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

View from Seed

As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. 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. Recent Investment Themes.

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Traction is the new IP

Version One Ventures

“Traction is the new IP ” sums up perfectly how the technology space has evolved over the past decade due to the nature of the web. 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. Let’s take my own portfolio as an example.

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Twitter Link Roundup #198 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! “Emotional connections are much more “intense” for business-to-business clients compared with B2C. Phony Web Traffic Tricks Digital Ads | WSJ – crowdspring.co/1dUs9P4.

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5 Blunders To Avoid With Your Real Estate Website

YoungUpstarts

When it comes to web design, usability is very important. The good news is that there are numerous web analytic tools out there that you can use to measure the performance of your site. Charles Mburugu is a HubSpot-certified content writer/marketer for B2B, B2C and SaaS companies. Poor usability.

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Looking for your summer internship? Look no further.

Austin Startup

is a conversational Marketing Service that drives quality web traffic to your blog/web content by engaging with relevant people when they have relevant Tweet conversation. Candidates will learn our culture and how to go through steps of sales cycle with Lead Generation, B2B and B2C sales and account management. SocialMatters.ai

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Why Investing in the Everyday Economy Isn’t Just a Consumer Strategy

View from Seed

And in the entertainment category, our portfolio company TripleLift provides monetization for online publishers through native ad technology. This technology enhances a consumer experience for literally thousands of media properties across the web. Within our portfolio, you’ll see a number of two-sided marketplaces (e.g.

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Build a Competitor Profile for Clues to Delivering Better Value

Up and Running

Like most B2C product categories these days, your product may compete in a very crowded environment. Probably too many to count; beverage giant Coca Cola has a portfolio of more than 3,500 beverages: diet, regular, sparkling, still, fruit juice, fruit drinks, waters, sports and energy drinks, soy-based beverages, etc.