VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? Benchmarks are typically specific to stage/business model/geo. What should our MRR growth be?
ConversionXL
MARCH 31, 2021
Using a tool like SparkToro , you can uncover the channels and influencers that your audience is most engaged with. Interviewing them will provide you with their wants and needs from a messaging perspective and uncover topic ideas and distribution channels. This sets the intention for your early-stage priorities.
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YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 21, 2020
At the early stages of our business, we had a supplier who took £2,800 from us and never delivered the goods. This was a big knock for us, as we were in the early stages of the business and our cash flow was really tight. Be careful with suppliers. Make sure you know and trust them before you invest a lot of money.
View from Seed
MARCH 3, 2015
Then there were also certain social channels that worked for awhile but didn’t stick. In the early days, StumbleUpon was a key part of the playbook. For awhile, that channel was a share option on all our blog posts, and we tried paying for stumbles for some campaigns. But HubSpot doesn’t even talk about that now.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
If this happens, the risk of having an unpleasant experience is much higher, as an early stage startup cannot afford 7 months off the correct path. Our business model back then was very complex, and it included a B2C as well as a B2B business model, that wasn’t being implemented yet. It was all hypothetical.
ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
so it shouldn't be long till they hop across the Channel. OSEO validation in turn makes early-stage startups eligible for a variety of support services and funding options. OSEO can be involved during very early stage activities, such as business plan creation and feasibility studies. The Funding. and Amazon.fr).
VC Cafe
JULY 15, 2021
As a VC that invests in B2C, I often try to put myself in shoes of a founder looking to grow the audience for their new app to consumers. What are the main channels for app marketing and distribution today? App discovery today: Word of mouth – family and friends remain the #1 channel for new app discovery.
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