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How Investors React When Companies Announce They’re Moving to a SaaS Business Model

Harvard Business Review

Adobe’s radical transformation from a product-based business model to a service-based one raised eyebrows in the industry, with many software vendors now wondering how radically they should approach the SaaS model. Make sure existing products, processes, and culture do not prohibit the SaaS model from blossoming.

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Case Study: A Short-Seller Crashes the Party

Harvard Business Review

He renamed his company and put a team of engineers to work solving the product’s mechanical, food safety, cost, and design flaws. The business model centers on the old razor blade strategy: Sell the machine at just above cost and make high margins on the system’s consumable element – patented plastic pods.

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How to Launch a Product Like a Rock Star

Strategy Driven

Most companies, whether start-ups or long-time players live in a world shaped by the laws of demand where low pricing can trump quality, and where targeted marketing, carefully crafted keywords, and social media engineering can build awareness, influence opinion, and generate sales. Of course this depends on a company’s business model.