View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right.

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IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 180

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right.

IPO 100

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 100

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Who says Austin can’t do B2C now ? HomeAway is another one of our five tech IPOs in the last five years. the business was the same and through acquisitions it became to be worth $1.33 It had a gut-wrenching pivot as the first business model didn’t work and today is thriving with its new one. It is worth $3.4

B2C 51

B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. NextView Ventures: Thinking back to before anyone knew HubSpot or the company was headed towards an IPO, where did you even start to market the company? NVV: How did you adjust? Where do you start?

Marketing 120

Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Media & Marketing. Small Business. Media Agencies. 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.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. However, as we know from the cable industry, subscription businesses can be very profitable over time. Michael Kassing.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. This led to a far ranging strategic discussion that got us both really excited about the huge potential of our business. Reed’s law on networks is a good resource to really nail this home.

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Networking Fractional CTO CTO Hire B2C 48