A great video featuring David Hansson of 37Signals, creator of Ruby on Rails. He discusses how to create viable internet businesses that are sustainable even without VCs or the hope of a buyout. Facebook could learn a thing or two from his insights on monetization.

I was mostly surprised to see how much he echo-ed my sentiment on how internet businesses can monetize. Click the following link to read it: http://thecuriousinvestor.com/internet-strategy-23-money-money-money/.

For those interested in investing in growthy tech stocks, I think it really pays to take some time to think of these new businesses in a more traditional way. Yes, nearly all internet businesses have all sorts of potential, but sooner or later they have to pay the bills with more than just millions of page views and popularity.