Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Of course, they didn’t market it that way back in the late 90’s, but at the time, that’s how networking hardware was built and sold. Instead of selling to the CIO (which could have long, costly sales-cycles), Pertino has focused on marketing and selling their services directly to the end-user.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Arrive to the market too soon and there’s no demand for the product. In a recent TED talk , Idealab founder Bill Gross talked about how Airbnb likely wouldn’t have taken off if not for the recession: People were strapped for cash and were therefore more willing to rent a room in their home to a stranger.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Vik Singh is CEO and cofounder of Infer , which recently raised a $10 million Series A round from Redpoint Ventures and provides data-powered applications to companies like Box, Jive, Nitro, Tableau, and Zendesk. . There’s friction in companies, and so the sales cycles are long. You are the sales.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

From Lean Startup Machine , Lean LA and San Diego Tech Founders , to countless speeches and workshops, I have seen the impact that their leadership has had first hand. They are launching their next book, a true field guide for entrepreneurs, called The Lean Entrepreneur: How to Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2014

by Alex Miller, Co-founder of PosiRank . Marketers hope to disseminate information and inspire sales. However, marketing in the 21 st century is different. CEOs of ago never dreamed today’s marketers could solve problems with the push of a button. What Is Marketing Automation? Why You Need It.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 12, 2014

by Blake Menefee, co-founder of the Dell Center for Entrepreneurs. Once the company recognized its value, it changed the product and the way it was marketed. Once youve identified the trigger to activate a brands desire for your product, you need a sales strategy. Step 2: Get Their Attention.

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Where to Play

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Adrien Briod , the co-founder, envisioned how a collision-tolerant drone would assist in managing such dangerous situations. That is exactly where the Market Opportunity Navigator comes in handy. Step 1: Generating a Market Opportunity Set. Worksheet 1 – Generating the Market Opportunity Set. The Challenge.

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 21, 2015

ECommerce sales during Christmas tend to see a big surge as customers prefer the quietness of at home shopping compared to the hassles of finding parking and a store full of people. To make sure you aren’t losing out on valuable sales, advanced planning and a good strategy is vital. You’ve got this! Start here.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

A How-To Guide On Getting Inside Of A Customer’s Brain written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Nancy Harhut. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Nancy Harhut. Nancy is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at HBT Marketing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 5, 2023

The Rise of AI in Advertising written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Mike Rhodes In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mike Rhodes. Questions I ask Mike Rhodes: [02:17] In the last couple of years, what are the biggest changes in digital marketing? [04:45]

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 23, 2020

Here’s more from The Startup Magazine Founder Interview series. We interviewed Michel Ruiz, CEO and co-founder of KaviAR Tech , an augmented reality software startup headquartered in Paris. AR has many valuable applications and solutions for sales, marketing, customer service and training. Quality control?

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring. If outward facing, they will attend important sales calls and speak to the technology strategy and vision. I have also included quotes from Austin CTOs to give you additional perspective.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

After spending months and maybe years looking for product-market fit, you now proudly got a product and are ready to go to market. You have to invest time and money into building a sales and marketing team to acquire customers beyond early adopters. Equally as important is the understanding that sales take time.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. Page 1: Market Size. $3 I had planned a balance of large companies and SMB/divisional sales but have changed my thinking.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

by Amit Damani , cofounder of Vista Rooms. Some even spend on creating apps and elaborate marketing campaigns. Another pro-tip – Keep everything short – small up-front capital requirement, short sales cycles, short payment terms and recurring revenue cycles. Product first, sales later.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. For a startup, having great sales DNA is a wonderful asset. But here’s where a truly great sales artist comes in. More on that in a moment. They are closing orders.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2015

3 Advantages to an Experiential Web Presence written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. When you find your creative team to design and develop it, part of their market research entails researching your competition and your customers. I spend a lot of time online.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

Think about it – if you’re using MailChimp and make let’s say $100 in sales for every send. 3) Your business model seems flawed OR is not the right fit I talked a lot about unit economics and sales cycles in my last post. But VCs look at unit economics in different ways. But that’s not Hustle Fund.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

Think about it – if you’re using MailChimp and make let’s say $100 in sales for every send. 3) Your business model seems flawed OR is not the right fit I talked a lot about unit economics and sales cycles in my last post. But VCs look at unit economics in different ways. But that’s not Hustle Fund.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Very few, if any, of these interactions are with a sales rep. This behavior has marketers pledging to up their demand generation budgets. Because if people are making up their own minds, without coercion from sales, creating demand is the best way to get them to choose you. But isn’t that the role of any marketer?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Did one group see one marketing message that the other didn’t? Customers that converted in the last year that came in through a bottom-of-the-funnel marketing campaign. Customers that converted in the last year that had a sales cycle of less than x weeks. How did that effect their average order value? Expansion Potential.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

I got one of those in 2018, mere months after I started at data.world as their first growth marketing and demand generation hire. We had built the world’s largest open-data community but—like so many startups—didn’t have a clear product-market fit. . In that unannounced meeting, Brett Hurt, our CEO and co-founder, laid it out for us.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Effective Ways To Differentiate And Scale Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Debbie Howard. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Debbie Howard. Take The Marketing Assessment: Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Demand generation tactics address two of the biggest marketing challenges: raising brand awareness and generating leads. Without awareness and leads, you’re missing out on opportunities to close sales and grow your business. It uses marketing to raise brand awareness and get people excited about your products or services.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

If a consultant claims they can enhance your marketing efforts, pay them based on their direct impact on your incremental sales. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Their story, market positioning, products, etc. Passion Cannot be Outsourced.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

70% of buyers have done their research before they talk to sales, and 60% of buyers prefer not to talk to sales teams at all. In this article, you’ll learn how to use demand to fuel your sales funnel, build relationships, and grow your business. It aims to fuel your sales pipeline , shorten the sales cycle, and generate revenue.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Account-based marketing (ABM) accounted for 79% of all sales opportunities in 2020. And yet, no one can agree on what account-based marketing is. Fullfunnel co-founder Andrei Zinkevich says, “ABM is not that complicated, and it’s also oversimplified.”. Learn why they worked and how to apply them to your business.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2011

First up, Manoj Dharap presented EzeeBank , a core banking solution for credit co-operative societies. Manoj has deep domain knowledge in the CCS market segment and has designed a solution that addresses the missing real-time data dashboard functionality of the industry. Rohit is interested in exploring a U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

But you don't have any lords and masters to answer to and the pay out goes entirely to the founders and management team. He is currently Co-Founder of CapitalMarkets.com and Editor Of SaaSInsights. The second project is when you start to sense that maybe a real market exists. Founding teams must be balanced.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

  In other words, show me the arms merchants with a recurring revenue model and frictionless sale and I will definitely be interested.   The beauty is that the whole sales cycle is quite frictionless and all web-based which means an oppotunity to scale quickly. 

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2016

Then come the marketing, sales, and accounting considerations. WeVue co-founder Taylor Wallace told me he doesn’t have a lot of time for training in the competitive software development industry, so he hires the “naturally curious” to fit with the company’s product-oriented business model. Prioritize your needs.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

UbiQD Founder and CEO Hunter McDaniel, PhD, explained more about how UbiGro works. I truly believe this is the year where quantum dots make a name for themselves in agriculture, and so its about marketing, sales, manufacturing, and generally about traction in the market. What is your competitive advantage?

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Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

You don’t need to have a PHD in the field, but you do need to demonstrate a POV and that you are more savvy about the market than 95% of other candidates who might pretend to have some expertise. Timing is pretty unpredictable, and it’s a long sales cycle.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2016

by John Thies, CEO and co-founder of Email on Acid. When deciding how to organically build your list, marketers go back and forth between the single or double opt-in methods. When it comes to effective email marketing, an ESP must come in between you and your new subscriber if you ever want the relationship to grow.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2016

by John Thies, CEO and co-founder of Email on Acid. When deciding how to organically build your list, marketers go back and forth between the single or double opt-in methods. When it comes to effective email marketing, an ESP must come in between you and your new subscriber if you ever want the relationship to grow.

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HTML Colorado Email Cofounder 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. The important lesson in order to gain market share was that in order for new users to try Microsoft Excel, they had to be able to work with the files their coworkers were creating. Marketing materials.

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