ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Pre-launch customer development data is another way, sometimes in the form of user surveys for consumer companies or interviews with potential beta customers for B2B businesses. One of our portfolio investments, a B2B SaaS company, was a pre-product startup at the time of the seed round. B) Post-Product Companies.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. We market to four populations: High-potential founders. Jourdan Urbach, Managing Partner of Brandt & Co. Harbinger – B2B Sales & marketing.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. This is not meant to be a negative post, but rather a temperature check of today’s market environment and the levers founders can pull on to survive this period. What is a founder to do? The later the stage, the bigger the impact.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Flugauto Co-Founders (left to right): Frank Noppel , CEO, Gerrit Becker , CCO, and Alexander Xydas , COO. The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 A B2B tech company, Flugauto is developing a world-class UAV platform for aerial delivery of industrial cargo for the energy industry. What the Flugauto system looks like.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2017

by Karla Friede, CEO, co-founder, and member of the Board of Directors at Nvoicepay. Earlier this month, my co-founders and I raised our sixth round of venture capital funding for Nvoicepay. In fact, I found that if they didn’t like something about our business model, they usually didn’t say anything.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, posted a brilliant analysis on why VCs have to look for billion dollar companies (“unicorns”) to deliver acceptable returns, and how rare it is to invest in one: “The odds are somewhere between catching a foul ball at an MLB game and being struck by lightning in one’s lifetime.”. B2B marketplaces.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

“The Internet is the first place most people turn to find information and learn virtually anything, but there’s no sense of organization — you have to stumble through, often running into dead ends along the way,” says Kris Chinosorn, who started MentorMob with fellow University of Illinois graduate and co-founder Vince Leung. “At

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

by Scott Petty, co-founder of Signal Peak Ventures. Yet very small businesses (VSBs) are one of the last untapped bastions of innovation and, by association, venture dollars. Scott Petty co-founded Signal Peak Ventures (FKA vSpring Capital) in 2000 and has been a Managing Director since its formation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. He's the founder and chairman of the board of global partner marketing agency, acceleration partners. He's also the co-founder and chairman of brand cycle.

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Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 87

Hearpreneur

JUNE 24, 2022

A best practice when choosing a business name is that it should make it clear to people what you do while also leaving you plenty of room to maneuver and make changes to your business model or niche positioning over time. 16- I coined my business name. Striking a balance between the two is what I was ultimately after.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

When speaking with founders and private growth investors, we hear countless references to “multiples paid” on current or near-term revenue; both obsess over this because a higher multiple translates to a higher valuation. Imagine there is a hot, bottoms-up $60M revenue B2B software company raising at a $4B valuation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. So there is, is a way to adapt your business model and do this without time sheets. Marketing Podcast with Marcel Petitpas.

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Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 73

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

As a founder, it feels like a long time, but it’s really a blip on the radar in the scheme of things. It’s an old fashioned idea, but it’s what we would want if we were founders taking capital from a VC, so that’s the model that works for us. Founders: Repeat Founders: 8. Consumer: 9.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The State of Business To Business (B2B) Content Marketing In North America - [link]. 8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link]. If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO | Reid Hoffman - [link]. Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model – here’s why - [link].

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Social Media Small Business North America Design 109

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Noreen Sablotsky is the founder and CEO of Imalac , a revolutionary company in the breastfeeding world. eld of marketing and sales for Ciba- Geigy Pharmaceuticals before co-founding Noven Pharmaceuticals in 1986. Trends in the breastfeeding world are changing for the better. In the community, I have played many leadership roles.

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Founder Miami Cofounder 91

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Greylock investor Sridhar Ramaswamy , who co-founded search engine startup Neeva , says it’s more important for startups to think about creating a product that is useful and resonates with people before worrying about whether a large incumbent is doing it. But also think about it in terms of business model. TRANSCRIPT.

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Greylock investor Sridhar Ramaswamy , who co-founded search engine startup Neeva , says it’s more important for startups to think about creating a product that is useful and resonates with people before worrying about whether a large incumbent is doing it. But also think about it in terms of business model. TRANSCRIPT.

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

He is the co-­founder and CEO of Quote Roller and PandaDoc. His passions are business process automation, surfing, and his new baby girl Maya. ?. Sales are the bloodstream for most businesses, and tech startups are no exception. It just so happened that I became the CEO of a B2B tech startup.

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Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

The first post was sent to me by Josh McClure, the co-founder and CEO of Real Massive, who I first referenced in my Lucky7 post about Lola Savannah. It is about the damning nature of an overcapitalized business. If the founder doesn’t know what the company is doing, the company won’t either.

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Advisory Board Cofounder Greece Bootstrapping 51

Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2020

Namely, to have the certainty every day that I am not being controlled by others and that I have a business that I can identify in and grow with. I co-founded goTenna because I wanted to solve a problem that I cared about. Our business model helps women working from home to sustain their livelihoods while looking after their families.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. For this reason, we’re excited to announce that we have closed on NextView’s $50M third fund, with a mission to champion founders who are redesigning the Everyday Economy. . Improvement is linear and incremental.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

MailChimp, the B2B subscriber email management service, recorded a 66% drop in failed logins after introducing social login. More detailed and reliable data allows you to tailor your business model, monitor trends and measure how they might impact future demand. Impressive, but given only 3.4% Source: Wall Street Journal.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

B2B Branding and Marketing Consultant Adrienne Barnes. Lemonade, which broke into the insurance scene in 2015, is set on not only delivering a better experience for those who need insurance but transforming the entire business model as a whole. It’s not just a catchy slogan or well-designed website. .

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Marketing Cofounder Differentiation Business Model 153

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Before: After: And thenI ran into a Mixergy interview where 37signals founder, Jason Fried, talks about their free plan (6:00 into the interview): “… The majority of the revenues for our products come from people who sign up for the paid versions upfront. Rob, frankly I’m surprised you’re endorsing this business model.&#

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Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Harvard professor Noam Wasserman and WSJ small-business editor Vanessa OConnell took reader questions about avoiding start-up pitfalls on Sept. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., INTERNET BUSINESSES.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

William Hsu is the co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab. Many investors love “disruptive” businesses. This is in part because these businesses are unencumbered by legacy constraints that had previously been hardwired into the companies and industries these startups are trying to disrupt.

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B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). OpenVC is a new, open-source initiative to collect and analyze all publicly available VC theses, to help founders more efficiently find the right investors, and vice-versa. of venture capital deals.

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Plastiq is focused on extending the use of credit cards into high-value transactions like school tuition, buying a car, or rent/condo payments with a unique economic and transaction model. They picked online, because signing up online B2B partnerships is quick, easy and capital light. I’d be happy to co-author with you.

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Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. This led to a far ranging strategic discussion that got us both really excited about the huge potential of our business. 8, which was released earlier this week. and therefore the sales?—?that

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Networking Fractional CTO CTO Hire B2C 48

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

– Mike [link] Reply Jeff Skinner , on May 24, 2010 at 9:28 am said: Steve, you don’t know me though I use your ‘Customer Development process’ video in my classes (Entrepreneurship at London Business School). Jeff skinner Faculty, London Business School. Can we touch base on this.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. .” TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents â?? Founder Equity Issues. broken vc model.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

Entrepreneurs such as Figma CEO Dylan Field, fellow investors including Moxxie Ventures founder and general partner Katie Stanton, and Coatue Management partner Jamie McGurk pitched questions to the duo. Founders ask how should I feel when I can pass on the SPAC-ing? Maybe even what your business model is in its mature, large form.

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