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Today, subscription drives 73% of revenue.

Applications are just a bunch of functions that get things done: APIs wrap those functions in easy to use interfaces so you can work with them without being an expert.

On average, it took most companies almost 6 years to exit, however, the length of time it took a company to exit had no impact on exit value.

During the past few years I’ve noticed:

Agora is not for static video or audio. The next YouTube, Netflix, or Spotify won’t be built on Agora. It’s for interactive, real-time video and audio, like one-to-many livestreams, audio chat rooms, or one-on-one use cases like telemedicine or tutoring.

There were two major pieces of native functionality that have been left out up until recently - payments and state.

Paid advertising can be a tricky monetization model for marketplaces. On one hand, it holds promise as a high margin revenue stream. However, it can also interfere with supply curation.

- ABCMouse is making north of $100M/year with a $7.99/month product