The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2018

Instead, I focused on organically building a consulting company, and using it to later incubate my software company. It was a calculated risk — I had a family to support but did not pursue investors or venture capital.

New York City 118

New York City B2B Incubator New York 118

Hunter Walker

MAY 5, 2024

The enterprise version of the great re-bundling & vendor consolidation trends [Pat Kinsel/Proof] – Entrepreneur Pat Kinsel noting that many B2B software/tools are at risk of being displaced in their customer relationships by ‘good enough’ versions provided by another existing vendor.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 30, 2022

Inflection , a B2B marketing automation solution, raised $5M in seed funding to dethrone Marketo. . The joint venture will support Flow’s 7,500+ developers with accelerators and incubators, investments and FLOW token grants. . Inflection announced a direct integration with Snowflake for data warehouse-based B2B marketing automation. .

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Portfolio B2B Canada Incubator 81

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I think B2B companies in particular have probably been slower to come to this idea. B2B companies I think are probably the greatest untapped opportunity right now. And I think it's coming around, I think the problem that B2B is gonna have is actually executing it. Whereas b2c, I mean m and MS has had a, has a community, right?

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Community Framework Advisory Board Viral 79

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Benefits to startups include access to full-featured development tools, connections to incubators, investors, and advisors, plus marketing visibility. We provide unique ideation processes to help companies create and enhance mobile, appliance, e-commerce, b2b and integrated consumer experiences.

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Austin Chad Incubator B2B 63

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

1871 Ranks 9th In The World In Survey Of Business Incubators – crowdspring.co/Xe1N6Y. How to Use Social Media to Drive Traffic for B2B Companies – crowdspring.co/1nPz9An. Ways to think about watches – crowdspring.co/1wpIpQT. Apple Watch: Initial Thoughts and Observations – crowdspring.co/1maJA6k. 1rgMIOC.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Singapore-based technology startup incubator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator – better known locally as JFDI.Asia – today unveiled a lineup of eight technology startups set to participate in its 100-day accelerator program this year.

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Singapore New Zealand Malaysia Vietnam 157

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Capital Factory runs not only a tightly-knit co-working space, but also an incubator-accelerator type of organization with very founder-friendly terms. On the one hand, Austin VCs prefer working with predictable B2B companies and get a little scared when they hear the word “consumer”.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

The term “early-stage” covers a lot of territory in venture investing, from incubating a brand-new idea, to investing in a Series A. Take B2B companies. I think another opportunity now is the huge channel shift underway. Before Covid, you had field sales, you had events, you had tours with resellers.

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Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

We’re not mainly for B2B companies or later stage companies or anything like that. I’ve also presented at a range of industry conferences on how institutional investors can use professional networks for research , origination , market research , and value creation. We have the ability to help excellent companies throughout their life cycles.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

B2B) Is that sales process implemented in a SALES ORGANIZATION which does not require much founder time? Meng Weng Wong is co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia , which he helped started in 2010 to bring the TechStars model of startup incubation to Southeast Asia. Do we understand the conversion mechanics of our sales FUNNEL?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

It turns out that corporations are often far more effective in training entrepreneurs than are most business schools or incubators. After years of managing an international steel trading company, Levin invented the idea of creating an online, B2B, market for steel.

Silicon Valley 157

Silicon Valley Forecast Venture Capital Business Plan 157

Version One Ventures

JULY 14, 2014

B2B start-ups need to have at least sales and marketing based in the valley, if not their entire operation. As more Valley-based investors and incubators reach out to assist founders across other ecosystems, the Valley can just be a state of mind. Keep in mind that SaaS and consumerization of IT are changing this dynamic slightly.

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The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 10, 2011

B2B focus (i.e. Here’s what they look for in a startup: -2 or more founders (there’s way too much work for just one person). Web, mobile, software, SaaS, tech enabled services, or any other kind of highly scalable tech. the majority of your revenue needs to come from businesses).

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Software Review Dallas B2B 69

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2011

The co-founders initially started the company in 2005, incubating at the National University of Singapore (NUS) – the university provided some funding as well – while it did a pilot with local telecommunications provider StarHub that lasted two years. The Journey.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Said another way, JuiceBox Hero is older than this leading incubator of ECE innovation. <?—?That’s 02 on that: It’s totally understandable for people to invest in what they understand! They just celebrated their one year anniversary and I look forward to what they’ll bring forth in the coming years. That’s a metric!

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Up and Running

JANUARY 15, 2019

If your small business or startup operates in the B2B space, then you’ll need the skills—and patience—to spend months working toward a deal without giving up. Incubators want to see a discovery process, which takes asking questions to find out what market gap your product or service can fill.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

And then also another investment that I’ve made through Greylock is Entrepreneur First, which is an incubator. And they’re like, well, all of these incubators all failed, why would we pick up the 70th one? So when I came to my partners and I said, Hey, I think we should try this thing Entrepreneur First.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. Generally speaking, a name is more valuable to a B2C (marketing-driven) company than a B2B (sales-driven) counterpart, so allocate your efforts accordingly. October 3, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I know that in B2B world you are dead in the water without CRM tool… We are using our own stuff – [link] Reply Josh , on February 28, 2011 at 12:12 am said: Thank you for all the great links, how can i get an invite to quora? Reply Jarek , on February 27, 2011 at 11:51 pm said: What about CRM?

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. May 14, 2009 5:23 AM David said. I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. It was a disaster.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 25, 2017

We didn’t set out to create “another” incubator program — we wanted to make something more entrepreneur-friendly, that valued company creation over all else. This lesson comes into play because whether you are a B2C company or a B2B enterprise company. Nobody knows what will happen — despite the loudest pontificators.

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Programming B2C Equity Incubator 60

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

They were mostly a B2B platform enabling game publishers to deliver via Internet streaming their traditional games built for game consoles. 23:00 Question from the audience: Do VCs have a preference for startups that choose to work with incubators? But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Incubator List/ Local Startup Resources/ Startup Q&A. List of Startup Incubators.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Vaynerchuk also recommends self-funding the incubation process, unless the industry you’re in is about to explode. . “Don’t compromise too much — no one will believe in your vision as much as you and your founders will. Don’t be forced down, insulted or negotiated into a crappy investment ever.&#

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