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Top Considerations When Selecting A Cloud Backup Provider

YoungUpstarts

In the past two years, 63 percent of small and medium businesses (SMBs) began using an online or cloud-based backup service. Clutch , a B2B research firm, recently surveyed 304 SMBs who use cloud-based, online backup solutions to determine how businesses use the technology and what they think about it. Cost Breakdown.

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First Mover Fallacy

Agile VC

While our portfolio at NextView is roughly equally weighted to consumer facing and B2B companies, it seems that for consumer companies in particular being first mover confers little benefit and the drawbacks probably outweigh whatever weak advantage might exist. Dropbox (cloud storage). Netflix (video streaming).

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A framework for categorizing and comparing cloud platforms

bijoor.me

B2B Sales Process. Cloud Computing. A framework for categorizing and comparing cloud platforms – OpenStack, AWS, Heroku, CloudFoundry! Johan proposes a framework that describes the various layers of cloud platform services starting from virtualized hardware up to end-user software applications. Technology.

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The 5 Sales Tools Every Company Will Use in 2019

ReadWriteStart

Plenty of sales fall through due to issues beyond the salesperson’s control, and those issues are often a result of the company’s product or service. They use smartphones to compare prices, check social media for reviews, and read articles about the pros and cons of each choice. Cloud solutions.

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Beyond Lead Gen: How To Optimize B2B Sales Enablement

ConversionXL

We often talk about online conversion optimization without mentioning that many businesses, especially B2B, rely on offline sales to produce revenue. The biggest new trends, according to a 2015 Gartner study , are cloud, mobility and the use of data and AI in decision-making. The two aren’t disconnected, though. Image Source.

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Selling to the enterprise: “Sell to few” vs. “sell to many”?

Version One Ventures

This preference isn’t necessarily due to market size, but rather the structure of the market: are there only a few dozen customers that might buy your product or are there thousands, or even tens of thousands of potential customers? How do we differentiate between B2B start-ups that sell to many vs. sell to a few? Final thoughts.

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Tips For SaaS Businesses To Up Their Game By Leveraging Web Push Notifications

YoungUpstarts

In 2017, with 5X times faster growth than traditional software market, SaaS finds itself outrunning traditional software product delivery. Cloud software model will account for 1 dollar for every $4.59 spent on traditional software by 2019. A mammoth decline in traditional software can be seen in the coming future.

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