ConversionXL
MARCH 17, 2021
Last September (2020), six months after the 1st lockdown, my co-founder Vladimir Blagojevic and I decided to run market research to figure out what challenges B2B companies face and how they solve them. And while this was a good start, a significant position of these companies were early-stage startups. Let’s dive in.
Steve Blank
MAY 11, 2021
The military awarded $445 billion in contracts in 2020. To attract interest the Defense Department is handing out unprecedented numbers of small contracts and in 2020 seeded 1,635 firms with more than $1.5 billion in early funding. Dozens of outreach programs across the military now offer quick revenue to early-stage companies.
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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Some five years into an early stage technology company, I found myself, an experienced technology manager, as a CEO in search of competent manufacturing. It wasn’t like we were packaging software we were producing the highest performing vertical axis wind turbine. Thanks Pamela. Where is the innovation workforce? –
ConversionXL
JANUARY 18, 2022
This is particularly true for complex verticals such as B2B SaaS products, where product marketing’s ability to pinpoint users with the most need and educate them on product features and benefits proves useful. To become and remain competitive, you need both brand marketing and product marketing at each stage of your company’s development.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ). The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. Source: AngelList.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ). The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. Source: AngelList.
Austin Startup
JUNE 22, 2020
The phrase, “missionaries, not mercenaries,” applies just as equally to early-stage investors as employees. The product is a complex AI service in an industry vertical that is large and growing fast. Didn’t make sense to him that the industry vertical had revenue anywhere near their forecast.
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