# What is an open data business?

- An organization that uses open data as a resource to be refined, improved, or augmented to provide additional value
- If access to the open data is later limited or removed, the business will be adversely affected

## How do we measure the the impact of open data businesses?

- is it the value they add?
- is it the value of the business?
- how do you set a value on data that is free?
- what about cultural impacts instead of financial impacts?
- is it the tax and employment value to the government?
- what about companies that use it privately? There may be hidden impacts
- what is the impact of quality on the value of the data?
- how does one measure the value of a bridge or highway?
- is it the costs savings from providing data or APIs?
- what about non tangibles? How many lives were saved?
- can you measure it at all?
- what about efficiencies gained in government?