With lower overhead costs, a simplified sales process, more efficient operations and shockingly high multiples when you sell the company, it’s hard to beat the SaaS business model. SaaS, or Software ...

So, you’re looking to get a handle on how SaaS businesses really work, huh? It’s not just about having a cool piece of software. There’s a whole system behind it, a way of doing business that’s become ...

Licenses and subscriptions are popular pricing models. Learn how licenses and subscriptions work and how to choose a pricing strategy for your business.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a founder, writer and lecturer focusing on VC funds. For over a decade, SaaS has been hailed as the holy grail of software ...

In this special guest feature, Peter Zaitsev, Co-founder and CEO of Percona, addresses a hot topic due to the public debate on the long term viability of the open source business model that started ...

On my previous post about the scalability of the "support subscription" business model, Joel Jackson said: "I’m confused Savio...what don’t you understand about a software subscription annuity model?

Startups are increasing their use of open source products in some shape or fashion. Can we correlate these actions with the demise of the traditional software business model? So if anything, I think ...

Jack Ades remembers initial skepticism over the Great Plains Software business model. The North Dakota company wanted to build a community of partners to sell its software to clients. Great Plains ...

A panel of open source CEOs took the stage at the recent LinuxWorld conference for a panel called “The death of the enterprise software business model.” While one-sided, the discussion provided ...