Originally Posted by sirkonstantine

This.

No one's going to give away trade secrets for free to the public. That's dumb.

OP, if you really want to learn new business models, I second Paul Markham's recommendation. You should seriously think about some anal lube and a good Grindr profile. You might meet a nice, older webmaster who would teach you a thing or two about the "industry."

Hell, it might be an 18 year old webmaster who started business when he was 14 with his parent's credit card. I've seen that too.

Either way, just prepare your asshole. An education is expensive!