B2B, Business Model, Entrepreneur and Vertical

Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

That’s why lists like Ycombinator’s Requests for Startups (RFS) help entrepreneurs thinking about starting a company (or picking a problem) and can be a good barometer for founders on what’s interesting to investors right now. Verticalized Video Understanding – machine interpreted video.

Artificial Inteligence

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI

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.

Customer

Customer Marketing Lean Vertical

Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Entrepreneurs put together their funding presentation by extracting the key ideas from their business plan, putting them on PowerPoint/Keynote and pitching the company – until they get funded or exhausted.

Customer Development

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley

30 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

JUNE 24, 2022

A best practice when choosing a business name is that it should make it clear to people what you do while also leaving you plenty of room to maneuver and make changes to your business model or niche positioning over time. So, the word vertical is what I have been looking for. 16- I coined my business name.

Naming

Naming Entrepreneur South America Social Media

How we can improve the odds of finding unicorns

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This makes it laboriously difficult to identify rising stars and make comparisons within a specific vertical. We are often asked what industries we invest in, but it is more important to have theses on business models that serve as strong filters. Vertical SaaS. B2B marketplaces. Mobile marketplaces.

Vertical

Vertical B2B B2C Venture Capital

Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. Each year, Founders First Capital Partners works with hundreds of entrepreneurs. ARR of $500K+.

Revenue

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity

Introducing NextView III and Our Focus on the Everyday Economy

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

It’s a question every VC asks themselves and the entrepreneurs they invest in. Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. If you’re an entrepreneur on this sort of mission, please get in touch. What will the future hold?

Seed Stage

Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder B2B

SXSW Pitch Finalist: Flugauto

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 A B2B tech company, Flugauto is developing a world-class UAV platform for aerial delivery of industrial cargo for the energy industry. B2B customers simply book on their platform and sit back until the goods are delivered. What the Flugauto system looks like.

San Francisco

San Francisco Cofounder Georgia B2B

VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. 2) Market .

Technical Review

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity

8 strategic hacks for building marketplace liquidity

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

This is in part because these businesses are unencumbered by legacy constraints that had previously been hardwired into the companies and industries these startups are trying to disrupt. One such business model is the “online marketplace,” an entirely new business category not possible (at scale) before the Internet.

B2C

B2C B2B Demand Vertical

Software Eating Industries

Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

From the outside, they are vertically integrated challengers to decades if not hundred-years old incumbents. Some had once argued that software is not a competitive advantage – that all the old dogs will learn new tricks and there will be little left for valley entrepreneurs and VC’s to pick over.

Software

Software Silicon Valley Los Angeles Columbus

How do seed investors benchmark startups?

Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

When I was an entrepreneur, I had no idea how this all worked. These are products that can and should generate revenue right out of the gates in both B2B and consumer ideas. Obviously within this category there are a LOT of verticals that are looked at very different — everything from e-commerce to B2B SaaS to marketplaces.

Startup

Startup Vertical Early Stage Bootstrapping

Startup Tools

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

This video should be the gold standard in explaining contract terms.

Software Review

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics

The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Unit economics are something I’ve found most entrepreneurs (and investors!) In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. 2) B2B startups have high margins. B2B companies can have great unit economics. Marketing first.

Founder

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention

The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Unit economics are something I’ve found most entrepreneurs (and investors!) In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. 2) B2B startups have high margins. B2B companies can have great unit economics. Marketing first.

Founder

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention

“I can tell if a podcast is going to stink beforehand if the person has a PR person asking for questions.” Digiday’s Brian Morrissey on Digital Media, VC and Light at the End of the Tunnel.

Hunter Walker

MAY 20, 2018

Glossy focuses on the changing nature of the fashion and beauty industries as they collide with digital technology, new business models, and the need for sustainability and inclusivity. How should media entrepreneurs weigh funding options for their startups? HW: What are some other digital media businesses you admire?

PR

PR Media Differentiation Audience

StartUpRoar

Requests for Startups in 2024

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

Trending Sources

Raising Money Using Customer Development

30 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

How we can improve the odds of finding unicorns

Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

Introducing NextView III and Our Focus on the Everyday Economy

SXSW Pitch Finalist: Flugauto

VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

8 strategic hacks for building marketplace liquidity

Software Eating Industries

How do seed investors benchmark startups?

Startup Tools

The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

“I can tell if a podcast is going to stink beforehand if the person has a PR person asking for questions.” Digiday’s Brian Morrissey on Digital Media, VC and Light at the End of the Tunnel.

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