Business Model
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The business model describes the overall relationships of activities related to how a company creates and delivers value across its target markets, in order to ultimately yield a profitable revenue model.
Q2 – 2013
- Josh Elman wants networks to grow users indefinitely, and asserts that “How will they make money?” is the wrong question.
Q1 – 2013
2012
(Courtesy of Tom Eisenmann & mixed with SUM curation)
- Bill Gurley of Benchmark, David Beisel of NextView Ventures, and Seth Rothman of Greylock on key factors for success in building online marketplaces.
- Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures on revenue models for online commerce sites.
- Rishi Shah of Digioh on optimizing freemium pricing for SaaS; David Skok of Matrix Partners on why churn matters so much with SaaS models.
- M. Wensing presents a taxonomy of different types of freemium offers.
- Entrepreneur/angel investor Brian Balfour on solving the chicken & egg problem with network effects businesses; Sangeet Choudary writes about platforms and network effects, e.g., the impact or reverse network effects on social media.
- Tristan Kromer shows how to use a business model canvas based on “Puppies-as-a-Service” as an example.
- Simon Rothman on How to structure a marketplace.
- Bessemer Ventures on the 10 Laws of Cloud Computing 2012 Release.
2011 & Prior
(Courtesy of Tom Eisenmann & mixed with SUM curation)
- Joel York on SaaS Startup Strategy – Three SaaS Sales Models.
- Alex Osterwalder, coauthor of Business Model Generation, which introduces the business model canvas widely used by entrepreneurs, lists eight questions you should ask about your business model.
- David Skok analyzes key factors for success with the SaaS model.
- Mark Suster gives advice for startups with applications that face a substitution threat from in-house versions developed by big platforms.
- Tom Eisenmann’s 10-part series on business model analysis covers a range of topics.