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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 4 Feb 2018
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    Fairly frequently question I get asked about pricing: "You always say Charge More, but I'm doing this thing that I feel needs to exist in the world for a group of people who have little money." My advice: Separate running a business and your charitable impulses.

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      2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 4 Feb 2018
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        Most plans I hear of this nature are improved by "Run a B2B SaaS company and charge market-appropriate rates then run your charitable software business as a side project and subsidize it straight down to free."

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 4 Feb 2018
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        Or wait until AppAmaGooBookSoft do this for you, because they've also decided that businesses should pay billions of dollars for their software and consumers should get it for as close to zero as they can manage

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      1. Nathan Woodhull‏ @woodhull 4 Feb 2018
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        I run a bootstrapped, profitable, enterprise saas businesses targeting the charity sector. We charge large charities $$$ and give tools away pro-bono to grassroots orgs. It's totally possible to combine profit and purpose and would encourage more people to do so.

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        Great advice. If you don't run a predicable organization that pays its bills, everyone ends up getting nothing.

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        This has been an interesting balance for us. We are “aggressively free” while also charging more. Recently we’ve started charging businesses more than individuals to finance our efforts to provide more access.

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        Or if users really aren't able to cover the bills, but there are other rich folks who think it's worthwhile, found a nonprofit

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      1. Nathan Woodhull‏ @woodhull 4 Feb 2018
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        AARP for eg is a billion dollar enterprise. Can serve them and their mission while also following your advice to "charge more". Charity software market is underserved with tons of opportunities for new ventures.

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