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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

“After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. In 2020, there is no second chance to make a first impression. In 2018, Quibi (back then called NewTV), raised $750 million in seed capital pre-launch (the service went on to raise an additional $1 billion ahead of the product launch in March 2020).

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How To Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide and Act

Steve Blank

B2B – cloud services, online meetings, virtual workforce management, collaboration tools. How can you shift focus to customer retention versus acquisition? If appropriate, offer to sign a longer agreement in exchange for lower cash payments in 2020 and 2021. Are there parts of your supply chain that can be repurposed?

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The State of Consumer Tech in Israel in 2023

VC Cafe

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. B2C Venture Capital Investments in Israel To the most part, Israeli VCs shy away from B2C startup investments.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

Would that help retention and NPS (Net Promote Score)? After all, in the year 2020, investors that had access to VC-backed IPOs, earned $206 million in average one-day gains for each of 165 separate offerings, for a total of $34B in one-day wealth transfers (including over-allotments). The others are all B2B companies.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Raising Venture Capital.