David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Transformify

MARCH 9, 2017

B2B Content curation and B2B content aggregation are very powerful, and if used properly, can tremendously boost the outreach and secure new leads. A number of industry leaders are relying on B2B content curation to drive traffic to their web pages, educate their users and generate new leads.

Curation 40

Curation B2B Aggregator Lead Generation 40

VC Cafe

APRIL 21, 2022

I believe the iPhone moment is going to be the launch of Apple’s smart glasses (or maybe Meta’s) and when it happens, I predict we will see accelerated adoption of AR technology for both consumer and enterprise use cases, and a rush to adapt products to from 2D to 3D. trillion times in aggregate ( source ). Snap Spectacles.

Mobile 198

Mobile Global Aggregator Bootstrapping 198

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

Deliver tailored marketing and sales messaging to those people. Pilot programs refine the process—and your target list—while (hopefully) demonstrating enough ROI to earn buy-in from marketing, sales, and executives. The analytics portal syncs with independent CRMs to wed engagement and sales data. Sales enablement.

Software Review 117

Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. We do a lot of B2B and also have an "Early Stage Branding" practice for technology startups. Oh, and I forget to mention in my introduction about B2B. I've known Farida for quite a while. Maybe ten years.

Early Stage 150

Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Eloqua is bringing this revolution to the B2B marketers by providing on-demand applications and best-practice expertise for B2B marketers to execute, automate and measure effective marketing programs that drive revenue. sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 5, 2014

In retrospect, it is evident we are in the midst of a profound technological shift that is rather predictably right on the traditional 10 year tech cycle, depending on when you start your calendar. The two big curves that have matured are obvious, social technology and mobile. 5) A lot of technology stuff moves into the stack.

Silicon Valley 62

Silicon Valley Cloud B2C Mobile 62

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

77% of users believe social login is a good registration solution… …and should be offered by any website, according to the aggregated research published by WebHostingBuzz. Whether you make money through sales or ads, you always need more user engagement on your website. Impressive, but since only 3.4% Image source.

Social Network 73

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 73

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

77% of Users Believe Social Login Is A Good Registration Solution… … and should be offered by any website, according to the same aggregated research published by WebHostingBuzz. Whether you make money through sales or ads, you ALWAYS need more user engagement on your website. Impressive, but given only 3.4%

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

There is a lot any business — B2C, B2B, A2Z — can learn from Songza. Songza demonstrates great use of technology, but not in an in your face look at how smart we are way. "Let's just get people on the phone and our sales reps will convert!" I love the social nature of sharing playlists.

Web 164

Web Design Marketing Security 164

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

By the end, 99 percent of the B2B marketplaces had cratered and only B2C eBay was left standing and thriving. The prevailing consensus at the time was that B2B marketplaces were too hard (e.g. Start with aggregating scarce and in-demand inventory. Investment stopped, and entrepreneurs focused on other categories.

B2C 136

B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

ConversionXL

JUNE 13, 2016

In test 2 you change the Recommendation engine algorithm, such that you primarily show sale articles here. It is possible, for example, to test the placement of the recommendations at 50% traffic, while the other 50% is used for the sale articles in the recommendations. These so-called outliers can distort results. Why is that?

Distribution 48

Distribution Conversion Non-Compete Revenue 48

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

It’s not for a lack of technological effort from both startups and huge companies in all of mobile payments’ incarnations – SMS, mobile web, native apps, NFC, etc. But nearly everyone has wrongly placed emphasis on the mobile technology part and not on the payments aspect. Chris Chaten. Any thoughts on Isis?

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

Email campaign ideas, content improvement, behavior targeting, testing product prices , hiring a supposedly awesome consultant, using offline calls to action, measuring impact of television on the web, opening a twitter account of a B2B business, doing… Anything you can think of I can do it. Usually for free. Usually at least a test.

Analytics 118

Analytics Web Metrics Channel 118

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Up and Running

MAY 21, 2014

” So since we’ve used the terms marketing and sales in the first sentence, I think it’s helpful to actually maybe get a baseline on really how I define each of those, because I think it’s probably, to some degree, there’s some confusion about what each of those terms mean in some circles. How do I close a lead?”

Marketing 72

Marketing Social Media Sales Media 72

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Demographics, Technology, Behavior, Date of First Session, Traffic Sources), conditional segments, and sequence segments. This very simple setup can help answer the age-old question of, ‘does my blog content help drive more sales and revenue?'” Smart optimizers don’t waste time with crappy aggregate data.

Analytics 70

Analytics eCommerce Software Review Technical Review 70

ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2016

As Avinash Kaushik famously wrote, “All data in aggregate is crap.” Demographics, Technology, Behavior, Date of First Session, Traffic Sources), conditional segments, and sequence segments. This very simple setup can help answer the age-old question of, ‘does my blog content help drive more sales and revenue?'”

Analytics 48

Analytics eCommerce Software Review Technical Review 48

VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

The event will give local professionals from the media, VCs and related industries a chance to discover new technologies and hold one-on-one meetings with executives from Israel. Broadtec’s offers Full end to end solution – advanced play list technology and production tools – Easy to use, Short implementation time – Very competitively priced.

Media 145

Media Social Network Flash 145

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

The Mobile World Congress , possibly the largest International technology conference and definitely the most important mobile conference of the year is taking place in Barcelona this February 14-17. Free roaming technology – unique roaming solution which eliminates roaming costs in more than 150 countries. Ceedo Technologies.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

So, I’ve had about 4 years on the “inside” of a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS startup. He is focused on delivering real business value by educating clients about the latest proven technologies, strategies that deliver improved profits and operational efficiencies, and using technology to improve life. Not so bad.

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. 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. Preloaders.net.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53