Learning Everywhere: Subscription Models and Yoga

If you know me, you know that I love yoga and practice several times a week.  To find the classes that work best for me, I visit several studios, and have seen how their pricing models have changed. Most yoga studio owners are not MBA-types, even here in Silicon...

B2BC or Business to Business-Minded Consumer

A lot of companies I work with fit neither into B2B nor B2C.  Unlike traditional B2B companies, they aren't selling to specific titles who are acting on behalf of the enterprise.  Unlike traditional B2C companies, they aren't selling to consumers...

Credit Card Reform, Subscription Marketing and Behavioral Economics

Yesterday, OpenTable went public, one of less than 10 IPOs in 2009. Shares were priced at $20, opened at $24.50, and ended the day at 31.89, up nearly 60%.  By any account, this was a very successful IPO and hopefully an indicator of better things to come in the...

New Marketplaces for SMB SaaS Applications

Several companies have recently announced new B2B marketplaces for SaaS, subscription-based services targeting small business owners.  Verizon has an SMB portal, that they announced in April.  Etelos Inc and Renovatix announced another new marketplace,...