Agile VC

MAY 7, 2014

Alibaba’s Genesis Alibaba was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and 17 other colleagues, and like most startups they began as a small group working out of Ma’s apartment in Hangzhou. com – this is the B2B marketplace for connecting wholesale buyers worldwide with Chinese manufacturers and distributors for a range of goods.

China 187

China B2B Flash IPO 187

Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

The name of our company came from the name of our flagship product. Since we’re a mobile app company we wanted a product name that was short, easily remembered, non-controversial and at least somewhat descriptive of the service. I had actually developed the logo in 1999 and it is now on the back of my entire product line.

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Naming Technical Review PR LLC 48

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Smith identified that when men and women specialize their skills, and also importantly “trade” with one another, the end result is a rise in productivity and standard of living for everyone. In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The show inspired us to create a product that would help an individual learn something quickly and in small bites. This idea of snackable content format pivoted to a video product in June 2016. Well, we’re a B2B marketing agency that specializes in services and intangible products. Photo Credit: Anurag Dwivedi.

Naming 97

Naming Entrepreneur Green LLC 97

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2016

Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), is rapidly becoming the norm for new products and services. If you can help with a relatively complex product or service, this one is especially appealing to customers who are not overly price sensitive, or ones for whom waiting in line can have catastrophic consequences.

Revenue 120

Revenue Startup Cloud Curation 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), is rapidly becoming the norm for new products and services. If you can help with a relatively complex product or service, this one is especially appealing to customers who are not overly price sensitive, or ones for whom waiting in line can have catastrophic consequences.

Business Model 120

Business Model Startup Cloud Curation 120

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

We had scrambled to get a product to market, built our first website, rapidly hired a technology team, raised our seed round of capital ($1.5 million … yes that was seed in 1999!) We were it in Europe: B2B. We started building 4 products so that our end-to-end, supply-chain services would be complete (MVP?

South Africa 310

South Africa Europe Disintermediation Poland 310

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

In this article, we’ll look at the role that emotional design plays in expanding reach, the influence emotion has on decision making, and we’ll even answer the age old question of does emotion impact B2B? 1999) – 300,000+ customers. Yeah, But Does More Emotion Work For B2B? 1998) – 120,000+ customers.

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Sales B2B Campaign Video 126

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Mine started this way … I started my first company in the “go-go years&# of the Internet: 1999. We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Through case studies, exercises, and discussions, Eric Ries will guide entrepreneurs of all stripes through the key areas that determine success for startups: product, engineering, QA, marketing, and business strategy. This workshop presents a new methodology that will allow you to bring new products -- and companies -- to life.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

When cloud services company Cornerstone OnDemand got its start in Los Angeles in 1999, the odds were against it. Miller did, however, note that Cornerstone had to adapt to hiring based on potential, rather than experience, because it was hard to find candidates with B2B software experience in LA. Miller noted.

Cloud 118

Cloud Southern California Los Angeles New York City 118

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

5; in Lund, 1999 ). Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). Most disappointing however, is that in more than one hundred years of legibility research, researchers have failed to form a concrete body of theoretical knowledge on the part that serifs may play in legibility ( Lund, 1999 ). Dowding 1957, p.5; Typographical features.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

Back then, if you wanted to learn more about a product, submitting some contact info and waiting for a follow-up email or phone call seemed reasonable…because those were the only options available. Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999). A Shift in How We Communicate. It’s been around since the mid-1990s.

Lead Generation 91

Lead Generation Channel IP Conversion 91

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Not to be outdone, on May 20, Robinhood announced , “Today, we’re starting to roll out IPO Access, a new product that will give you the opportunity to buy shares of companies at their IPO price, before trading on public exchanges.” The others are all B2B companies. NPS would soar. As a group they have done quite well.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82

Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

The former includes the Twitters, Facebooks, Linkedins, Tesla Motors of the World and the latter is the 95% of companies (B2B SaaS, Semiconductors, Cap Equipment, Biotech, MedTech, etc) that need to be marketed (Supply Push) by legions of brokers. It is intentional. And I agree with Mike Arrington that what is going on now is different.

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Valuation Social Media Media IPO 50

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

If you have a product or service that people are required to partake in, you can skip optimizing tone. We started innocent in 1999 after selling our smoothies at a music festival. Above all, it’s important that your tone of voice isn’t boring, even if your industry or product is typically considered boring.

Conversion 48

Conversion Audience Massachusetts Social Media 48

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In this post let's look at each Social Network, see what B2B and B2C brands are doing there today, from that draw lessons as to 1. As with all other Social Networks below, let's take a look at some B2B examples (good and un-good), some B2C examples (good and un-good) and arrive at the optimal answer. This hurts.

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Social Media Media B2C B2B 60