Entrepreneurship
Law #2 of Bessemer’s Top 10 Cloud Computing Laws and the Business Model Canvas – Get Instrument Rated and the 6C’s of Cloud Finance
In my previous post, I introduced Bessemer’s first Law and now I am moving on to introduce the second law that focuses on the financial side of a SaaS vendor. The ISVs that have software products running it with a more traditional licensing model will have to adjust their operations to the new financial realities…
Read MoreThe fallacy of freemium business model for SaaS vendors – smaller software vendors need to be aware what they are getting into
Part of the research that I am doing is to find out what type of experiences software companies have had in respect to pricing models as well as business models such as freemium. Wikipedia defines freemium as a “business that works by offering basic Web services, or basic downloadable digital product, for free, while charging…
Read MoreIt is a big mistake to ignore social media and categorize it as nonsense – read about a real-life story
First of all, this story is pretty long for a blog entry, but it includes interesting findings about the use of social media and what it can do for you. I am surprised how many people still think that social media is only a new trend that will fade away soon. I run into very…
Read MoreMy experiences are nothing compared to the collected experience of 30+ people
I am lucky. I have now concluded more than 30 interviews for my upcoming book Rohkeasti maailmalle. As an author, I have to say that I am very humbled of the hundreds of years of experience that people have given me in the form of stories of their personal life and how their families have…
Read MoreDo you know how to partner in your business?
We talk about partnering in business, but do we really know what it means? Do we rely on our partner prospects? Do we give and not expect to get? Are we openly discussing of leads that we can be working on? These are unbelievably difficult question and tasks for most business-owners and entrepreneurs. Also, partnering…
Read MoreRecession is a business opportunity for an entrepreneur
Being a business-owner in recession might be scary to many, but I believe it is a tremendous opportunity as well. There will always be products, services that consumers or businesses need. Your job is to find the opportunity and run with it. These opportunities will not come to you automatically, you will have to search…
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