A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Your product is designed with natural tripwires to trigger other pricing ( Freemium model ), or not (business model left as an exercise to your future self). Requires venture funding because you have no income, and if you’re successful you’ll need lots of people and tech to run the business.
ConversionXL
JUNE 2, 2022
According to Demand Gen Report, 56% of B2B buyers say that a web search is their first resource, and 79% say the winning vendor’s content significantly impacts their buying decision. There are other factors involved in making your decision, such as: The complexity of the buying cycle. My experience is true for many others.
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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.
View from Seed
MARCH 3, 2015
It’s so important to line up the type of marketer and leadership that fits the business model, the product, or even the founder’s philosophy or early attempts at marketing. Even identifying as a demand-gen marketer or branding or B2B or B2C leaves a lot of decisions still on the table to actually execute.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
For one’s first business, I always suggest that they start a company that sells services to other businesses rather than directly to the consumer. We are going to leave out companies selling into municipalities or educational institutions due to long sales cycles that are very complex, hard to manage and even harder to profit from.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 9, 2012
In this excerpt from The Lean Entrepreneur , by using fishing as an analogy, Brant and Patrick reveal how market segmentation influences your business model and why “For Whom” is as important as “What” to build. Market segments drive your business model. Or perhaps you need to chum (freemium) the waters a bit?
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
The Three Tidal Waves Coming for Your SaaS Business. Three out of every four B2B buyers would rather self-educate than learn about a product from a sales representative, according to Forrester. A big downside of the high-touch sales model is that the CAC is out of control, and the sales cycles are extremely long.
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