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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model. I had planned a balance of large companies and SMB/divisional sales but have changed my thinking. Reasons: cost of sales executives, long sales cycles, deep functional requirements.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

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It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. The original business model for StackOverflow was to help employers find good programmers. Lesson: You dn’t want your customers to feel locked into using your software. Monetizing StackExchange.