VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Before product-market fit… just care about speed of iteration according to your customer feedback. Put your users first: pretend that your customers have a seat at the table when you design your product roadmap. Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” Bill Gates , founder of Microsoft.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

of venture capital deals. Those companies have garnered only about 2% of all capital invested. ” In venture capital, the industry- or sector-focused funds specifically disavow diversification: Andreessen Horowitz, which is a generalist as a whole, has launched dedicated funds across Crypto , Bio , and Fintech. .

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. We found 4 different major groups of startups that all have very different behavior regarding customer acquisition, time, product, market and team. Congratulations. ——-.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

By not forcing the publisher to go through a Gaikai portal where they tried to control customers, they engendered trust from the publishers. But apparently the B2C model meant that many publishers didn’t want OnLive to carry their full inventory. Nate, tell us a bit about Rustic Canyon Venture Partners. I agree with him.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. 3) Raise capital. 6) Due diligence.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Not all businesses are a fit, or require venture capital. But for fast scaling tech startups, to attract venture capital, they will need more than greeat tech and a strong founding team. Venture Capital investors look for ‘Big markets’, ideally multi billion Dollars in size and growing.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

Hila spent 12 years as the VP Marketing for Israeli venture capital fund Viola before embarking on an independent CMO career for startups. Although this has been known for years for B2C companies, it is interesting to see B2B companies realizing the importance of marketing early on, as well. . Hila Shitrit Nissim.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

According to Jungle Ventures, Southeast Asia’s technology startups had a combined valuation of $340 billion in 2020. Venture capital (VC) investment is the primary funding source for regional startups. Now the pandemic has settled, startups in the region should meet the demands of millions of new customers.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

As is often the case in startups, the desire to create may be outweighing the motivation to monetize, particularly if there are no hungry investors expecting venture returns. If you deliver exactly the same results at the same net cost to the customer via a SaaS product, you may get a tech multiple 10X higher.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

The Whole Enchilada For those of you interested in more than The Skinny, keep reading… Countless conversations have been had with key users, customers, advisors, mentors, family and friends. and * on a bootstrapped budget* : We first engaged in customer surveys and validated a huge problem?—?several What did our customers think?

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

In investing in B2C, we also look for network effects but usually those are created rather than natural. B2C startups we’ve invested in like ROIKOI and Thread are tapping into network effects?—?and Reed’s law on networks is a good resource to really nail this home. and they are both natural, like Facebook’s or LinkedIn’s.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Your marketing dollars are converting to paying customers and there’s demand for your product. For example, take into account these ‘scorecards’ for series B startups in both consumer (B2C) and Enterprise Saas (B2B). Especially on the growth stages. Keep in mind that to raise up rounds these days, the bar has gone up.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Right now – and basically for the past five years – we are providing an experience via software, during a pandemic where everyone is locked down, that provides the Taxfyle customer with a personal approach and expertise to tax-filing, available on demand and without a big price tag.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 21, 2015

It's not a B2C company. This way, Homer doesn't have to raise hundreds of millions of venture capital dollars to change consumer ordering behavior. It found a better business model that solves doing right by customers and doing right by its staff. That's what Homer is.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I’m not going to cover in this post the obvious post-show marketing tasks such as following up on all those business cards you grabbed, communicating with all those people who registered at your site and leveraging your new found fame to score venture capital. Make sure you focus on what matters – your customers.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. The company agreed to be acquired by Expedia/IAC in 2004 for $210 million in cash, a huge win for all, particularly given their amazing capital efficiency: they had only raised $4 million in venture capital.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. ” Take advantage of being on-demand and allow customers to try and buy your service with as little friction as possible. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. 16 comments: BdH. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 25, 2017

This lesson comes into play because whether you are a B2C company or a B2B enterprise company. Nothing gives you better feedback and usage patterns like a live production environment with real customers. Launching also quiets the naysayers — nothing speaks louder than actions.

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