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a16z Crypto Startup School

Learn How to Build a Crypto Company

From late February to mid-April, 45 students selected from among thousands of applicants attended a16z Crypto Startup School, first in person and then online.

Now we’re making the course videos available to you. In partnership with TechCrunch, we’re releasing a new course module every week for the next several weeks. We hope that the hours of real-world insights contained in these videos over the next few weeks will help a new generation of talented technologists navigate the idea maze and get started building crypto projects.

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What is your business model in the tech space?

🚀 What’s your business model?

Here are some examples of business models in the tech space, each having different metrics you should be tracking.

🔸 Enterprise
You sell your software to other businesses on a single-license basis. These contracts have fixed terms and designated contract values.

🔸 SaaS
Here you’re selling cloud software-as-a-service through a subscription model (could be annual or monthly terms).

🔸 Usage-based
You’re billing your customer based on their usage of your product or service over a given period.

🔸 Subscription
A subscription company sells a product or service, usually to a consumer, on a recurring basis (monthly or annually).

🔸 Transactional
You collect a fee for enabling a financial transaction on behalf of a customer.

🔸 Marketplace
With a marketplace, you collect a percentage of the total transaction value in the sale of a good or service that goes through your intermediary platform.

🔸 E-Commerce
An e-commerce company sells physical goods online.

🔸 Advertising
An advertising company offers a free service to consumers and derives revenue entirely, or predominantly, from advertisers. Common advertising companies include social networks, content sites, and publishers.

🔸 Hardware
You sell physical devices to consumers or businesses.

Improve your life ♻️

PGF500 Team

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