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B2B Marketplaces Revisited

Version One Ventures

As such, successful B2B marketplaces will do the following well: Aggregate suppliers and provide price transparency. A marketplace needs to bring product catalogs from multiple suppliers and aggregate them in one convenient spot for customers. Referral fees.

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How To Negotiate with Vendors, Partners And Employees

YoungUpstarts

I also explained that we weren’t concerned with what each itemized item cost – but we needed to make sure that in the aggregate, we didn’t exceed our budget.

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Announcing our investment in DemandStar, a marketplace for government procurement  

Version One Ventures

We recently wrote that B2B marketplaces need to nail four things : aggregate product catalogs, automate procurement processes, increase trust/social proof, and integrate with key services in the ecosystem. We are excited to be partnering with Ben Vaught and his whole team on the journey forward. . P.S. They’re hiring ! .

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[Infographic] 2012 Q3: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley

YoungUpstarts

California-based executive search and technical recruiting firm Riviera Partners recently crunched some numbers by aggregating salary figures from the highest paying tech companies and from a recent report covering the correlation of tech skills in demand and expected salary ranges.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

You must find ways to get some distribution through other online partners like Hulu or package up shows for distribution on Roku or Xbox. You need to roll up videos into aggregated channels, “networks,” that are 30% of your views in the long-run. MSN & AOL. One of the best I have seen in the market is Epoxy.TV.

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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

We curate and aggregate a collection of talented made-to-measure designer brands who showcase their garments in our integrated marketplace platform. The beauty of our marketplace model is that we can transform our “competition” into partners in ways that Amazon and Etsy can’t.

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” 7 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in VC Pitches and How to Fix Them “Different partners in a VC firm are different. Here’s What Still Makes No Sense. “Non-partner venture roles are not easy. ” (Lee Hower).