David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics. Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in. Snapchat goes public in 2017 and Spotify succeeds with a direct listing in 2018.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

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 2017, the company reported sales of over $500 million. Benchmark is an investor in Rover through a merger with DogVacay in 2017). Julie Wainwright founded The Real Real in 2011.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

It does not matter if you are a B2B or B2C or A2K, you will always see this. This allows you to, for example start exploring performance at an operating system level, drill down to the devices for that operating system and then which landing pages perform best for that mobile device. Here's the report for operating system.

Analytics 141

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

V4: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. Almost all of the companies we invested in in 2017 had customers even if they didn’t have much of a product. I.e. how has this investor made money before?

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

V4: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. Almost all of the companies we invested in in 2017 had customers even if they didn’t have much of a product. I.e. how has this investor made money before?

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics. Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in. Snapchat goes public in 2017 and Spotify succeeds with a direct listing in 2018.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

At a previous employer customer service on the phone was a huge part of the operation. What you deem as success creates an incentive for an individual employee, the group/division, your company’s partners, to behave in a certain way. Most companies (think any retailer for example) still operate their identities in a silo.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

My research was valuable enough for a large corporation that is known for creating a popular operating system to give us about $250K in funding. I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering! I was a Ph.D. Photo Credit: Steven Randall.

Entrepreneur 115

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2017

John: Well thanks so much so yeah, dependent on when you’re listening to this we’re recording this mid-April 2017 and the book is freshly out at that point. Every business can find ways to optimize every [00:18:33] marketing, but every part of their operation so that you can find ways to wow customers through that optimization.

Tampa 35

Tampa Florida Customer Audio 35