by Robert Solomon | Jun 16, 2016 | B2B Software, Matchmaking, Travel, Vertical Cloud
It’s fun to see two different business models go head to head in the same market. It’s also fun to watch a gigantic marketplace change its business model. Both of these phenomena are happening in the C2C lodging space. Airbnb and HomeAway have different...
by Robert Solomon | May 17, 2016 | B2B Software, Matchmaking |
Figuring out pricing for SaaS software is always hard. Figuring out pricing for a two-sided SaaS marketplace is doubly hard as I have blogged about previously with respect to Angie’s List and marketplaces generally. A recent price change announcement I...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 16, 2015 | Financial services, Indirect Spend, Matchmaking, Procure to Pay, Real Estate |
I normally do not write about my clients or board positions, as it is often inappropriate and it is a form of “talking up my book”. Also, the blog is about B2B software, not me. In the case of LeaseAccelerator, however, I’m going to make...
by Robert Solomon | Nov 6, 2015 | B2B Software, Consolidating Competition, Industry Concentration, Matchmaking, Travel
If you follow software platforms, it was a busy week in the news. Platform Dominance Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article about the dominance of the Microsoft, Apple, Google, AWS, Facebook and Microsoft platforms. The article is a bit of a jumble mixing...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 17, 2015 | CPG/Retail, Matchmaking
The week before last, I blogged about the “take rates” associated with various B2B Commerce Platforms. The two key points were that take rates: depend on the services that the marketplaces offer marketplaces that connect buyers and suppliers who were...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 6, 2015 | B2B Software, Matchmaking, Pricing, Procure to Pay, Supply Chain Finance |
The two questions I’m most often asked are: 1. How do you keep your hair looking so lush and luxurious? 2. How much can a B2B Marketplace or Multi-Sided Platform charge for its services? (Some folks call this the platform’s “take rate”.) The...
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