Austin Startup

MARCH 13, 2020

Since then, we’ve served 500+ unique customers, worked with 10+ space partners, pivoted our business model from B2C to B2B, signed on advisers, and have raised money from outside investors. Your partner matters To all those solo-founders out there?—?kudos Our biggest example of this was our pivot from B2C to B2B. kudos to ya’ll.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s one of many ecommerce software platforms on the market but only the fifth most popular by market share. Studies show that only 5% of B2B customers are ready to buy. It builds brand equity with its entrepreneur audience by sharing helpful resources and creating a community of like-minded business builders. Take Shopify.

Equity 94

Equity Marketing Social Media Software Review 94

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

The information needed to make decisions is all around them: in their communities, at events, and at the end of a Google search. B2B demand generation focuses on ROI. Elevate your founder and employee personal brand. Take SparkToro founder Rand Fishkin. Today’s buyers are more empowered than ever. The impact of this?

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View from Seed

JUNE 22, 2016

TIM: I would say in between 4 and 5, but specifically in a B2B software. LEE: I agree that the biggest commercial impact of drones will be in B2B applications. DAVID: On investment conviction, I’m a 4, and I agree that the interesting things from a venture standpoint will be B2B.

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Startup Software Review B2B 159

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

We had built the world’s largest open-data community but—like so many startups—didn’t have a clear product-market fit. . In that unannounced meeting, Brett Hurt, our CEO and co-founder, laid it out for us. To have the future we wanted, we needed to shift away from monetizing our open-data community and toward enterprise sales.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Henrik and I co-founded Fisker Inc. I started Rising Star Reviews because I’ve always had a passion for helping small businesses. Every day I get to see how my company helps so many small businesses get the appreciation they deserve from online reviews from their own hard-earned happy customers. Photo Credit: Chas Cooper.

Entrepreneur 116

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 19, 2019

A startups seeds are sown and sprouted either because the founder(s) have come up with a unique solution with a product (like a software or a physical product) or service. Failures, on the other hand, occur majorly due to the following reasons: Quitting too early in the process; lack of persistence. Running out of money.

India 131

India Startup Cofounder Software Review 131

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. NAME Verizon Communications. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. NAME Yahoo.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 17, 2024

How to Balance AI Magic with Human Expertise written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Jeff Coyle, the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer for MarketMuse. Book your call today, DTM World slash scale. (01:03):

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

9- Providing Legitimate B2B Customer Data in the Era of Mistrust. That's when I was struck by the idea: Why not provide a legit B2B customer database that is neither dodgy and nor a bad fit for a business? Thus, I started my B2B customer data-mining firm. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Entrepreneur B2B Database Technical Review 133

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

With a few simple lines of code, websites can enable full commenting for their properties with comment moderation, and engage with all their loyal followers. billion Unique Visitors, on 3 million discussion communities. Disqus has been known historically to provide one of the first open commenting platforms to publishers on the web.

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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.

Retention 113

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2018, after two short years and $3 million raised in startup funds, recruitment AI company Ansaro shut down due to bad market fit. It partners with sales to close more revenue, informs product teams to deliver better products, and in some cases, co-owns demand generation activities with marketing teams. Image source.

Marketing 110

Marketing Product Audience Equity 110

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

” 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. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! That's true in like the B2B space. Storyfuel.co. TheConvoy.com.

Marketing 79

Marketing Audience B2B Framework 79

Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

I encourage startup founders or anyone interested in social commerce to read it: [link] When you think about Big Data Applications (a term coined in 2012 by Raj De Datta in this TechCrunch article ), Bazaarvoice is one as Raj points out in his article. 8, which was released earlier this week. The retailers were to provide the audience?—?and

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Networking Fractional CTO CTO Hire B2C 48

Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

I’m a very risk adverse entrepreneur as a result of bootstrapping my first three businesses, almost failing on the fourth (Coremetrics) due to market timing (I was too early and didn’t predict the dot-com bust) and its overcapitalization, and being a mostly customer funded and very capital efficient on the fifth (Bazaarvoice).

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Advisory Board Cofounder Greece Bootstrapping 51

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For web services, we write use cases, including code snippets, which describe ways you can imagine people using the product. Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré , a B2B SaaS consultant, lamented that. I see this happen far too often when people submit products to me for review to post on Product Hunt. Write the User Manual. His solution?

Product 110

Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The Best Way To Communicate With And Convert Your Website Visitors written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Ben is the Chief Executive Olarker (CEO) and co-founder of Olark Live Chat. Real-time communication. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! How can you wow them?

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SMS Technical Review Channel Cofounder 92

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. ” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Ning Communities. Code Igniter.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2015

By using social proof in the form of testimonials, reviews and trust icons you’re helping customers make a decision, feel confident about their choice, and a part of something bigger. Use this if you’re marketing B2B software, agency services, etc. Reviews – Think of reviews as testimonials’ more objective cousin.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Social Media Conversion 48

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Sadly, many people in our society come from communities where they were never, or rarely, touched by their parents, family members, or friends or only experience touch through sex. The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering! My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c.

Entrepreneur 115

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. Let me know. It is valuable.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. raked in five-figure daily signups after announcing its upcoming launch, according to the site’s founders. In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. It got 10% conversion,” Carrella says.

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Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

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. via Why Free Plans Don’t Work | Software by Rob [.] #10

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Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. So, I’ve had about 4 years on the “inside” of a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS startup. Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217