Co-founder Jim Clark personally had all of money needed to finance Netscape. However, he wanted the help in team-building. Without that team, by now Netscape might have been killed by Microsoft. Last quarter was one hundred million dollars in revenue and they're at a four hundred million run rate. At two years old they're the 18th largest software company and most rapidly growing ever.
Ideas are easy.
All Internet revenue is divided into three buckets. First, there's folks who make money principally from advertising. They're basically like our broadcast media but they're more personalized. Second, there are Web businesses which are based on subscription services. Many are betting on sports in office pools.