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What’s a better return on investment: Enterprise or consumer tech?

VC Cafe

A look at the overall exits for both enterprise (B2B) and consumer (B2C) companies from 1995-2022 shows that both categories can produce power law returns, but they vary substantially: The top five enterprise companies with the largest exits account for $188B in value creation, or 12% of the $1,609B generated in the enterprise category since 1995.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Pierre Omidyar founded AuctionWeb in September of 1995, and its rise to fame is legendary. In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0 Exchange of Goods Marketplaces.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I bought Forevervinyl.com back in 1995 and went online. And like the LITERATI, professionals we work with are educated on how to market their business in order to increase revenue opportunities. Well, we’re a B2B marketing agency that specializes in services and intangible products. Thanks to Kevin Namaky, Gurulocity !

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Seeking A Job in Start-Up Land

Seeing Both Sides

My first time jumping into the start-up world was as a freshly minted Harvard MBA in 1995. Are you more of a B2C type or a B2B type? In order to narrow things down, I recommend following a simple, four-step heuristic. Here's the advice I give: . Pick a Domain. First, figure out your passion in terms of domain.

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