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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C. A few themes which have emerged from our 13 most recent investments: CONSUMER (B2C). BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B). Network Effect B2B.

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Traction is the new IP

Version One Ventures

In today’s web landscape, word of mouth drives adoption and can lead to “winner takes all” (or almost all) in both B2C and B2B markets. This trend is particularly true in markets that are highly susceptible to network effects, such as online auctions and social networks.

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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

The early buzz of Clubhouse (despite being invite-only and iOS having a total reach of about 2 million users) along with the rising popularity of podcasts has shown that consumers crave social audio interactions and that there’s plenty of room for innovation in the space. Similar to Saga , a family-focused audio social network.

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4 B2B Companies That Could Inspire Your Next Content Strategy

Brandanew

One might think that B2C companies have a lot of room to play around in when it comes to interesting content, but we came across some B2B companies that nailed interesting to the t! Here are four B2B companies that could inspire your next content strategy, without boredom settling in even for a minute: 1.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

This is a guest post by Alignable CMO Dan Slagen about the missed opportunity the company has identified in social networking, and why they’ve chosen to build the business on the East Coast. These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc.

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Increase Repeat Purchases with Cohort Analysis

ConversionXL

Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. If they trust social networks, blogs, magazines, etc., In my daily work with ecommerce brands, I see two types of companies: The first type focuses on acquisition and conversion. The second relies on retention. By traffic source.

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Transcript of Creating a Winning SEO Strategy

Duct Tape Marketing

So for example, a B2B national company that sells say like software as opposed to a B2C local company that does I don’t know, basement waterproofing. Yeah, the B2B software company I would 100% focus on creating content that your customers, around keywords that your customers search for. Brian Dean: Plenty. I could see it.

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