A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Marketing and sales spend is nil, so there has to be a reason it spreads by word of mouth, ideally virally as a natural result of using the product itself. $10/mo Even bootstrapped businesses can make this work (e.g. Also this is almost exclusively B2B unless it’s something “luxury.” Think: GoDaddy).

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Bootstrapping Technical Review B2C Sales Cycle 294

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

As always, there are exceptions: if you build a viral consumer product (such as an Instagram) where people are just coming to your site / app in droves at no cost to you, then you’ve got a great business. For example, if you are running affiliate ads for hotels, you might get 3-5% on a sale. 2) B2B startups have high margins.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

As always, there are exceptions: if you build a viral consumer product (such as an Instagram) where people are just coming to your site / app in droves at no cost to you, then you’ve got a great business. For example, if you are running affiliate ads for hotels, you might get 3-5% on a sale. 2) B2B startups have high margins.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

V4: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. The reason I like deer-hunting businesses is that from my own experiences, I can see a clear path to bring in sales profitably. I know nothing about viral marketing.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

V4: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. The reason I like deer-hunting businesses is that from my own experiences, I can see a clear path to bring in sales profitably. I know nothing about viral marketing.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. NetBooks – Marketing, sales, inventory and financial control in one place. Track leads and manage your sales pipeline. Invoice Journal – Free invoicing program.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78