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Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

View from Seed

Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right. Something similar happened with Snapchat in 2017 with their IPO.

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Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

Agile VC

Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right. Something similar happened with Snapchat in 2017 with their IPO.

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Is Your SaaS Go-to-Market Strategy Tsunami-Proof?

ConversionXL

The Three Tidal Waves Coming for Your SaaS Business. This isn’t limited to the B2C space. Just take a look at these three channels: Facebook : 171% Increase in Cost per Thousand Impressions, or CPM ( 2017 ). Twitter : 20% Increase in CPM ( Q4 2017 ). LinkedIn : 44% Increase in CPM ( Q2 2017 ).

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

I initially began my business in 2017 as a requirement for a college course I was taking. We spent a good amount of time trying to pick a name as I’m sure most business owners do. We were trying to pick a name that would indicate what it is we do since we are a B2C company. Thanks to Paul Kesserwani, Cushion ! #4-

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking.

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

This allowed us to emphasize how to differentiate a technical spec from a value proposition and expand on the parts of the business model that are unique for science and engineering startups. Ended in Week 10 as a B2C platform for scheduling on-demand at-home senior care. 2017 Instructors : Jeff Epstein, Steve Weinstein.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

It was becoming a business model destined to fail. We were witnessing, firsthand, the dramatic shifts in B2C e-commerce, and the resulting incredible experiences and benefits brands were delivering their retail consumers. The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering!