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

View from Seed

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. But we’re also very active in New York, as five of the most recent startups we’ve funded are based in Manhattan (which is 40% of this recent flurry of investments).

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The Price of Free is Actually Too High

Feld Thoughts

I loved this quote by Tristin Harris in the New York Magazine article The Internet Apologizes …. “We cannot afford the advertising business model. The later ( freemium ) became a foundational part of the B2B SaaS business model, while the former became an extremely complex dance between digital advertising and user data.

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How Modern Marketers Earn Trust Today

Duct Tape Marketing

.” Melanie is also the Co-Founder of The Convoy and GroupUps, B2B marketplaces that help small businesses save money so they can invest more in themselves and their communities. That's true in like the B2B space. Key Takeaway: You say your company is amazing. But why should your customers believe you? That's the corroboration.

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Stories of Opportunity from the First Round Capital Key Hire Wire – VP of Sales, CTO, VP of Engineering

This is going to be BIG.

VP of Engineering, AppNexus - New York, NY "It's over a billion ad impressions a day, we got a full tank of venture capital, half a pack of cigarettes, the future of ad networks is dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." Interested candidates should e-mail keyhirewire@firstround.com with "Modcloth CTO" in the subject.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

The New York Times, January 2001. Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. They avoid branches, seldom hang out signposts, and (until recently) wouldn’t advertise. Would it make a difference if they advertised the number of ranking factors they consider?

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

The New York Times, January 2001. Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. They avoid branches, seldom hang out signposts, and (until recently) wouldn’t advertise. Would it make a difference if they advertised the number of ranking factors they consider?

Customer 101
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HBS Alumni Angels Investor Meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 16

David Teten

HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York is holding its next investor evening for our members (angels and VCs) on January 16. Presenting Companies: - CareBooker is the Expedia.com for booking family care services, such as child care, pet care, tutoring/lessons, home care, sports/fitness, and senior care. - Charged.fm