Snowflake, Alibaba and My 3 Favorite Cloud Business Models (141)

This week’s podcast is about cloud business models. It's a complicated and evolving subject. But I am trying to identify good cloud business models that aren't obvious (like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud). Alibaba Cloud and Snowflake are examples.

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Here are four sub-types of Coordination Platforms.

• Communication. Zoom, Slack, etc.
• Data Intelligence. Snowflake and Confluent.
• Team Projects. Manual and complicated projects like architecture, media creation, software development.
• Operational Automation.

Here are cloud business models I like:

• Innovation platforms
• Coordination platforms (especially when combined with innovation platforms).
• Vertical solutions

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From the Concept Library, concepts for this article are:

• Platforms: Coordination
• Platforms: Innovation
• Cloud services

From the Company Library, companies for this article are:

• Alibaba Cloud
• Snowflake

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