ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Gavin Braman, Co-Founder @ Drifting Creatives. Just like Peep, other marketers from hypergrown products, such as David Cancel (founder at Drift) argue that product-based differentiation is vanishing. A marketing strategy should include a go-to-market plan that is sales-led and product assisted.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

by Joe Duncan, founder of Duncan Capital LP. The combination of services and infrastructure traditionally housed under one roof – underwriting, research, sales & trading, supported by large back office operations, and monitored by compliance systems – will remain at the sector’s core.

Technical Review 154

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Startups bear the costs of their financing, from the first seed investment to the sale of Series A stock. will collect taxes on sales in the U.S. A major reason for incorporating is to have the founders assign their IP to the company; it is far easier for a business to contract with a startup when the IP is owned by one entity.

Convertible Security 100

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

And so they’re typically not necessary, nor sufficient conditions, to being or even becoming an exceptional Founder. Many common ones are public: charismatic leadership, having a sales-oriented approach, or being strategic about delegating. Some founders actually keep two lists, one of both categories.

Cofounder 194

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We asked 10 founders to share what they think the future of personalized shopping holds (ecommerce entrepreneurs, listen up!). As brick-and-mortar stores started seeing sales slip, they plunged headfirst into the Internet, thus creating click-and-mortar operations. See also: 5 Surprising Places Where Ecommerce Is Taking Off.

eCommerce 108

eCommerce Technical Review San Francisco New York City 108

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Rick Boerebach is a co-founder of ZEEF.com , a curated link directory built by passionate experts. The basic concept of affiliate marketing dates back to the 90s where companies share revenue with the people that drive sales to your store. This helps reward and incentivize them to bring in as much sales as possible.

Affiliate 134

Affiliate Revenue Internet Marketing 134

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

the “TOPSCAN” framework from my research study on value creation by VCs ): T eam-Building – We aggregate openings across our portfolio on our jobs page. – Aggregation, ranking, and discounts from service providers. I’m very interested in additional ways to use technology to extend each of these! – OKRs for CEOs.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

the sale of the company for $1 billion. Almost every successful company is a mixture of very hard work by the founders mixed with a pinch of luck, good fortune and perseverance. Another 3–5 could return in aggregate $300–500 million. It was ~30 days from bankruptcy. That’s return, not exit price of the company.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 5, 2013

I asked a panel of fellow founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following: Name one SaaS product your business uses to convert more leads into actual sales and why is it so effective. Maintaining and building relationships is an important part of turning leads into sales. My sales team swears by Yesware.

Sales 136

Sales Product Aggregator Database 136

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. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. is an AI bot which helps companies refine their sales pitch to VCs.

Private Equity 60

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2017

by Ross Kimbarovsky, founder of crowdSPRING. Most are looking to exceed their sales targets and will offer greater discounts if the quarter is about to end. I also explained that we weren’t concerned with what each itemized item cost – but we needed to make sure that in the aggregate, we didn’t exceed our budget.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 1, 2019

It can also come up in face-to-face meetings—sales pitches, conferences talks, account reviews, etc. For marketers in B2B sales, the challenge increases. The choreography of a B2B sale—in which the average buying decision involves more than five people —may require copy or collateral that serves multiple audiences.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Marketing Software Review Audience 133

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As David Sacks from All in put it: On aggregate, a lot of funding was also deployed to startups in the application layer – investing in founders leveraging generative AI to either solve narrow tasks, or bring automation to tasks to reduce costs, increase accuracy, speed etc.

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Generative AI ChatGPT Artificial Inteligence Cofounder 78

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 8, 2023

” What are my major assumptions for why there’s more markdowns to come in the aggregate for the last decade of venture portfolios? As The Information proclaims, “ Unicorn Fire Sales Ahead.” Funds will get rightsized , which helps better align investors and founders in what defines a successful outcome.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 29, 2013

By the time you’re done with this article, I guarantee you’ll be thinking more strategically about Autoresponders, and ready to create content that’ll help you automate trust building exercises, shares, and sales. Disclaimer: This is provided you’re making sales. A Quick Note About What’s To Follow.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others. One thing to make clear, StartupRoar is a jump off point.

Intellectual Property 175

Intellectual Property Aggregator Startup IP 175

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

It proved to be fortuitous because it allowed me the time & space I needed to get to know tons of founders and VCs and to hone my craft. At Upfront when we know we have a winning hand we prefer to put more capital to work, which both helps the entrepreneurs succeed and drives more aggregate financial returns for our LPs.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Our investment thesis is backing mission-driven founders and Abhinav is as mission-driven as it gets. Bikky aggregates customer data from many disparate and traditionally siloed sources: point of sale, payments, online ordering, loyalty, and reservation data. He sees and feels the problem he’s solving based on his experiences.

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New York City Customer Aggregator Retention 60

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2020

Sometimes, if you seem well connected to other founders or VCs, that will get you a meeting—because you don’t want to miss something everyone else has seen. On one hand, you could complain about this as bad VC behavior, because wasting a founder’s time is a mortal sin in Startupland. VCs take a meeting just to learn about an area.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

I’d like to take a step back and discuss the significance of IP as a component of the overall value that founders intend to create as they grow the company. How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? Large companies] win by locking competitors out of their sales channels. trade secret).

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Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2012

You’ve heard enough about the need to produce content that I’m guessing you’re probably blogging away and curating, aggregating and filtering all manner of content. Robin Robins, founder of Marketing Technology Toolkit in Nashville, TN involves her customer community in an incredible way.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles. Big names like Microsoft BizSpark and Sun Startup Essentials have a presence here, of course, and The Funded recently launched their Founder Institute in Paris as well. and Amazon.fr). It has infiltrated the U.K.,

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. For a startup, having great sales DNA is a wonderful asset. But here’s where a truly great sales artist comes in. More on that in a moment. They are closing orders.

Customer 167

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2017

by Stephen Sheinbaum, founder of Bizfi. Pursuing new sales channels while maintaining your current brand can help diversify your products and attract more customers to your business. Introducing items that build on the products you already have can help generate new sales and improve customer satisfaction.

Small Business 100

Small Business Small Business Administration Social Media Aggregator 100

YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2013

by Mike Broderick, co-founder and CEO of Turning Technologies. In addition to giving our customers the power to generate and aggregate audience response data in real time, Turning Technologies has been able to collect and use customer feedback to hone our product development efforts.

Cofounder 230

Cofounder Entrepreneur Ohio Aggregator 230

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Harr, an Emmy-nominated CBS TV host and founder and CEO of boutique social media agency Resonate Social Media , puts together in his book a compilation of various “secrets to social media success” aimed at helping businesses, big or small, navigate through the pitfalls of engaging customers online.

Social Media 154

Social Media Media Aggregator Hosting 154

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2016

In episode 22 of our podcast, Traction , Unbounce co-founder and marketing keynote speaker Oli Gardner shared five key parts to well-optimized startup landing pages. In aggregate, he says, the conversion rates tend to go up. (He It’s a common tactic, the use of landing pages, all thanks to the power of building an email list.

Startup 136

Startup Seed Stage Cofounder Aggregator 136

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 30, 2019

John Jantsch: Today’s episode is brought to you by Break Through The Noise , the new book by Tim Staples, Co-Founder and CEO of Shareability. John Jantsch: Okay, so on Google’s five point or five star scale, is there a perfect aggregate score that you should be aiming for? Back to Podcast. Transcript. Aaron Weiche: Yeah.

Software Review 66

Software Review Reputation Small Business Aggregator 66

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. Keep in mind Yipit is an indirect competitor in the daily deals space (essentially a meta aggregator of deals sites), but the analysis is sound IMO.

North America 100

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Airbnb’s availability as a marketplace and its aggregation of substantial consumer demand has actually meant certain forms of lodging have been newly built or converted into rooms for the primary purpose of listing on Airbnb. Source: Airbnb S-1. Airbnb’s Secret Sauce. So Where Does Airbnb They Go From Here?

North America 401

North America IPO Prospectus Europe 401

Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 9, 2019

Accordingly, I thought it would be helpful for founders to discuss these rights and to point out the problems they create for startups. This is a huge red flag and founders should push back very hard. In short, super pro rata rights are another example of investors trying to take advantage of inexperienced founders.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Austin-based author, tech investor and Managing Director of Techstars Austin Amos Schwartzfarb reveals details for the launch event for his new book “Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Start-Ups,” published by Wiley. Early stage sales and product-market fit are topics that I love talking about,” said Schwartzfarb.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Recommendations can be powered by aggregate data, which determines the relevance of a certain item in relation to a given context, or user specific data, that fuels personalized recommendations. Getting this right is extremely important, given that according to the Pareto’s rule in marketing, 80% of product sales come from 20% of products.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

So by segmenting your data, you can learn things you couldn’t from the aggregate data. Customers that converted in the last year that had a sales cycle of less than x weeks. Optimizing the sales process is a tricky topic, as there are many ways to do it. Acquisition Efficiency. Expansion Potential.

Conversion 48

Conversion Retention Acquisition Metrics 48

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Capital Factory’s Saturday Startup Spotlight series continues this week with the Co-Founder and CEO of Homads : Vi Nguyen. I’m Vi Nguyen, one of the co-founders and CEO of Homads. We have two other founders that run the head of data and tech, and I run the business side. Our next milestone is to get ourselves out of Texas.

Startup 48

Startup Cofounder Elevator Pitch Bootstrapping 48

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I agree with YouTube (that they provide more (hosting, ad sales, etc.) If you’re thinking about building an online video network today you need to think about: Producing your own content (not just aggregating). but not that this justifies take a 45% revenue share. But the best MCNs are so much more.

Networking 366

Networking Media Distribution Video 366

Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For a small business; generally you have to increase sales to find economies of scale in your other costs. To increase sales; hire people. Renske Lynde, Co-founder & Managing Director, Food System 6 Accelerator. Derek Denckla, Investor and founder of Slow Money NYC ; Convener Food+Enterprise Summit.

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Balance Sheet Incubator Cofounder Salary 60