http://zellunit.com/selling-water/ thoughts on life, work, and fun by matt humphrey Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:38:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://zellunit.com/selling-water/#comment-11 John Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:20:24 +0000 http://zellunit.com/selling-water/#comment-11 How about getting the government to grant you a monopoly over the public water utility and then raising rates by 200 percent and making it illegal to collect rainwater without a permit? (cf Bechtel vs Victor Hugo Daza) How about getting the government to grant you a monopoly over the public water utility and then raising rates by 200 percent and making it illegal to collect rainwater without a permit? (cf Bechtel vs Victor Hugo Daza)

]]> http://zellunit.com/selling-water/#comment-10 Dane Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:27:10 +0000 http://zellunit.com/selling-water/#comment-10 How about setting up water vending machines where the water is free, but any extras cost money. So if you have your own bottle, and just want regular water, all you do is fill it up. But if you want kiwi-strawberry flavoring with a dose of vitamin-C and you need a bottle for it, then you'll pay for each of these items and everything will get combined for you on the spot. See whether the Freemium web business model works for water. How about setting up water vending machines where the water is free, but any extras cost money. So if you have your own bottle, and just want regular water, all you do is fill it up. But if you want kiwi-strawberry flavoring with a dose of vitamin-C and you need a bottle for it, then you’ll pay for each of these items and everything will get combined for you on the spot. See whether the Freemium web business model works for water.

]]> http://zellunit.com/selling-water/#comment-9 Ben Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:39:49 +0000 http://zellunit.com/selling-water/#comment-9 Great thought experiment! Great thought experiment!

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