View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” Free Template for Great Startup Pitch Decks, Direct from VCs. ’ like all startups have to, but also “why invest now?'” Seed stage startups are now graded on a curve.” Happy reading! The Fundraising Process. ” (Rob Go).

Seed Stage 177

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

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

Version One Ventures

MAY 28, 2020

As we’ve been spending time on B2B marketplaces and dev tools/platforms, we’ve come to realize that there’s an interesting sub-category that combines elements of both: the API-as-a-marketplace. First, you can aggregate the supply especially in antiquated industries where a lot of infrastructure needs to be built for the API-as-a-marketplace.

API 207

API Aggregator B2B Demand 207

Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

Capital Factory’s Saturday Startup Spotlight series features intimate chats with some of the latest founders taking hold of the startup ecosystem today. They’re a carefully-curated clothing aggregator, with an emphasis on creating customized shopping experiences. Swayy Can you pitch your company to us?

B2C 62

B2C Startup B2B Cofounder 62

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Everyone knows startups should do scrappy things that “don’t scale” — this show explores what those things actually are. In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors).

Framework 120

Framework Cofounder Seed Stage B2C 120

Scalable Startup

JANUARY 12, 2015

Online review management systems are an established part of the web for both consumer and B2B. For B2B, online reviews and testimonials and becoming a requirement in healthcare, automotive, government and other industries. . > > Company Summary: Saas Product launched, several Fortune 1000 customers, currently growing.

Management 20

Management Los Angeles Angel Investor B2B 20

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Advances in machine learning, specifically natural language processing, have made generating these baseline, aggregate datasets possible, at scale, with high accuracy. The only problem that faces startup investors now is how to mine this new data layer efficiently to increase returns.”. 1) Market fund. are using AngelMob.co

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

If you know of senior level business and technical professionals looking for exciting startup opportunities, they can sign up here. Over 1,000 senior professionals have since signed up for the mailer, which goes out on Fridays. I tried to make it a little more entertaining than your average job RSS feed. It wants to click.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

VC Cafe

APRIL 21, 2022

trillion times in aggregate ( source ). If you’re a seed/pre-seed/bootstrapped startup building in this space, we’d love to hear from you. Like Meta, Snap has a booming developer community who uses Snap Lens Studioo to build AR social filters: Over 250,000 developers have published a total of 2.5 Snap Spectacles.

Mobile 198

Mobile Global Aggregator Bootstrapping 198

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

As many of you know, in the past I’ve done a series of posts deconstructing the S-1s of VC-backed internet startups going public. A few years ago this was sort of a novelty… not that many startups were going public and not that many bloggers or mainstream journalists took the time or had familiarity with combing these SEC filings.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. With MentorMob , you spend more time learning and less time searching.”.

Illinois 165

Illinois Aggregator Chicago Widget 165

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Great by Cliff Allen Business Networking Online who I had blogged about previously in Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Cliff also sparked an idea that along with using in a separate conversations sparked the idea that we should be using Southern California Tech Central as a means of helping to aggregate the conversation.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Southern California Aggregator 150

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

If you don't believe me, think how many times have you described a startup to someone by first describing the background or people involved? As you've probably experienced, in a startup your elevator pitch can be a great management technique for clarifying the things your organization should focus on. Aggregate and curate to reinforce.

Elevator Pitch 144

Elevator Pitch Management Aggregator Curation 144

Rob Go

JUNE 7, 2012

The interesting thing is that while many entrepreneurs, tech executives, and investors are short-term nervous about the fate of internet-enabled startups, most are incredibly long-term bullish. Personally, I’m more bullish about the prospects of internet-enabled innovation than I have been my entire career.

Technical Review 61

Technical Review SMS Internet B2C 61

Scalable Startup

JANUARY 12, 2015

. > The Larger Market: Estimated at over $10 billion revenue per year, probably a lot more, online review management systems are an established part of the web for consumer and B2B markets. For B2B, online reviews and testimonials and becoming a requirement in healthcare, automotive, government and other industries.

Aggregator 20

Aggregator Management Los Angeles Angel Investor 20

View from Seed

JUNE 22, 2016

Editor’s note: The NextView team periodically holds internal “shootarounds,” where we discuss a startup topic or trend and try to make sense of it for everyone involved: entrepreneurs, investors, and consumers. JAY ACUNZO: So what’s the conviction around the table in drones and related startups for our work today?

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Startup Software Review B2B 159

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

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 need to get you into both the Southern California Tech Central and the B2B Marketing Zone. landing pages, etc. Foreign Service. What are you working on now?

Early Stage 150

Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

Hippoland

JANUARY 4, 2017

Here’s a quick primer on how investments tend to work in startup companies at the seed stage. So, in the aggregate, it is possible that you may be required to pay as much as $30k-$50k to get an equity round done. Newer VC firms, though, typically do not pass their costs to their startups, which is much more progressive.

Convertible Security 48

Convertible Security Equity Security Silicon Valley 48

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. The secondary wave of VC-backed IPOs has also come to fruition… both consumer facing (Yelp, Demand Media, Pandora, Carbonite, HomeAway, Angie’s List, et al) and B2B (Jive Software, Brightcove, Imperva, Responsys, etc). What’s the impact for early-stage startups?

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. 2) Market . An example of a tech-enabled VC is Corl.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2020

I’ve been in the B2B link-building game for almost five years, and the true value of link building isn’t quick fixes. B2B copywriting almost always requires more skill and time compared to B2C. Another great example of linkable assets are pages that aggregate industry stats, like this one. But they’re wasting their time. .

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B2B Social Media Email Campaign 142

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Like many things in life, the VC/startup ecosystem is one of cycles. But let’s look back at the last decade in VC-backed startups… it’s easy to forget how predominant mindsets change throughout the cycle. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly. 2009-2011: Retrenchment. We’re only a few months past Sequoia’s famous “R.I.P.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

Originally I'd recommended it for content, or B2B, sites, over time I've come to rely on it for pretty much any type of company. Here's what the screen will look like… The query you run, like I'm doing for Market Motive, my startup that offers certification courses in Analytics. You can't.

Search 135

Search Analytics PPC Green 135

Hunter Walker

MARCH 11, 2023

Riffing Off VC Charles Hudson’s Blog Post, Here’s What I’m Trying to Answer a group of different robots running a race, digital art [DALL-E] If startup founders sometimes ‘Build in Public,’ is the analogou sventure capitalist motto to ‘Think in Public?’ Will Zendesk be replaced by an AI Customer Support startup or does Zendesk integrate AI.

Artificial Inteligence 67

Artificial Inteligence Non-Compete Generative AI IP 67

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2011

That’s also how Anand Singh and Harveen Narulla felt, and that is why they founded GreenBills Pte Ltd, the technology start-up behind e-bill aggregation solution GreenPost. Singh and Narulla believe they have found the answer, and that is: aggregated e-billing. Not to mention, it’s a massive waste of paper.

Green 248

Green Singapore B2C Aggregator 248

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. MailChimp, the B2B subscriber email management service, recorded a 66% drop in failed logins after introducing social login.

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. Sector: B2B On-Demand. AI is a trending sector for startups and seed funds right now.

Search 120

Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. Sector: B2B On-Demand. AI is a trending sector for startups and seed funds right now.

Search 120

Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Like many things in life, the VC/startup ecosystem is one of cycles. But let’s look back at the last decade in VC-backed startups… it’s easy to forget how predominant mindsets change throughout the cycle. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly. Reading Time: 5 minutes. 2009-2011: Retrenchment.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

This is in part because these businesses are unencumbered by legacy constraints that had previously been hardwired into the companies and industries these startups are trying to disrupt. By the end, 99 percent of the B2B marketplaces had cratered and only B2C eBay was left standing and thriving. Leverage influencers for liquidity.

B2C 136

B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Lots of people more forward-thinking than me have rightly said that data is a powerful asset and aggregating, mining, and making it useful will be a core element of many businesses currently being built. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. March 30, 2012.

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. 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. They picked online, because signing up online B2B partnerships is quick, easy and capital light.

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

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

It is the B2B advertiser’s Mecca, but it is an undeserved market when it comes to user experience and consolidation of services. BizMe2 , a new Israeli startup led by serial entrepreneur Yair Margolin, is looking to do to conferences what WordPress did to blogging. VC Cafe: You have a pretty long track record in startups.

Aggregator 84

Aggregator Caching PHP 84

Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Most small business and Startup founders are talking about customer engagement and social presence beyond the customary likes and one-post-a-month schedules. Working in a B2B field, LinkedIn’s analytics are sensitive enough to track your audience by industry, seniority, function, and company size. Tool 12: ShareTally.

Analytics 100

Analytics Social Media Marketing Media 100

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

b2b CRM – A Web-based CRM that manages contacts, activities, and your sales pipeline, and integrates with Outlook and Word. Database, File Storage & Information Management Pixily – An online service that lets you aggregate, organize, find and share your documents. tools startup productivity list startupcto.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

This is a clear example where business-to-business (B2B) marketers need to learn from their business-to-consumer (B2C) counterparts. Yet many B2B companies don’t have a clue. 3) Analyze the aggregated data to determine best practices and benchmarks across your customers.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48