work on an area of the web focussing on whatever, then maybe you could collate the data?? (i've never looked into it, but that would be my best guess) :S
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KarlWarren 14 years ago

Pick a tool that people charge a premium membership for...

Create an improved version for free...

Sell to major internet search engine...

Done
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jasonboom 14 years ago

I would think those toolbars people install would be the vehicle behind collecting that type of data.

I've had my fair share of ideas for software in the past. Maybe it's time I brainstormed some more.
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vok 14 years ago

That's type of software can be incredibly valuable, I bet some online retailers could use it to double or triple their turnover.
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Keyword Prodigy 14 years ago

I wish the software he sold had an affiliate program.

10% of $70 million would be nice
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