SaaS business model

Here's a couple of links [1] [2] to a guy who consults on the SaaS business model.  Since this is essentially what I want to do after I've automated the freelance translation industry, it behooves me to spend some time there.

More generally, the second link is talking about the "SaaS business architecture," and that's exactly one of the things I hope to explore.

Business models based on open source

For later reference.

Freemium

Nice article looking at freemium strategies.

Fix the machine: it will give you an advantage

Fortuitously, I ran across two nice articles about business processes yesterday.  One's by Aaron Swartz, "Fix the machine, not the people" and is just as insightful as he always was.  Part of his Raw Nerve series.

And then we have the bald statement that companies who support remote workers win against those who don't.  Why?  Better documentation and support of processes.  Makes sense!

Blogging strategy

Some lessons from running a tech blog.  Interesting.

MVP must include credit cards

Nice point.  Your MVP is taking credit card payments.

Etsy guy: Real-time analytics ain't all that

Whom the gods would destroy, they first give real-time analytics.  Very nice position post.

Where I'd differ, just a little, is analysis of incoming queries.  I'd like that to be as quick as possible, and since you're not really talking about statistics in this case, statistical significance isn't an issue.  All you want to do is see what kind of things people are interested in which lead them to your content; then you reverse-engineer it to address wider circles of people more specifically.