Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

“Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries. B2B vs B2C) within the business model preference. . “Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, UK, and Germany.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 15, 2011

There was a wonderful conversation two weeks ago on the NY Times' Room for Debate around " Can New York Rival Silicon Valley." That certainly wouldn't have been a credible way to frame the question in 2003 and today while I hope it doesn't try to become Silicon Valley the entrepreneurial community in NYC is second to none.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Both funds are focused on providing seed-stage capital to business to business software as a service companies, known as B2B SaaS companies located outside of Silicon Valley, […]. A year ago, the San Antonio-based venture capital firm raised a $21.5 million fund.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. In terms of access to capital, Austin is not Silicon Valley or New York — but it is Austin. If you’ve just exited or realised stock options from a Silicon Valley success story, moving out of state is worthwhile.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Would you modify any of this if you had a B2B product instead of a B2C product, where every potential customer is also a potential competitor? Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Reply Curtiss Middlebrooks , on November 11, 2009 at 5:23 am Said: Great stuff Steve. Progress is the same. Order Here.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

But he left to work on what he told me he came to do - crack the innovation code of Silicon Valley and share it with the rest of the world. B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. Max dropped out of Stanford after his first quarter.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. — In the next segment, I spoke with Venk Shukla about his journey from bureaucrat in India to Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Steve Weinstein , CEO of MovieLabs. government commercializes science.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I’m not the first person to describe this trend, and my prior background has been primarily as a consumer web guy more than in B2B companies. 3) UI/UX Matters in B2B - For decades, B2B application developers could skimp on innovating in the presentation layer. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

We must get established EDI companies and new SAAS B2B platform operators to adopt our EDI API, with all of its amazing advantages. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. It seems like a mountain, and yes, it is easy to almost substitute the process of lead gen and followup for closing. Order Here. Now In Print!

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. Graduated with a BS/MS in bio from Stanford.) Tell me a bit about the Founder's Institute.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Our venture was selected for competitive accelerator spots & recognition from media and mentors from Austin, Chicago and Silicon Valley to work on this problem and capture the value its solution provided. And, when compared to Silicon Valley, those bars get higher to meet (with the resources from this market…).

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Silicon Valley Needs to Lose the Arrogance or Risk Destruction | Wired Opinion - crowdspring.co/1g2t41F. 12 Examples of Brilliant B2B Logos (and What Made Them So Great) - crowdspring.co/1fQJCJO. Empower Your Small Business: Facebook ads are a waste of money, content marketing science, more - crowdspring.co/NCHjAW. 1girpFe.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Silicon Valley’s Hottest Commodity: The Design-Savvy Founder | Inc – [link]. Almost All B2B Marketers Do Content Marketing, But Only 36 Percent Think It’s Effective [STUDY] – [link]. Silicon Valley’s Hottest Commodity: The Design-Savvy Founder | Inc – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Some of the most creative technology coming out of Silicon Valley is designed to do exactly that. While its B2B social media team was attracting large audiences in its market, it failed to engage them because it lacked credible, regularly refreshed content. You have to make it easy for them to do so.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

But, it is likely the major differentiator between a win and a loss whether you are selling B2B or B2C. Not everyone has the big multiple venture gene, except apparently in Silicon Valley where you have to create a unicorn to be in the club that counts. He forgot a major highlight of the business model, and the damage was done.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2013

Find More Customers for Your B2B SaaS Product with These 5 Distribution Hacks – [link]. Billions have been spent trying to replicate Silicon Valley, with little to show for it. | Mobile traction is getting harder, not easier. Here’s why – [link]. Do Things that Don’t Scale – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

In Silicon Valley, Hardware Is Hot Again | Businessweek – [link]. Inside the IPO pipeline: It’s all B2B, all of the time | GeekWire – [link]. CEO Brian Chesky Says Airbnb Will Be Filling More Room Nights Than All Hilton Hotels By The End Of 2012 – [link]. Don’t hire them | Pando Daily – [link].

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2014

This week marked the annual b2b marketing frenzy known as the Consumer Electronics Show (URL) in Las Vegas. Surrounded by roulette wheels and craps tables, Madison Avenue has chosen to double down on the Silicon Valley model. 155,000 visitors, a record, trundled across an Exhibition Area the size of 37 football fields.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Recommendations from family and friends are the most trusted source of information , and B2B companies that use them experience higher than average conversion rates. One of these colleagues happened to be author and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki. Guy became Chief Evangelist of Canva.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Danny Haber is the founder of oWOW, a B2B and B2C concern which is directly involved in building modular units for resale to property developers, and as new housing for consumers. The housing crisis in the San Francisco Bay area is particularly severe, given the boom in Silicon Valley hires since the 2009 recession.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Considering how businesses have been dealing with B2B payment since — well, the beginning of modern society — you’d expect a much better solution to have emerged a long ago. The gig economy’s payment problems dwarfed those of any regular organization’s B2B payment woes. We’ve made a problem.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. We provide revenue-based funding and business acceleration support to service-based small businesses located outside of major capital markets such as Silicon Valley and New York City.”. “We ARR of $500K+. ScaleWorks. “We

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

12- Solve a problem in international B2B payments. With Remitr I saw that opportunity to solve a problem in international B2B payments that was crying for a technology-enabled solution and decided to plunge into it with my co-founding team. It also made me Silicon Valley’s longest serving CEO. .

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

According to an interview with Elon Musk, this campaign cost Paypal about $60 million , which most Silicon Valley historians would consider money well spent. Silicon Valley founders and executives routinely say, “well the banker said we have to do this, or we can’t do that.” The others are all B2B companies.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

Instead, he would take his evident talent to Silicon Valley. After years of managing an international steel trading company, Levin invented the idea of creating an online, B2B, market for steel. Because of his previous success and deep industrial knowledge, he secured venture capital in a matter of weeks.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Our wrap-up day will be hosted in San Francisco and will focus on exposing our geographically diverse teams to the epicenter of venture capital within Silicon Valley. Consumer and SaaS B2B companies located anywhere, but should be focused on redesigning the Everyday Economy within the U.S.

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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? Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. startupcto

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

I saw this movie in Silicon Valley?—?where But I would argue in B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) businesses if you really know the market?—?and The first post was sent to me by Josh McClure, the co-founder and CEO of Real Massive, who I first referenced in my Lucky7 post about Lola Savannah. where I lived for four years?—?play

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Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

On the B2B SaaS side or enabling services (e.g. Included are some of the large companies above like Google and Microsoft but also active on the B2B/enabling side have been acquirers like Salesforce.com (Radian6, Heroku notably) and Apple (Quattro Wireless, Siri). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

As the number of systems and sensors connected to the internet continues to proliferate, we strongly believe this will create opportunities for both B2B and consumer-facing startups to help build this infrastructure, enable applications on top of it, and derive insight from the data they generate. link] aweissman. this is a smart investment.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

In fact they tend to be B2B rather than B2C companies – while the popular bet these days in B2B for many is in “enterprise software” – maybe the better bet is in betting on these software native challengers. Ironically, they are most likely not the Ivy League or Stanford grads that Silicon Valley VC’s love to back.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 20, 2017

But my perspective, as a high school student growing up in the Silicon Valley at the time, was different. B2B companies are also consolidating. The 90s was impactful for so many reasons. 1) There was just so much opportunity. The 90s was about moving just about every piece of software from isolated desktops to online.

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View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

Even ignoring Silicon Valley, places like New York and LA seem to have an edge relative to Boston because of its proximity to media outlets and the prevalence of marketers from big and exciting consumer brands or entertainment companies. Even Reebok’s global headquarters is located just outside the city. How Does This Evolve?

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

9 that are B2B. The others are mainly in Silicon Valley with some exceptions. In only a handful of cases has there been significant traction prior to our investment. We are split pretty much down the middle on consumer vs. enterprise. We have 9 investments that are consumer. Geography: 18 of the 23 are in Boston or New York.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

Because we’ve learned the hard way that $100,000, which is six months of runway in Silicon Valley, is a retirement jackpot in half of Southeast Asia. B2B) Is that sales process implemented in a SALES ORGANIZATION which does not require much founder time? JFDI is a means to an end, not an end in itself. We can’t deal with that.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

My experience: I exited my last company, an award-winning B2B telecoms operator, and knew that I wanted to build a SaaS product. I wanted to go back to my roots (my first business was ecommerce) and start something scalable that solved some kind of management or collaboration problem for businesses.

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