Liebskind: Topia Will Never Adopt An Ad-Based Business Model
Daniel Liebskind · Topia Hosted Virtual Burning Man in 2020, Now Paying Artists to Create Digital Worlds, 4k Conversations per Week · Dec 15, 2021 · at 17:06
Daniel Liebskind, co-founder and CEO of virtual world platform Topia, discusses monetization philosophy and why he does not track session duration.
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“Cause we're not trying to build an attention economy. We're not an ad based model, right? We're never going to be.”
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