View from Seed

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The more verticalized your startup’s offering, especially if the venture is B2B, the more opportunity there is to identify industry insiders who will care about your company. As a VC myself, at a New York- and Boston-focused firm, I frequently point entrepreneurs to the same resources. Affinity by industry.

Angel Investor 332

Angel Investor Boston Seed Stage Syndicate 332

View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With Stephanie on board, we are now one of the very few bi-coastal seed funds in the industry, and all of the partners have led investments in NY, Boston, SF, and many other emerging ecosystems even before the pandemic. But this was always a significant market inefficiency, and one that we are committed to unraveling in the decade to come.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder San Francisco Portfolio Limited Partner 156

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Two years ago Jeff Bussgang lamented about “Lost Generation” of entrepreneurs which I think is especially acute here in Boston. I was in my early 20’s just barely out of school when four of us (peers) started Sombasa Media (aka BargainDog ) here in Boston beginning in 1998. My own personal story fits in with this narrative.

Boston 206

Boston Internet Entrepreneur .Net 206

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Old assumptions about geography are increasingly being challenged – with huge consumer wins emerging in Boston (CarGurus, Wayfair, Simplisafe, Pillpack), great B2B companies emerging in NY (Flatiron Health, Mongo, Datadog, etc), and unicorns emerging in smaller tech markets and overseas. .

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It’s true that we also fund more mundane stuff like B2B software aimed at productivity improvements but we want some big bets in every fund where we feel we can contribute to “making our own little dent in the universe” as the saying goes – by backing ambitious entrepreneurs with that same goal. But it will take time.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Software Review Founder Boston 150

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

Chicago 177

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 177

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I’m not the first person to describe this trend, and my prior background has been primarily as a consumer web guy more than in B2B companies. 3) UI/UX Matters in B2B - For decades, B2B application developers could skimp on innovating in the presentation layer. RentJuice is doing much the same in real estate software.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

Chicago 156

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 156

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 17, 2023

How To Scale Your B2B Marketing Strategy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Louis Gudema In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Louis Gudema. Louis is a fractional CMO for B2B companies, and mentors startups at MIT. And I, that's really my expertise.

B2B 82

B2B Marketing B2C ChatGPT 82

ConversionXL

MARCH 18, 2019

In a world of fake news and fake reviews—only 37% of B2B buyers trust vendors—genuine customer success stories are precious assets. Yet, a 2018 B2B content marketing report found that case studies, while frequently created, aren’t always persuasive: ( Image source ). This is a missed opportunity. This is a missed opportunity.

B2B 134

B2B Non-disclosure Agreement Technical Review Naming 134

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

Chicago 136

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 136

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

The city I call home, Boston, is not known for its social products. Here is some data shared by TJ Parker, CEO of Boston-based Pillpack, as first reported by PitchBook: Bos raised roughly same VC as NY since ’06 & ’10 w/ nearly double the exit value, ranked below in ecosystem. Social Has Been a Tale of One Coast.

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We did that for six years, and then we decided we would move to Boston because … This is where my marketer brain kicked in. I was like, “There are not a lot of the type of church that we are at out there in Boston. ” Lance Cummins: So I literally moved my family, my three kids and my wife and I, to Boston.

Audio 57

Audio Boston Video HTML 57

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Your company is likely both one step removed from many brand name B2B customers and a step removed from reporters and press that are excited to tell your story. One approach that we’ve seen work with a number of B2B businesses is to spend a disproportionate amount of effort in telling a momentum story about your company.

San Francisco 243

San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

View from Seed

JULY 19, 2019

Customers who experience this kind of product can’t help but talk to other people about it, whether it’s friends & family in the consumer segment -or- other business partners & peers in the B2B space. Go (re)read that post. And in each mural you’ll find an “JDCC” oh-so-subtlety included in the landscape.

Boston 149

Boston B2B Early Stage Portfolio 149

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

While the startup environment in Boston has vastly improved over the last several years , I continue to hear the sentiment that it’s really tough to build a great consumer startup in Boston. This is expressed by people outside of Boston, but it often comes from those within our community too.

Boston 120

Boston Marketing Early Stage Startup 120

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups. This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C. Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups. Amazon PostRank

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Boston, and Philly. Inflection launched “ Inflection for startups ,” free B2B marketing automation. Filebase announced upcoming changes to their platform, namely removing Skynet and Storj integrations permanently. You can read more about the changes here. And they’ll be coming to Phoenix soon. .

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Phoenix Portland Europe 60

Brandanew

JULY 17, 2015

Place: Boston, Massachusetts. MarketingProf’s B2B Marketing Forum 2015. Place: Boston, Massachusetts. About: MarketingProf’s B2B Marketing forum is an event that focuses around B2B social media marketing. INBOUND 2015. Date: September 8 – 11, 2015. Date: October 20 – 23, 2015.

Social Media 100

Social Media San Francisco Media Massachusetts 100

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Old assumptions about geography are increasingly being challenged – with huge consumer wins emerging in Boston (CarGurus, Wayfair, Simplisafe, Pillpack), great B2B companies emerging in NY (Flatiron Health, Mongo, Datadog, etc), and unicorns emerging in smaller tech markets and overseas. .

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 17, 2015

A few years ago, I did an analysis on the Boston-based companies that were worth more than $500 million in value, which I called Boston Unicorns. One of the (somewhat depressing) conclusions I made at the time was "there have been no multi-billion dollar valued tech companies founded in Boston in the last 13 years.".

Boston 20

Boston B2C Down Round IPO 20

View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

This initial wave of applicants resulted in the selection of six initial Accelerator participants – female & male founders at startups hailing from the Bay Area to Miami to Alabama to Boston, ranging from b2b SaaS offerings to consumer services… all transforming people’s everyday lives.

Cofounder 177

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Alabama 177

View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Jambb: Boston, Massachusetts . Consumer and SaaS B2B companies located anywhere, but should be focused on redesigning the Everyday Economy within the U.S. This model has produced a wide array of geographic diversity at a national scale, which we are aiming to replicate in the upcoming cohort. Allay Health: Seattle, Washington.

San Diego 156

San Diego San Francisco Alabama Valuation 156

Hearpreneur

JULY 7, 2023

Moss Pure's PR strategy started when we were featured in the Boston Globe in January 2023. As I primarily run a B2B business , media coverage wasn't something I put much effort into until I launched my second book in 2022. Sales skyrocketed. I then began pitching our story to the media.

PR 102

PR Public Relations Entrepreneur Reputation 102

View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. Even identifying as a demand-gen marketer or branding or B2B or B2C leaves a lot of decisions still on the table to actually execute. Where do you start?

Marketing 120

Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

9 that are B2B. Geography: 18 of the 23 are in Boston or New York. Some of our most interesting companies have originated in places like Estonia (GrabCAD), Croatia (Farmeron) and Omaha (SkyVu), although all have either moved or have a significant presence in a major tech hub like SF, Boston, or NY.

New Hampshire 50

New Hampshire Croatia Omaha Portfolio 50

Lightspeed Venture Partners

AUGUST 18, 2014

Their customers such as Boston Scientific have implemented Comprehend’s SaaS service in less than a month and thereafter the system keeps up as the data and needs for analysis change. Comprehend has developed a next generation data analytics platform that readily adapts to all this change.

Analytics 109

Analytics Boston B2B Cofounder 109

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

It'll be in Boston from September 5th through the eighth. So consumers are, and B2B and B2C are starting to make decisions beyond the normal brand. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! That's right. Every year inbound brings together leaders across business, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and more.

Employee 75

Employee Technical Review Advisory Board Sales 75

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

On the B2B SaaS side or enabling services (e.g. Included are some of the large companies above like Google and Microsoft but also active on the B2B/enabling side have been acquirers like Salesforce.com (Radian6, Heroku notably) and Apple (Quattro Wireless, Siri). Pingback: this. Pingback: [link]. Read More ».

Acquisition 162

Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

Hippoland

MARCH 2, 2018

B) We made no CAN investments! :( C) Though we did no investments in TO/Waterloo, Atlanta, Boston, and really anywhere in the midwest in 2017, we have done a TON of investments in these locations in the past and will likely look heavily there in 2018. 5) We skewed towards B2B companies. 43% of our companies are B2B companies.

B2B 48

B2B Portfolio Green Atlanta 48

Hippoland

MARCH 2, 2018

B) We made no CAN investments! :( C) Though we did no investments in TO/Waterloo, Atlanta, Boston, and really anywhere in the midwest in 2017, we have done a TON of investments in these locations in the past and will likely look heavily there in 2018. 5) We skewed towards B2B companies. 43% of our companies are B2B companies.

B2B 48

B2B Portfolio Green Atlanta 48

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

This particular company, as a B2B SaaS business, would definitely benefit from driving traffic to convert into subscribers or leads on their email list. And given my marketing background (Google, Dailybreak Media, HubSpot), I often get this question directly: When should startups announce seed funding? .

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. May 14, 2009 5:23 AM David said. It was a disaster.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Just under half our portfolio is B2B in nature, slightly more than half is consumer-facing in some way. It’s great to have an innovative and thoughtful group of investors here in Boston. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Best of luck. PMarchetti. Congratulations! Read More ».

LP 100

LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2023

It'll be in Boston from September 5th through the eighth. So yes, I've done a lot of launches in the B2B and consumer space, so thought I'd write a book, John Jantsch (02:36): Okay, so awesome. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! That's right. And we just had a big launch for a product called Dinos with that.

Product 60

Product Framework Technical Review Cofounder 60

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Back in 2010 we were observing more and more new B2B startups emulating the product and customer acquisition strategies of existing consumer web companies which my partners & I have long been familiar with. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Pingback: watch inception online.

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Rob Go

JULY 18, 2019

Your company is likely both one step removed from many brand name B2B customers and a step removed from reporters and press that are excited to tell your story. One approach that we’ve seen work with a number of B2B businesses is to spend a disproportionate amount of effort in telling a momentum story about your company.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 48