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A Look Back: “SaaS Metrics Masterclass: Key Business Metrics, Pricing Strategies and Billing Models with Stripe’s Head of France and Southern Europe, Guillaume Princen” (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. That’s typically the AWS model, depending on how much space you take, service space, you will pay more. This wasn’t the case. I mean, this is quite new.

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When Does Open Source Make Sense for a Business?

OpenView Labs

Open source can provide a number of different advantages for a business, on both the consumption and production end of the spectrum. Many companies are strategic consumers of open-source software as a means to reduce the burden on their software engineering team to build everything from the ground up.