Agile, B2B, B2C and Startup

Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

In 2023, personalization will remain a critical aspect of e-commerce trends, whether you are B2B or B2C. 3 Watch out for Startups and Emerging Markets Analyzing competitors’ activity in the market is essential, but businesses should think outside the box and keep track of startups and emerging markets.

eCommerce

eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Analytics

Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. I don’t follow the Chinese startup market as closely as I follow the US, but Alibaba’s 2014 IPO was a similar watershed moment. This post also appears on NextView’s blog.

IPO

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors

What Is B2B And Why Choose This Business Model For Your Startup?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Last week, in part one of the B2B versus B2C series, I explained there are several reasons as to why entrepreneurs should venture into “B2B” (“Business to Business”) service based companies as opposed to any form of “B2C” (“Business to Consumer”) company, “B2B” product-oriented company or strictly a web-based B2B firm.

B2B

B2B Business Model B2C Agile

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups.

Customer Development

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer

The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. You can click here to learn more.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review

Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

VC’s were no longer insisting that startups spend faster, and “swing for the fences”. It was a nuclear winter for startup capital.” ” Steve Blank, “Is the lean startup dead?” ” The Lean Startup movement started out of necessity. Agile Development: launch an MVP early and iterate quickly.

Lean

Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate

[Sponsored] The Money Is In The Metrics: Data Driven Decisions Form The Right Strategy For Growth

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The early startup phase of your business is a very exciting time because there is an immense amount of opportunity and success to be had. It’s also a time when you are most agile to work on ideas and implement strategies without the crippling setbacks caused by decision hierarchy and process.

Metrics

Metrics B2C B2B Channel

The Money Is In The Metrics: Data Driven Decisions Form The Right Strategy For Growth

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The early startup phase of your business is a very exciting time because there is an immense amount of opportunity and success to be had. It’s also a time when you are most agile to work on ideas and implement strategies without the crippling setbacks caused by decision hierarchy and process.

Metrics

Metrics B2C B2B Channel

10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad.

Founder

Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation

Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. The goal of their startup in this stage becomes “getting funded.”

Customer Development

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley

5 Strategies For Managing A Fast Growing Startup

YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2018

Managing a startup is kind of like riding a roller coaster. Of course, managing a startup and riding a roller coaster are two different things. Believe it or not, though, there are ways to manage a fast-growing startup. If you’re at the helm of a startup, it’s only natural to feel like you’re the one who makes all the decisions.

Management

Management Startup B2C Forecast

How to Find a Market? Use Jobs-To-Be-Done as the Front End of Customer Discovery

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Modern entrepreneurship began at the turn of the 21 st century with the observation that startups aren’t smaller versions of large companies – large companies at their core execute known business models, while startups search for scalable business models. all markets can be described by what job the user wants to get done.

Customer

Customer Marketing Lean Vertical

Denouement

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

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C

Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback on a minimum.

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2009

This is especially useful in situations, like most B2B businesses, where the total number of customers is likely to be small. The lean startup methodology is based on enlisting customers as allies, which requires honesty and integrity. The following was written an actual lean startup practitioner. Read on and judge for yourself.

San Francisco

San Francisco Customer Wiki Lean

Alibaba S-1: Sizing Up A Giant

Agile VC

MAY 7, 2014

Alibaba’s Genesis Alibaba was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and 17 other colleagues, and like most startups they began as a small group working out of Ma’s apartment in Hangzhou. com – this is the B2B marketplace for connecting wholesale buyers worldwide with Chinese manufacturers and distributors for a range of goods.

China

China B2B Flash IPO