Jonathan Abrams is keeping quiet about how he is going to generate revenue from his
Web site, Friendster, which specializes in social networking. Abrams is a 33-year-old
Canadian software developer whose experiences include being laid off by Netscape and
then moving from one start-up to another. In 2002, Abrams was unemployed, not doing well
financially, and certainly not looking to start another business when he developed the idea
for Friendster. He quickly coded a working prototype and watched in amazement as his
Web site took off.