Austin Startup

MARCH 13, 2020

Since then, we’ve served 500+ unique customers, worked with 10+ space partners, pivoted our business model from B2C to B2B, signed on advisers, and have raised money from outside investors. Your partner matters To all those solo-founders out there?—?kudos Our biggest example of this was our pivot from B2C to B2B. kudos to ya’ll.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Marcel Petitpas is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. As well as the head strategic coach at SaaS Academy by Dan Martell, the #1 coaching program for B2B SaaS businesses in the world. Like this show?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

79% of consumers trust an online review as much as they would a recommendation from a friend. And 94% of shoppers state that just one bad review has convinced them not to buy from a company. You can’t avoid negative reviews, opinions, and comments altogether. Take SparkToro’s Co-founder, Rand Fishkin.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

We often talk about online conversion optimization without mentioning that many businesses, especially B2B, rely on offline sales to produce revenue. And sales enablement software helps arm sales teams with the information they need to close sales. Examples: Clearslide , Salespatron (I’m a co-founder) and Brainshark.

B2B 48

B2B Sales Technical Review Software Review 48

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

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. Signal is a fundraising tool for founders run by NFX Guild, which identifies the most relevant VCs for you. . 1) Market fund. Pitchbot.vc

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 19, 2019

A startups seeds are sown and sprouted either because the founder(s) have come up with a unique solution with a product (like a software or a physical product) or service. Failures, on the other hand, occur majorly due to the following reasons: Quitting too early in the process; lack of persistence. Running out of money.

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India Startup Cofounder Software Review 131

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

In a recent TED talk , Idealab founder Bill Gross talked about how Airbnb likely wouldn’t have taken off if not for the recession: People were strapped for cash and were therefore more willing to rent a room in their home to a stranger. Like a lot of startup founders, I’m a huge nerd. This depends on the product, of course.

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Startup Cofounder Software Review Sales Cycle 120

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. 5 Signs You’ve Got the Wrong Co-Founder – crowdspring.co/1u17ovZ. Why Introverts Make Great Leaders – crowdspring.co/1yhmaS5.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2022

Paul is the founder and CEO of Marketing AI Institute, and the founder of PR 20/20, HubSpot’s first partner agency. He’s also the co-author of a new book launching in June 2022 — Marketing Artificial Intelligence: AI, Marketing, and the Future of Business. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

Artificial Inteligence 88

Artificial Inteligence Marketing Cofounder SMS 88

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

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Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

9- Providing Legitimate B2B Customer Data in the Era of Mistrust. That's when I was struck by the idea: Why not provide a legit B2B customer database that is neither dodgy and nor a bad fit for a business? Thus, I started my B2B customer data-mining firm. Thanks to Nikita Chen, LegitGrails ! #9- Photo Credit: William Cannon.

Entrepreneur 135

Entrepreneur B2B Database Technical Review 135

Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Henrik and I co-founded Fisker Inc. I started Rising Star Reviews because I’ve always had a passion for helping small businesses. Every day I get to see how my company helps so many small businesses get the appreciation they deserve from online reviews from their own hard-earned happy customers. Photo Credit: Chas Cooper.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Atlanta 116

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For web services, we write use cases, including code snippets, which describe ways you can imagine people using the product. Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré , a B2B SaaS consultant, lamented that. I see this happen far too often when people submit products to me for review to post on Product Hunt. Write the User Manual. His solution?

Product 110

Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2018, after two short years and $3 million raised in startup funds, recruitment AI company Ansaro shut down due to bad market fit. It partners with sales to close more revenue, informs product teams to deliver better products, and in some cases, co-owns demand generation activities with marketing teams.

Marketing 110

Marketing Product Audience Equity 110

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. You can imagine how well that worked. You can imagine how well that worked.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Forrester Research estimates that the average B2B CMO invests over 24% of their marketing budget in live events. CRMs, marketing automation software, customer success software). You can then integrate your CRM with your marketing automation software so that these registrants are entered into a nurturing cadence.

Campaign 72

Campaign Marketing Social Media Software Review 72

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

” Melanie is also the Co-Founder of The Convoy and GroupUps, B2B marketplaces that help small businesses save money so they can invest more in themselves and their communities. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! That's true in like the B2B space. Storyfuel.co. TheConvoy.com.

Marketing 77

Marketing Audience B2B Framework 77

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2014

If you’re a B2B software company you’ll be happy to know a Forbes study titled “Video in the C-Suite” revealed that 59% of C-Suite executives would prefer to watch video over reading text if both are presented on a page. What if it turned out that other invoice software companies saw similar results?

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Video Software Review Cofounder Metrics 122

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

According to a recent academic study, “a typical Netflix member loses interest after perhaps 60 to 90 seconds of choosing, having reviewed 10 to 20 titles (perhaps 3 in detail) on one or two screens.” If you are in B2B, you’ve certainly heard of account-based marketing by now. Image Source. The solution? Firmographics.

Programming 97

Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! He's the founder and chairman of the board of global partner marketing agency, acceleration partners.

Marketing 87

Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 87

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. It was a disaster.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

B2B demand generation focuses on ROI. Elevate your founder and employee personal brand. Take SparkToro founder Rand Fishkin. Since co-founding Moz in 2004, Rand has continually put himself out there as a public face. Research from ON24 shows that 95% of B2B marketers now use webinars for lead generation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

Melissa is the CEO and Co-founder of Webinar. As a revenue-driven founder specializing in sales and business development, Melissa has learned how to build companies with very few resources — by automating what she could, outsourcing wherever possible, and inspiring talented people to join her team with shared focus and enthusiasm. [22:06]

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Technical Review Demand Cofounder Video 82

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 23, 2022

Jeroen is co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and SaaS companies. Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to manage the leads for their software company in an easier way.

Sales 75

Sales Cofounder Software Review B2B 75

YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2015

Pioneered by co-founders of HubSpot Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, inbound marketing is a leading Business-to-Business (B2B) digital marketing strategy. Examples of such content (primarily B2B focused) include: Blog articles – the mainstay of content and inbound marketers. Do you know what Inbound Marketing is?

Software Review 100

Software Review Marketing Social Media B2B 100

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Marketing Podcast with Marcel Petitpas. His podcast — The Agency Profit Podcast.

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Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 74

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Janine Popick Janine Popick is the CEO and co-founder of VerticalResponse (Inc. She is a columnist for Inc.com “Women in Business” and has been published in DM News as well featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, ClickZ, and B2B Magazine. Janine is VerticalResponse’s CEB (Chief Executive Blogger).

Small Business 41

Small Business Social Media Engineer Matching 41

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 17, 2024

How to Balance AI Magic with Human Expertise written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Jeff Coyle, the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer for MarketMuse. Book your call today, DTM World slash scale. (01:03):

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Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Differentiation Technical Review 72

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s one of many ecommerce software platforms on the market but only the fifth most popular by market share. Studies show that only 5% of B2B customers are ready to buy. It’s the reason that 69% of people buy from a brand they know over one that gets better reviews. Take Shopify. Image source.

Equity 94

Equity Marketing Social Media Software Review 94

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

The first time I met Matan, the founder of Melio, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small businesses stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. Fintech stack shifting to the cloud From the outset, Melio’s broader platform vision of enabling B2B payments in a contextual way has been key.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

In that unannounced meeting, Brett Hurt, our CEO and co-founder, laid it out for us. It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. This is the model my customers referenced when I was selling them demand-gen software in 2014. SiriusDecisions Rearchitected Demand Waterfall (2012). Image source ).

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View from Seed

JUNE 22, 2016

TIM: I would say in between 4 and 5, but specifically in a B2B software. LEE: I agree that the biggest commercial impact of drones will be in B2B applications. DAVID: On investment conviction, I’m a 4, and I agree that the interesting things from a venture standpoint will be B2B. LEE: Conviction scale, Rob?

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Startup Software Review B2B 159

Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

I’m a very risk adverse entrepreneur as a result of bootstrapping my first three businesses, almost failing on the fourth (Coremetrics) due to market timing (I was too early and didn’t predict the dot-com bust) and its overcapitalization, and being a mostly customer funded and very capital efficient on the fifth (Bazaarvoice).

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Advisory Board Cofounder Greece Bootstrapping 51