YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

by Marc Pitart, founder and CEO of onlineresume.us. Our business model back then was very complex, and it included a B2C as well as a B2B business model, that wasn’t being implemented yet. Regarding the B2B model, we had to start reaching out to prospects to get feedback and this actually helped us shape our B2B product.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It provides clarity on how a company plans to succeed in the marketplace and is essential for attracting investors, partners, and customers. On the B2B side, we collaborate closely with retailers, boutiques, and fashion brands, offering them a wide selection of high-quality wholesale clothing at competitive prices.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

The email continued, &# The problem I’m working on is that many founders are either making uninformed decisions or inefficiently learning the new skills they need. The solution I’m exploring is a just in time learning methodology that accelerates founders’ learning curve by aggregating relevant content, peers and mentors.&#.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Many people have reached out sharing knowing and kind words about our journey and choice to wind down our venture, as well as their appreciation for my choice to pull back the curtain on what is statistically a common road for many founders. It details a landscape founders like me are excited to sink their teeth into? Of course not!

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Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Studies show that only 5% of B2B buyers are ready to buy. At a startup, this can be as simple as defining why the founder started the company in the first place. CXL’s founder, Peep Laja, has a specific “reason why” his company Wynter exists. There’s only so much you can say about B2B panels in a way that nobody else has.

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Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

Although this has been known for years for B2C companies, it is interesting to see B2B companies realizing the importance of marketing early on, as well. . A marketer will help the founders to create the larger vision and story for the company, craft the desired brand essence and values, and explore various go-to-market approaches.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 4, 2017

In this very special episode of Traction, we sit down as a team and discuss the new mission of the firm and talk through B2C and B2B examples of the Everyday Economy. Plus, we share some news about the future of the show.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 3, 2015

He possesses 20 years of experience in branding and marketing with expertise across B2B and B2C industries, including retail, food and beverages, and financial services. Corporate Partners. As group marketing director of Creditsafe, David Knowles creates and drives the company’s brand and marketing strategies throughout the U.S.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. 2) Market .

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

But Bazaarvoice actually has a working network effect that benefits all participants: retailers, brands that sell through those retailers, consumers that shop at those brands and retailers, and Bazaarvoice and some of its partners. I think any SaaS startup would be wise to identify if their B2B market has a natural network effect to tap into.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2018

For several months now, my partners and I have spent a lot of time talking about why we’re investing in the Everyday Economy. Through all of those posts, we’ve received one common question from founders: Are all Everyday Economy startups consumer-facing? Types of B2B Everyday Economy Companies. The answer is no.

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B2B B2C Vertical Portfolio 120

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory. They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. We market to four populations: High-potential founders. Today, I do this manually.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Topics we covered: B2B Companies You haven’t seen the full extent to how the correction is going to affect you. B2C Companies We talked about how some companies saw an immediate decline in purchasing (for example if you’re in travel or hospitality). Biggest Advice I Give to Portfolio Founders? We discussed that in the show.

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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. Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups. Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups.

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Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Paul Graham, founder of YCombinator notes that to get those first customers, you have to do things that don’t scale: “The most common unscalable thing founders have to do at the start is to recruit users manually. This applies of course to both B2B and B2C. Nearly all startups have to. Finding your beachhead.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2022

A lot of it depends on whether you're B2C or B2B. If you're B2C, you wanna build a community, um, around your brand, get traction and make sure Google can see it. And then if your B2B, then the number of searches is gonna be lower is just gonna be lower volume, but still they're gonna be valuable.

SEO 88

SEO Technical Review Metadata Social Media 88

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2022

A lot of it depends on whether you're B2C or B2B. If your B2C, you want to build a community, um, around your brand, get traction and make sure Google can see it. And then if your B2B, then the number searches is gonna be lower, just gonna be lower volume, but still they're gonna be valuable.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review SEO Metadata Algorithm 87

VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

Both me and my partner at Remagine Ventures, Kevin Baxpehler, are wrapping up busy weeks. For founders reading this, hope its help you better understand how investors think and address it in your pitch. Metaverse – it has both B2B and B2C applications. The issues of control goes beyond owning digital assets.

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Cofounder Venture Capital Equity 179

Austin Startup

JANUARY 30, 2020

The relationship between a founder and their startup is a unique one?—?we’re As the ramp up continued, we realized that a B2C to B2B pivot would require an overhaul of our current operating practices, how we talked about ourselves, and and a completely new set of customers. we were tired, and the pivot seemed daunting.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2012

But connecting with consumers and brand advocates directly, in active online communities, is the real secret sauce, especially for B2C startups with an online presence. And certain non-profits’ knack for touching the consumer directly and involving them in the social story behind the cause has, in turn, inspired for-profit founder.

Community 141

Community B2C Social Media B2B 141

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Did the partner have a good or bad day, etc. The first step in Customer Development was Customer Discovery ; extracting hypotheses from the business plan and getting the founders out of the building to test the hypotheses in front of customers. Did the VC’s like your team ? Do they believe you have a big enough vision and market.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

William Hsu is the co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab. 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. Many investors love “disruptive” businesses.

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B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Generally speaking, a name is more valuable to a B2C (marketing-driven) company than a B2B (sales-driven) counterpart, so allocate your efforts accordingly. Top From Our Partners. Global Syndication Partners. But whatever the case, there are simply no excuses for having a bad name. Create a Google spreadsheet. Television.

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Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a partner at Seedcamp , an early stage mentoring and investment program that engages startups through monthly Seedcamp Events, where entrepreneurs present their companies, network, receive mentoring, and compete for investment by Seedcamp. Seedcamp invests in approximately 20 companies annually.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year. Additionally, as Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman points out, competition from the big companies isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “If

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year. Additionally, as Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman points out, competition from the big companies isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “If

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Before this occurs, the sales process is a craft or an art - custom-made by the founder or evangelist sales VP. Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. I''ll discuss each one below.

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Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. the previous year.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

If you are in B2B, you’ve certainly heard of account-based marketing by now. As Des Traynor , co-founder of Intercom put it in the Intercom on Jobs-to-be-Done book : Des Traynor: Some products are better defined by the job they do than the customers they serve. Which campaigns specifically? Firmographics. Behavioral segments.

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Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 25, 2017

We didn’t want to rely on what others had done, instead coming up with a set of Founder First Principles gathered from interviews, discussions, and founder conversations with people who have created products, managed teams, been through programs and more. What I didn’t have on my list was “coachable.” Plans Change. Fundraising is hard.

Programming 60

Programming B2C Equity Incubator 60

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. And so they never got consumer adoption.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I know that in B2B world you are dead in the water without CRM tool… We are using our own stuff – [link] Reply Josh , on February 28, 2011 at 12:12 am said: Thank you for all the great links, how can i get an invite to quora? Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

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. – Eric Ries In April of 2009 my partner and I had an idea for a web app, a B2C platform that we are selling as SaaS [software-as-a-service].

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San Francisco Customer Wiki Lean 144

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. As Sujan Patel, co-founder of Right Inbox notes, making any interaction mutually beneficial increases success rates.).

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B2B Social Media Email Campaign 142