Business model describes how an organization creates value.
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How to earn incentive on my website?
I have a website named Digital Flicks and its a website on most of the Web technology updates. Now the problem I have is that I want to monetize the website soon. I want to know some Ad Publishing ...
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What are the revenue streams of social gaming?
I'm thinking to build some social games that can be played via website, social networks (Facebook, etc) and mobile apps.
So, what are the successful revenue streams of social gaming companies?
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Is my code startup-worthy?
I created a pretty complex piece of software a while back for a client. I own all access rights to the code and can do anything with it.
In a very brief summary, this code can connect to a database, ...
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Business model: Sell component or complete solution?
I've working for a product (component) that need to integrated with other software (market: other software developers) for almost a year, to be honest selling this component is not easy, so as a ...
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API and business models
What is your take on content-provider web-service startups (e.g. Yelp) exposing an API to their content? How does it affect the business model of the service and how can you monetize it? What ...
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Is there any categorization or in-depth analysis of business models based on the Internet?
I was searching for some information, analyses and categorization for business models that are used in Internet-based businesses (basically: in the businesses that are conducted through the Internet).
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Why would someone write captchas all day?
A while ago i was surfing around the internet and i found this site: captchatrader.com. I don't understand why would someone pay for people to solve captchas.
What is the reason? What do they get ...
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Do you think Groupon business model is sustainable?
Considering people unsubscribe (I think so; I would be happy to see both information regarding that) email lists from Groupon (and other daily city deal sites), do you think paying thousands for ...
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How does a group-buying startup like Groupon earn money?
sorry if this is very basic question but since I haven't used any group buying website myself I don't know how do they earns money? To be more clear:
Does sites like groupon charge merchants in a ...
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Can VC be the customer?
I am working hard with lots of start-up clients on their business models. One of the critical issues that we keep coming back to is "who is the customer."
In my model the customer is the person who ...
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Best form of business for partner with conditional ownership?
Currently, I have an s-corp and I am the only member of the entire corporation. However, I will soon be bringing on a partner on board. Now, say my company sells 10 products. When I bring my partner ...
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Would a voluntary fee work?
"How am I going to make money?" This is the question that's been bouncing around in my head for the last few months as I've been developing my site. Allow me to beat around the bush here, in order to ...
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Business models
Is it possible to be a successful business and have a business model where you focus on website traffic with no ads, or immediate revenue streams, then after having good traffic introduce advertising ...
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Units sold data on Iphone apps? Where do I find it?
I researching the number of units sold of four particular Iphone apps. Any body know where I can find this information?
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Choosing a business to dive into
Let me start by giving a quick intro to myself. I've worked as a Technician for hosting companies, Systems Administrator for software development companies, as a CTO for a very successful online ...
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Why isn't there a culture of paying for software frameworks?
Note: Cross-posted at programmers.stackexchange.com
One of the side effects of the recent trend of "Lean" startups, and the app store era, is that consumers are more acclimatised to paying small ...
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What are business models of open source projects?
I'm thinking about developing a software library for iPhone with my friend. Our target is a developing country where the mobile phone market is still very young, compared to U.S. The problem is that I ...
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Where have you found inspiration for a business idea?
I've found myself interested in starting a business for a long time now. Every now and again I come up with a promising idea, but after a few hours of running numbers in a spreadsheet or few ...
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Is there any business model for Chrome or Firefox addons?
I want develop pretty advanced add-on for Chrome (and later for Firefox). I plan to sell it. And i am sure users will pay. But i have some apprehensions. There no add-ons in chrome or firefox add-ons ...
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Getting paid according to what a company saves
I am considering creating a solution, which would save large companies time. I am certain that they would save this time, so I am willing to sell my solution for a price that is proportional to what ...
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Rev Share Models for Product Development
What is a common Rev Share model? We are starting a new product and have a limited budget for development. Is there a standard/recommended formula for determining "share value" that we can use to ...
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What is the simplest way to state the importance of finding a solution to a problem as a business model?
I've often heard the maxim "solve a problem" as the fundamental insight into creating a value-providing business. I was hoping someone could elaborate on this, but still keep it concise and easy to ...
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Making money out of a free and open-source application
I've been working on a free and open-source wiki application since 2006 (that's 4 years!), and now my startup has taken over the development. Well, at least "officially".
We make several thousands ...
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Cloud based customer support service
If I was to build a free hosted customer support service, would anyone want to use it?
i.e Community powered customer support platform (post public), with company help desk ticket support (post ...
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if Twitter charged for customizing your profile, would you pay for it?
It seems to me that people care enough about it to pay for it.(just search "my background")
and personally, given the right price, I would.
I'm asking this because I want to know when do people pay ...
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The business of free
This is a question there in mind for long time. There are hundreds of free services in web which doesn't have any ads or anything. It's totally free. Angels are raising fund these company and ...
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Business models for a software component
My company has developed a .DLL, meaning a software component, which needs to be a part of software to have value. This software component can be useful in a range of applications in everything from ...
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Can a one-man company be called a startup?
Does a company, starting a business, need to have a real more-than-one-man team to be called a startup?
Maybe this question is more about words than startups, but, nevertheless, I think the answer ...
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Business model for a White-labelled service
I've been asked by a client to create a White-label service similar to an existing product I have. The service will have the client's logo on it. The customers they bring to the service wouldn't be ...
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Is it legal to rent out my notebook to others so they can use Software installed on it?
E.g. there is AutoCAD and Corel Draw installed on my Notebook. I bought those Apps some time ago. Can I let others use it and charge for it (per minute?)?
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Preparing for my international trade business. Didn't make any big inroad during the past 3 weeks [closed]
I quitted my job and started to preparing for my international trade business at the beginning of this month. But now almost one month passed, I have not gotten things into shape. I have not make a ...
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Most probable “.com” replacement for startups in the near future?
The most desirable generic top-level domain ".com" seems becoming less and less affordable for startups which cannot receive sufficient funding at early stages. The price of a decent ".com" name is ...
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Any areas or software missing from the “freelancer” suite?
There are certain aspects of what I like to call the "Freelancer suite," basically tools that are designed specifically with the freelancer or small web team in mind. They basically are: time ...
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How can I combine asking questions on the Internet with money making?
My biggest hobby/interest is to ask questions on the Internet. I have to admit this hobby brings me a lot. I feel I am an innate asker.I'm asking questions on the Internet always every day. I have ...
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How to integrate/combine the process of writing a book with making money? [closed]
I want to write a book. But you know, writing a book requires a long time and I have no idea whether or not my book will sell out after it is written out. I want to make money, to have my own ...
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How to integrate/combine Japanese learning with making money?
I'm teaching myself the Japanese language, in the meantime I need to make money. How can I combine/integrate making money with Japanese language learning?
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what are the characteristics of features people pay for online?
I'm having a problem coming up with a business model other than advertising.
I did a little research, and it seems to me that people are paying for features/services that
deals with inconveniences.
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'Best' revenue sharing models for the web?
Although not running a charity, I like the moral/ethics surrounding revenue sharing business models, as I am socially aware, and like the idea of sharing money meritocratically amongst those who ...
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Do you have any resources or advice on creating financial projections for web apps?
I would love some resources, articles, best practices, formulas, examples, or advice on creating financial projections & models for web-based applications. I've found some online, though many ...
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Web-based Business Built on Open Source and Questions about Funding Options
it's my first post here so be gentle :)
First, I've read a few similar posts to the one I'm writing but I wasn't able to find an answer that fit the same mold.
Project Details:
I have been involved ...
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whats the link between unique visitors and estmated revenue?
I know this is one of those 'how long is a piece of string' type questions. Yes, I also know it depends on the market segment/space etc, etc.
However, I still need to ask this questions, as I need to ...
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Whats the business model behind Ali Baba?
How does Alibaba differ from eBay? (I dont mean the fact that one is B2C and the other B2B).
How does Alibab make money?
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When testing business model - when do you know you have 'statistically significant' data?
In my experiment, I have been able to prove that I can acquire a customer (thru SEM) for $X on average. I have done this experiment N number of times, so the amount of money I have had to spend is ...
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What is Posterous' business model?
I've started using Posterous a few days ago for my personal blog and was wondering what was their plan to monetize their service. They don't advertise on their hosted blogs and do not offer a premium, ...
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Microtransaction vs Subscriptions
Instead of a monthly subscription, anyone can use the site but advance functions require credits/micropayments. For example, Basecamp - if you add more people its $2 per month per person. if you like ...
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Freemium :: model?
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With the freemium model. Should we launch the FREE offerings first, then BUILD and sell the premium stuff, or have at least one premium service available before lauch?
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Staff numbers “rules of thumb”
I am looking for "rules of thumb", or estimates for the numbers of staff required for a startup through growth.
For example how many developers per manager, how many support staff per customer, how ...
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Don't understand why simple-looking SaaS are getting so much funding
It's tough to believe something as simple as bit.ly can have large corporate clients.
It makes you wonder, after all those days developing games or web apps, is perceived simplicity of usage and ...
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VC funding and determination of a revenue model
In a recent group chat hosted by Joel Spolsky regarding the Stackoverflow Series A funding round, Spolsky was asked:
"How do you envision making a profit?"
to which Spolsky replied:
"...the whole ...
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turning open source software into a consulting business?
just some general and specific questions about running a business which uses open source software and sells training, services, and other value added solutions utilizing the open source asset(s) ...
