The journey new users go through when using your product directly affects how the product is evaluated and how it is perceived. The business model you choose strongly influences the entire funnel, ...

Editor’s note: Jules Maltz is a general partner at IVP and focuses on later-stage venture investments in rapidly-growing Internet and software companies. Follow him on Twitter. Daniel Barney is a ...

As the CFO of a company with the word “free” in the name, FreeConferenceCall.com, you might be surprised to learn I’m not a big fan of the freemium business model. While the strategy has short-term ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Plenty of startups out there want to do go for a "freemium" business model, but there's a lot of confusion as to what "freemium" actually means.

For all the value that open-source development provides, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst recently reminded the industry that open source may be more potent as a business model than as a development model: ...

Freemium is a business model where basic services or features are offered for free, while premium services come with a cost. This approach aims to attract a large user base quickly, allowing you to ...

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Taking a cue from those little sample scoops at the ice cream shop, or the free samples at the grocery store, many companies are allowing you to try out their product before you commit to buying.

This post is part of a new series called “Game On” brought to you by Akamai Technologies. As game publishers deal with increasingly more complex issues, this series looks at issues as diverse as ...

Several years ago when the word “cloud” was more associated with weather than the Internet, there was an online storage company called X Drive. It was a good product. Users loved it. In 2005, the ...