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Making Social Media Work For SMEs

YoungUpstarts

For many SMEs, the rapid growth of cross-border e-commerce – tipped to be worth US$2 trillion this year in the B2C space alone [1] – makes the opportunity too valuable to ignore. This was the experience of Herschel Supply Co., 6] The Guardian, How SMEs can make the best use of social media, 13 December 2013. [7]

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #17: On failure and resilience

Austin Startup

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on December 7, 2013. For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. Who says Austin can’t do B2C now ? and I bet he’ll be back. or break?—?the

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The 2021 Israeli Unicorn Map

VC Cafe

Israel was historically known for semiconductors and cybersecurity but it’s now punching above its weight in consumer (B2C), gaming and commerce. What is less obvious is the growing number of Unicorns that grew in the consumer space in Israel and how diverse they are: consumer health, consumer insurance, media, music, gaming etc.

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JFDI.Asia Announces 2013 Startup Lineup

YoungUpstarts

According to Hugh Mason, co-founder and CEO at JFDI.Asia , around the world accelerator programs like theirs are evolving as a consistent way to direct innovation, teach entrepreneurship and manage the risks involved. “Early-stage business is becoming less of an art and more of a science,” he adds.

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Growth Story: How learning app Blinkist became one of Europe’s fastest growing startups

The Next Web

This week the CEO and co-founder of Blinkist, Holger Seim, shares valuable insights into growing a subscription-based B2C service. It’s raised some considerable investments and has been growing steadily since their switch to a subscription model end of 2013.

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Denouement

View from Seed

But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Facebook goes public in 2012 and Twitter in 2013. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages.

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9 Things You Should Know About Social Login & CRO

ConversionXL

On the other hand, Easytobook , a B2C company, had 1.5 It seems that B2C companies might benefit far more from social login than B2Bbut even that seems to depend on a company’s expectations. million monthly unique visitors but low engagement. They knew they had to simplify the registration process. Source: Wall Street Journal.