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.

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B2B Business Model B2C Agile 105

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

If you’re interested in selling your eCommerce website but are unsure of how to go about determining the actual value of your business, you’ve come to the right article. You basically take the overall revenue from your business (i.e. What you’re left with is your business’s SDE.

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eCommerce Valuation B2C Revenue 91

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 16, 2020

The success of a startup or any business is directly proportional to the market opportunity for their products or services. In today’s date, we can see a lot of startups providing identical services and competing with each other, especially in the B2C domain. Making your startup thrive is all about how efficient your business model is.

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Entrepreneur Startup Non-Compete B2C 148

The Startup Toolkit

APRIL 15, 2014

Strong B2C business models have moats, bars, alerts, and habits. Here’s how it fits together: The most dramatic moats are in winner-take-all markets and are built from user activity, which means they grow stronger as your business scales. Business models' Moats keep your competitors out.

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B2C Business Model Developer Email 42

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The consumer subscription business model is certainly not a new concept. And as we’ve been investing in more B2C companies recently, we’re reminded just how popular this strategy to monetization continues to be. However, this approach doesn’t work for every business, especially if it adds to subscription fatigue.

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B2C Portfolio Business Model Software 91

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Don’t forget to choose a sound business model. Whether it is advertisement model, B2C (Business to Consumer) ecommerce, affiliate or subscription, picking the right choice could determine the rise or fall of your business. Step 2: Name your business. Until then, outsource.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The Three Tidal Waves Coming for Your SaaS Business. This isn’t limited to the B2C space. Just take a look at these three channels: Facebook : 171% Increase in Cost per Thousand Impressions, or CPM ( 2017 ). If you have high churn in your SaaS business, this tidal wave may be lethal. The sales-led GtM strategy.

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Marketing Sales Cycle Acquisition Sales 289

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

If in the long run your B2C business is likely to have an ad-based revenue model, the ability to acquire a large number of users at zero or extraordinarily low cost is critical. They’ll want to understand trends in customer acquisition costs.

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Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2017

Here’s a checklist that will help you get started: Estimate Start-Up Costs. Depending on the type of business, this includes everything from legal, machinery, equipment, inventory, overhead, and domain name, to web services. Penalties for failing to register a business can be very costly. Define Your Business Model.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

When developing a business model, every software and app start-up eventually faces the same core question: Should we focus on monetizing customers or driving usage? As Fred Wilson put it : “When scale matters, when network effects matter, when your users are creating the content and the value, free is the business model of choice.”.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Webinars have a whole other cost in terms of time, effort, headaches, etc. 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. NVV: So that’s the stuff that actually worked when you tried it.

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Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

Different sources define freemium as a business model or a pricing strategy. It’s mostly popular with B2C markets. Bootstrapped startups can rarely afford to play a freemium business game due to the high cost per additional (free) customer and the low conversion rate from freemium into premium. Freemium isn’t free.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. The typical quota for a sales rep varies by type of business model (SaaS vs. perpetual), product gross margin (e.g.,

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Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Up and Running

MARCH 20, 2017

When starting a business, the costs add up so fast that entrepreneurs are usually looking for ways to save money rather than increase costs. It’s no joke that the number of essential, necessary costs can be enough to make a new business owner’s head spin. Nonetheless, not all business costs are compulsory.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2019

We had a chance to sit down with Tim and get his thoughts on how the direct-to-consumer business model is changing the retail game. Direct-to-consumer has been regrettably conflated with cost-cutting, removing the middleman, and a variety of other marketing buzzwords. What does the term direct-to-consumer mean to Vincero?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

With the advent of the web and the multifaceted programming features of WordPress , many younger entrepreneurs have the ability to go into business for themselves very easily and very cheaply, but very haphazardly. What may be a cost-effective business now could be a nightmare waiting to happen. What Is “B2C&# ?

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B2C B2B Business Model Sales Cycle 91

Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2019

Incorporate Amazon sales into a subscription box business model. Media darling Dollar Shave Club built a major business through smart advertising and getting in on the subscription box craze ahead of the game. However, they adapted part of their business model and the partners they use in order to seize the new channel.

eCommerce 77

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Audience 77

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

On the other hand, Easytobook , a B2C company, had 1.5 It seems that B2C companies might benefit far more from social login than B2Bbut even that seems to depend on a company’s expectations. More detailed and reliable data allows you to tailor your business model, monitor trends and measure how they might impact future demand.

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Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

On the other hand, Easytobook , a B2C company, had 1.5 It seems that B2C companies might benefit far more from social login than B2B, but even that seems to depend on a company’s expectations. More detailed and reliable data allows you to tailor your business model, monitor trends, and measure how they might impact future demand.

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Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 73

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.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester.

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Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2022

There are of course exceptions, mainly in the B2C world, like Waze, which sold to Google for $1.4 Revenue doesn’t measure sales efficiency – you can hit a revenue target but the question is at what cost? billion with zero revenues, or Whatsapp, that sold to Facebook (aka Meta) for $19 billion with little or no revenue.

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Metrics Revenue B2C Portfolio 179

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

But also think about it in terms of business model. Then the very last one I’ll say before I hand it over to Sridhar is, generally speaking, consumers in the B2C side like the new, they like the underdog, they like it, they’re willing to try it out, they want to give it a shot, they want to see if it could be that thing.

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

But also think about it in terms of business model. Then the very last one I’ll say before I hand it over to Sridhar is, generally speaking, consumers in the B2C side like the new, they like the underdog, they like it, they’re willing to try it out, they want to give it a shot, they want to see if it could be that thing.

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

A 354 percent increase in abuse-related issues like spamming, followed by a 245 percent increase in legal costs dealing people trying to game the system.&# Rob, frankly I’m surprised you’re endorsing this business model. #5 at 10:09 am I think support and other ancillary costs are key here. 7 Ed on 08.18.10

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Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

You could have an in-house user research lab with fancy neuroscience technology and 25 researchers, actively track 5000 metrics across 500 segments and what not – but it would not only cost a lot (likely way more than the profit from testing wins), it would be distracting and silly. B2B and B2C. That’s equally stupid.

Analytics 48

Analytics Technical Review Conversion Framework 48

Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

Turns out, for whatever reason – cultural, business model, leadership, even bad luck – many incumbents have yet to figure out what to do with software, always on connectivity, and technology. 20 years since Mosaic , if they haven’t figured it out – they probably will never figure it out.

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Software Silicon Valley Los Angeles Columbus 107

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Ultimately, finding a low-cost, repeatable way to show customers how to be successful with your solution is as important as the solution itself. You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. You put into words what we were thinking for our cost of client. Michael Kassing. Let me just say "Thanks".

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Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. INTERNET BUSINESSES. Business Services (B2B). Consumer Services (B2C).

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 15, 2011

If you are interested in freemium business models or any of the variations on the theme, this is well worth reading however I take issue with a couple of points. This is an interesting discussion and the body of work that can be studied is relatively small and fluid given the immaturity of freemium as a business model.

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Churn Rate .Net Business Model B2C 57

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Second, the costs of a loyalty strategy are easy to account for – it’s easy to add up costs for support, technology, campaign costs, etc. First Ask Yourself, “What’s the Cost of Switching?”. We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace. You know the value of retention.

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Customer Retention B2C Programming 114

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Second, the costs of a loyalty strategy are easy to account for – it’s easy to add up costs for support, technology, campaign costs, etc. First Ask Yourself, “What’s the Cost of Switching?”. We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace. You know the value of retention.

Customer 91

Customer Retention B2C Programming 91

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2020

Byron Sharp and the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute have criticized differentiation, arguing that its role in the B2C setting is less important. Everyone calculates their CAC and LTV, but what about CKC (cost to keep a customer)? Don’t look at the competition when it comes to how to deliver it—or you get more sameness.

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Differentiation Software Review United States Demand 162

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Our solutions provide peace of mind, improve quality of life and save costs to users and service providers. Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Allot Communications. Media Market.

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Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

– Mike [link] Reply Jeff Skinner , on May 24, 2010 at 9:28 am said: Steve, you don’t know me though I use your ‘Customer Development process’ video in my classes (Entrepreneurship at London Business School). Jeff skinner Faculty, London Business School. Can we touch base on this.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110