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Licensing Roundup
I’ve written a number of articles now about licensing software: here’s a guide through them. License Models Suck Round Two (Finding the Least Suck) Licensing Models, Self-Service Style The Platform License Problem Offering Multiple License Models Finding The Price Changing the Pricing Model Since I wrote these, usage-based pricing has become an area of interest……
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Remote culture
Fully remote is a culture, not a technique — a company that is not already equipped for it can handle individual contributors working from home temporarily but will struggle to let anyone go completely remote. Tellingly, these organizations almost never support home office work for managers or executives, because their decision making processes rely on…
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Engines and Fuel part two
Part One Why don’t software vendor companies make content? The best answer is that they have decided not to invest (or similarly, have not decided to invest yet). Companies are often aware of the gaps their customers complain about, and yet choose to prioritize other things. A less good answer: they are not hiring the…
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Finding the Price
Let’s dive once more into the licensing breach! Here’s the background: License Models Suck Round Two (finding the least suck) Licensing Models, Self-Service Style The Platform License Problem Offering Multiple License Models What’s not covered? Well, when I wrote this post about evaluating a side business, it came close to the process for defining the…
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Metaphors
I love words. I love to read and write. I was an English major for a reason. As I implied in that post, it’s important to know how to use language to engage emotion. However, you also need to know when to use a particular tool and when to leave it in the box. I…
