For Internet printer, path to profit was free

At a meeting in 1999, Gwyn Jones pitched what he thought was a winning idea to the CEO of his Internet printing company: Why not offer first-time customers a box of 250 business cards, custom-printed just for them? And what if the business cards were free? (Full article: 1059 words)

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