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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C. A few themes which have emerged from our 13 most recent investments: CONSUMER (B2C). Network Effect B2B. Physical-World Ecommerce. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B).

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B2B Marketplaces Revisited

Version One Ventures

Yet today, the world of B2B marketplaces still lags far behind its B2C counterpart. The assumption was that online platforms would completely automate all supplier-customer transactions including retailing, wholesaling, and procurement. Alibaba is an exception.

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The Strategy Behind Building A Thriving Online Community For Your Brand

Duct Tape Marketing

3:59] Who needs to be thinking about community — B2B brands or B2C brands? [5:58] Are B2B communities B2C? I think they're starting to go by disciple now, mighty networks, circle dot, so and tribe. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. powered by.

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500 Founders: Luke Campbell, Marta Meszaros, Andy Bowie & Abbe Hyde

NZ Entrepreneur

Read books, listen to podcasts, pay for courses you think will be beneficial, have a coach or mentor, listen to others who have more experience, watch videos, train your mind, and go to networking events. ” “If you’re a B2C business, go and figure out what channels will get you the leads you need, and at roughly what cost.

Founder 101
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Traction is the new IP

Version One Ventures

In today’s web landscape, word of mouth drives adoption and can lead to “winner takes all” (or almost all) in both B2C and B2B markets. This trend is particularly true in markets that are highly susceptible to network effects, such as online auctions and social networks.

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14 Interesting Findings From The Startup Genome Project

YoungUpstarts

The report was co-authored by Berkeley and Stanford faculty members along with other contributors including Steve Blank , the Sandbox Network and blackbox teams. more likely to successfully scale with product-centric startups with no network effects than with product-centric startups that have network effects.

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How To Get Ready To Participate In An Acceleration Program

YoungUpstarts

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. For example, in terms of the B2C plan we needed to provide more details on the markets we were addressing and the channels we were using to tackle them. Networking & Connections.