A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Consider the consequences of these monthly pricing possibilities: $0/mo means your goal is to maximize growth (trust and usage) instead of revenue. This is often B2C because the value is in quantity of customers, and there’s 100x more consumers than businesses. $1/mo simple enough to be self-service). This is a hard slog.

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Bootstrapping Technical Review B2C Sales Cycle 294

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. And yet, revenue went up by 45% YoY. When you think about revenue intelligence platforms, you absolutely expect their content to be full of ignorable charts, graphs, and stats delivered in corporate pseudo-speak that makes your eyes glaze over.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

B2C sales and customer acquisition efforts are a different matter (and one I''ll perhaps address in a future blog), but for B2B, those three models are the most common pattern. To achieve friction-free revenue (and who doesn''t want friction-free revenue?), I''ll discuss each one below. 1) Enterprise Sales.

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Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

William Hsu is the co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab. By the end, 99 percent of the B2B marketplaces had cratered and only B2C eBay was left standing and thriving. it’s really a software business, not liquidity driven) and that B2C marketplaces could not be built under the giant momentum of eBay’s “ network effect.

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B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Comcast Corp.,

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. We were witnessing, firsthand, the dramatic shifts in B2C e-commerce, and the resulting incredible experiences and benefits brands were delivering their retail consumers. The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering!

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Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 113

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

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. GoNet Systems.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103