I agree that a business needs some time to ramp up and turn a profit but the podcasting space itself is only what, six months old? So days are months and months are years by this clock and I’m simply wondering if there are examples of anybody in this timeframe that has made any significant money from their efforts.

Still, I’m surprised to read you saying that your costs are “almost zero.” Where are you getting all this free bandwidth from? Our little show that we have been podcasting since September/October 2004 is tearing through the bandwidth so I have to think your network is burning at least some bandwidth, I mean, especially if it’s traffic at the levels of attracting advertisers.

And yeah, I know, bandwidth isn’t that expensive, but it sure adds up when you aren’t making any money from the podcast!

Take care.

We’ve got sponsors lining up to advertise on the show. But quite frankly, our cost base is close to zero, apart from our time and effort, so… we’re paying most attention to building a list of entertaining and informative shows, getting rids of some of the chinks in the backend, streamlining our ability to post-produce shows, raising some venture capital, etc. The sponsors will still be there next week and next month. We’re laying the foundations of a solid business. Profit is an important metric but something that can wait a couple of months. Content comes first.

As for Winer, et al and the “insiders”. God love ‘em. But who gives a shit? Let’s just build content. We’re changing the world here, please GOD let’s not get weighed down in politics and crap like that. Let’s just capture interesting and challenging conversations and make the public.

Good stuff, as always. A lot of good points, particularly on the DND topic.