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The Evolution of Open Source Business Models

Tom Tunguz

These permissive licenses might enable competitors to offer competing products or clouds to host managed versions. Open source is a marketing strategy that fills the top of the sales funnel with users who may later convert to paying customers. But over time, tension emerges between the company and its community.

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Sequencing Business Models: The Types of Marketplaces

Casey Accidental

This is part two of a three part series on sequencing business models. Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

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The Subscription Surge: Unpacking the Popularity of Subscription-Based Business Models

Blulogix

This surge in subscription-based business models spans across various industries, from software and media to retail and services, reshaping the consumer landscape and redefining notions of customer engagement and value delivery.

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Unique Ways to Use the B2B SaaS Business Model to Leverage Your Business’s Revenue Growth

Subscription Flow

A major issue that arises, especially in the B2B SaaS business model, is how to break into the upmarket market as startups develop into scaleups that are primarily focused on increasing their market capitalization. Unique Ways to Use the B2B SaaS Business Model to Leverage Your Business’s Revenue Growth 1.

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Research Report: The State of Community Management

This year marks their 11th Edition, which shows that, among other things, that the industry has made considerable progress in translating the generative business model of communities into financial benchmarks.

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Payment facilitation and risk management: What do vertical software companies need to know?

Payrix

If you’re still on the fence about how Embedded Payments can advance your organization, delight customers, and make your software offering more competitive, check out this blog post that explains what Embedded Payments are and how they benefit software companies. What payment models are available to SaaS companies?

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Who Will Win the GTM AI Race — Startups vs. Incumbents? With Stage 2 Capital Co-founder and Managing Director Mark Roberge

SaaStr

At this year’s SaaStr Annual, Mark Roberge, co-founder and Managing Director of Stage 2 Capital, takes the stage to have a bake-off between startups and incumbents when it comes to who will win the AI Go-to-Market race. Start Small, Plan Big : Companies should aim for grand visions but start with small, manageable projects.

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Zeroing in on Cloud Technical Risk for Targeted Customer Impact

The best proof of the power of cloud tools and business models? Yet keeping all the moving parts of cloud running right – especially in a fast-moving, competitive market – can cause conflict between technical and business objectives. Keeping your customers confident and loyal.