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5 Startup Cost Realities Most Founders Underestimate

Startup Professionals Musings

Now, with powerful high-level tools and open source software, winning smartphone apps can be built by a good hacker for a few thousand dollars. Unfortunately, even today, building a good product doesn’t guarantee you a business. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 03/28/2019. Don’t get caught short.

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Moving At The Speed Of ‘What’s Next’: Subscription Business Models Spur Continuous Innovation

YoungUpstarts

With the immense success of cloud platforms and S oftware – as -a- Service (SaaS) models on one hand and the increase of subscription services on the other, it’s clear that software offered as a subscription is becoming the new standard. Not to mention they need to align themselves with the open source communities defining them.

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Snyk: How Freemium Can Help Your Start-up Grow from Series A to $2.6B in 30 Months

Cracking the Code

Snyk was founded with the mission to help developers make their code secure, providing a platform to automatically assess and remediate open source vulnerabilities. The company’s success has been largely driven by its developer-led freemium model, going from Series A funding to a valuation of $2.6B in just 30 months.

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. One of the reasons that RBI VC is growing in both feasibility and popularity is that more businesses are becoming metrics-driven , which means that investors have better line of site on their future revenues.

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The Top CRM Companies for Business Owners

ReadWriteStart

Every business — theoretically, at least — has customers, but that doesn’t mean that every business needs a CRM. There are, however, a few different business models that will be able to realize significant benefits from an investment in CRM software. Updated September 2019.

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Generative AI and the exponential growth of content

VC Cafe

Congrats to Robin Rombach, Patrick Esser, Compvis, @runwayml @StabilityAI , everyone who participated and the whole open-source community. That’s why I’m excited about the rise of open source. Being fast to market, providing a top user experience and cracking a sustainable business model is key.

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Economic Moats: Who Has Them? And How Do You Get One?

ConversionXL

A business model that requires a strong network effect is a long play. Image source ). By 2019, WhatsApp had 1.5 Musk, by making his fast chargers available to others and open-sourcing Tesla’s patents , has intentionally filled a potential moat. Note: As of April 2019, Zappos had 2.5