Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

If your startup is in the Business-to-Business (B2B) world, you need to realize that the subscription model has evolved considerably since SalesForce.com introduced Software as a Service (SaaS) way back in 1999. Do your homework before jumping in with both feet.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2022

When I started with SEO, believe it or not was in 1999 long time ago. A lot of it depends on whether you're B2C or B2B. And then if your B2B, then the number of searches is gonna be lower is just gonna be lower volume, but still they're gonna be valuable. And then in the B2B space, it, it might not be your customers.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

So the question is, does emotion play a role in making more sales online? In this article, we’ll look at the role that emotional design plays in expanding reach, the influence emotion has on decision making, and we’ll even answer the age old question of does emotion impact B2B? Emotional Design Influences Sales.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I also wanted to future proof my business – to position it for growth, and ultimately sale, so giving it my name was out of the question. Well, we’re a B2B marketing agency that specializes in services and intangible products. Over the next decade, our sales went from about $1 million per year to more than $30 million.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. In its most recent quarter, the company processed the exchange of $923 million of sales, which equates to a $3.6B In 2017, the company reported sales of over $500 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Mine started this way … I started my first company in the “go-go years&# of the Internet: 1999. We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools.

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ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

True, some companies experimented with social media as a sales channel as well. But for the most part, if you wanted to talk to a sales rep, you were filling out a form and then waiting for a phone call or an email. Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999). Granted, that’s support, not marketing and sales.

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Agile VC

MAY 7, 2014

Alibaba’s Genesis Alibaba was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and 17 other colleagues, and like most startups they began as a small group working out of Ma’s apartment in Hangzhou. com – this is the B2B marketplace for connecting wholesale buyers worldwide with Chinese manufacturers and distributors for a range of goods.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In this post let's look at each Social Network, see what B2B and B2C brands are doing there today, from that draw lessons as to 1. An example of the implication: Don't expect short term sales/revenue from any social participation. The Google Small Business page on Facebook is an example of a B2B strategy. This hurts.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

forward 2022 sales which compares favorably with its top comparable $VEEV (which trades at 18X 2022 sales). The others are all B2B companies. It is important to note that using the one-day gains of “hot IPOs” to either attract new customers or wildly please the ones you already have is not a new concept.

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