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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. SMBs account for 54% of all US sales.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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The 50 Best Marketing Strategies For Small Business

Mike Michalowicz

If you want to get people’s attention and have them call you, there’s nothing like writing an article for a trade magazine (for B2B) or local magazine (for B2C) to gain credibility and get the exposure you want. Every two weeks, or so, follow up with more useful content, not a sales pitch, but do include your company’s info at the end.

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Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

Half of marketers across B2B, B2C, and nonprofit sectors ranked inbound as their primary lead source, exceeding the average (42%) of all other channels combined.”. The average cost per lead in North America is significantly less when using inbound marketing strategies. The Price of Inbound vs. Outbound.

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

VC Cafe

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. Improves customer experience during sale, after sale and support interactions while generating revenues and reducing operational costs.

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