Business Models - examples

Startup Business Models (How to they make money?)

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A collection of articles, videos and analysis... looking at how companies make money (ie. what is their business model?)

• Article How Netflix works: the (hugely simplified) complex stuff that happens every time you hit Play
• Article How I Monetize One Page Love
• Article Mozilla's revenue increased significantly in 2016 - gHacks Tech News
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Business Models and Plans

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Canvas, and discussion about whether you should write a business plan (or not)

• Article Research: Writing a Business Plan Makes Your Startup More Likely to Succeed
• Article The Side Project Marketing Checklist
• Article Writing a Business Plan | Sequoia Capital
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Business Model Canvas - tool

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a collection of resources about Business Model Canvas - tool

• Video The Business Model Canvas - 9 Steps to Creating a Successful Business Model - Startup Tips
• Article Business Model Canvas Uber

API - Pricing - Business models

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A look at pricing and how developers and businesses use API’s to build sustainable and scalable business

• Article The Ultimate Guide to Pricing Your API
• Article Top 5 API Monetization Models | API Business Models
• Article Farewell, Google Maps (API) - for developers
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Stripe - payment API business model

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a collection of articles about Stripe and API business models

• Article The untold story of Stripe, the secretive $20bn startup driving Apple, Amazon and Facebook | WIRED UK
• Article Stripe Tax: Automate tax collection on your Stripe transactions
• Video Running Your Company - by Patrick Collison (Stripe CEO, Founder) -- YC Startup School
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Stripe - business model, strategy - analysis by Ben Thompson, Stratechery

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Stripe - business model, strategy - analysis by Ben Thompson, Stratechery

• Article Thin Platforms – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Article Stripe: Platform of Platforms

Stripe - and open source software

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Stripe - and open source software

• Website Markdoc is a powerful, flexible, Markdown-based authoring framework - from Stripe

API business model - examples

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a collection of articles about API business model - examples

• Article Algolia Advances API-First Software Development; Valuation Soars to $2.25B with $150M Series D Funding | Algolia Blog
• Article The carbon offset API developer Patch confirms a $4.5 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz – TechCrunch
• Article Impala raises $20 million to build the API of the hotel industry
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Sales documents for SaaS business

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A collection of templates and documents for SAAS, software as a service business models

• Article YC: SALES AGREEMENT (SAAS)
• Article Stripe: Atlas Guide to Transactions and Agreements
• Article The Handshake Deal Protocol - YCombinator
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Lessons from SaaS entrepreneurs

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A collection of articles looking at examples from successful SAAS entrepreneurs (software as a service)

• Book Founders at Work, by Jessica Livingston, co-founder of Y Combinator
• Article Selling My Bootstrapped SaaS Business
• Article Our Odd Startup: 3½ Guys, No VC, Profitability, and Patience
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API business models

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A look at how developers and businesses use API’s to build sustainable and scalable business

• Article Over $500M invested in API companies in 2016, with 16 acquisitions
• Video The World Through an API - a16z
• Podcast The API Economy — The Why, What, and How – a16z Podcast
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How to build an enterprise SaaS business

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A collection of articles and videos looking at SAAS, software as a service business models

• Article SaaS guide: Software as a Service, as a business | Stripe Atlas
• Article The Essential Guide to Growing Your Early-Stage SaaS Startup
• Article Humans vs Machines: When To Hire And When To Automate
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Franchising as Business Strategy

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using a Franchising strategy for business expansion and growth

• Article Five Franchising Strategies
• Video Subway - franchise: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
• Video Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same
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Business Models built on AI, Machine Learning

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a collection of Business Models built on AI, Machine Learning

• Article How Amazon Rebuilt Itself Around Artificial Intelligence | WIRED
• Article Pinterest Sees The Future
• Article Reshaping Business With Artificial Intelligence | MIT Sloan Management Review
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Examples - How to build an enterprise SaaS business

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Examples - How to build an enterprise SaaS business

• Article SaaS Pricing: Lessons from 4 Pricing Changes
• Article Dropbox vs Box Comparison
• Podcast Episode 170 — A Perfect Meal | Exponent
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Fintech - credit card processing

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Fintech - credit card processing

• Article Fintech comes to America at last | The Economist
• Video A Brief History of Credit Cards (or What Happens When You Swipe) | a16z
• Video How Credit Card Processing Works - Transaction Cycle & 2 Pricing Models
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