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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). These are the parties on the cap table prior to the transaction. You guessed it — straight up free money.

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