by Robert Solomon | Nov 16, 2020 | B2B Software, Electronic Payments, Foodservice, Key Success Factors, Marketplaces, Payments |
DoorDash filed for its IPO Friday. There are already great articles about the prospectus. I’m sure there will also be many financial “tear-downs”, so I’ll ignore the financial aspects of the IPO. Instead, I’m going to focus on the...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 6, 2020 | B2B Software, Collaborative Project Management, Key Success Factors, Marketplaces, Matchmaking, Payments, Supplier Credentialling
D’Arcy Coolican and Jeff Jordan from famed VC Andreesen Horowitz recently published a must-read article entitled ‘Deep’ Job Platforms and How to Build Them. The article was focused on job platforms, those matching employers with individuals, so it’s more...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 3, 2019 | B2B Software, Enterprise Software, Key Success Factors |
Welcome to the last, and most important, in my series of posts on metrics unique to Enterprise-Driven B2B Networks. The last metric, buyers per supplier, is easy to calculate if your platform is architected as a network. (If you did not architect your platform so...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 11, 2018 | B2B Software, Key Success Factors, Matchmaking |
Upwork filed to go public. For B2B marketplaces nerds, this is a big one. Why? Because even though the Upwork name is new, it’s predecessor companies, Elance and Odesk, were pioneers in true B2B marketplaces. Elance started in 1998 and Odesk in 2003. These...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 20, 2016 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Ecosystem, Key Success Factors, Payments, Procure to Pay
As mentioned in the last post, the notion of an ecosystem from the world of biology is a useful analogy for the ecosystem digital platforms must foster. It turns out, another biological concept, the “bow tie”, is also a great analogy for how B2B SaaS platforms must...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 16, 2016 | B2B Software, Ecosystem, Enterprise Software, Key Success Factors, Payments |
One of the first great books about platform business models was The Keystone Advantage by Marco Iansiti and Roy Leven. The book was published in 2004, so it pre-dated the success of SaaS platforms such as Uber, Google, AirBnB, Facebook, and many others. As a...
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