The following infographic from the folks at HootSuite illustrates the parallels between the Freemium Business Model (used by Skype, Dropbox and of course HootSuite) and baking a pie.
The infographic offers step by step instructions on how to incorporate all the key ingredients for freemium success: a huge base of free users, a handful of paid users, cheap data storage, cloud technology and an enthusiastic user community.
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