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Why We'll See More New Types of Web3 Apps in the Next Year

Tom Tunguz

Since then, the fourth crypto winter has dropped snow atop web3, but the revenue decline isn’t equal across web3 software. NFT marketplace revenue collapsed 62% since the beginning of this year. This chart shows the decline in monthly revenue from January to August. Decentralized exchanges (DEX) revenue has fallen 10%.

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Economics in the Sometimes Strange World of Web3

Tom Tunguz

Blockchains are databases application developers use to build novel user experiences. They provide faster & less expensive transactions for application developers. For an individual transaction, the difference may not matter, but for application developers & frequent traders, those dollars accumulate over time.

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Red Hat's Acquisition - A Triumph of Open Source

Tom Tunguz

IBM will spend 31% of their current market cap for Red Hat and pay a 70% premium to Red Hat’s closing price on Friday. This price values the company at a 10.6x enterprise value/trailing twelve month revenue multiple. This price values the company at a 10.6x enterprise value/trailing twelve month revenue multiple.

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New ARR and CAC in Price-Ramped vs. Auto-Expanding Deals

Kellblog

Equal Value: The Price-Ramped Deal. GAAP rules define precisely how to take this from a GAAP revenue perspective – and with the adoption of ASC 606 even those rules are changing. Price-Ramped). GAAP revenue. $1M. GAAP unbilled deferred revenue. $5M. ASC 606 revenue. $2M. ASC 606 revenue backlog. $4M.

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The impact of the cloud and PaaS on marketing

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

Though it lacked the docks, furnaces and railroad tracks of the River Rouge facility, the earlier generation of software applications were also build through a complete vertically-integrated process. The developer was responsible for the entire solution, from the user-interface down through the entire "stack" to the silicon.

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12 Ad Copy Strategies That’ll Double Your CTR and Increase Your ROI

Neil Patel

Spending $1 can earn you an average of $2 in revenue. Try to outdo their persuasion – whether they’re focusing on price or are using a testimonial from an industry influencer. Look at the many search results using the term ‘mobile application developer’ in the screenshot below. Google Ads Copy Strategies.

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Intercom on Product: Rise of the “keyboard-first” generation

Intercom, Inc.

Des: And that’s all you need to remember, versus, “Hey, I’d like to configure a custom bot on the pricing page.” Unfortunately, the Paul Adams email client has a target customer base of one, and you’re not going to pay a couple million for it, so our revenue is not going to look so hot.