October 12, 2008

“Lessons Learned: Three decisions to make on virtual goods” filed under: media is social again — Martin @ 2:13 pm

If you are in the virtual goods business like we are then this is a must-read article by Eric Ries, the CTO of IMVU:

I was invited to the Virtual Goods Summit yesterday, and got to see quite a few interesting speakers and panels. It got me thinking about what decisions are essential when building a virtual goods product.

Read the full article: Lessons Learned: Three decisions to make on virtual goods

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