View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in. And even for early stage startups, VCs raise eyebrows at companies that have modest gross margins. 2020 and Beyond?

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

There were no sales people in the USSR – the government just decided what to produce and in which quantities, – so I pretty much have an anti-­sales­-and­-marketing background. It just so happened that I became the CEO of a B2B tech startup. Direct sales are common with B2B startups. Step 2: Choose your sales channels.

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Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in. And even for early stage startups, VCs raise eyebrows at companies that have modest gross margins. 2020 and Beyond?

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

And, there were unexpected delays and conflicts from some incredible innovation partners committed to childcare and early childhood education (ECE). (Yes, What I see is a great opportunity for early childhood education experts combining with the wizards of consumer marketing to reach parents where they’re at in their search for “daycare”.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

IBM Global Entrepreneur , the computer giant’s entrepreneurship outreach arm is looking for the smartest early stage startups around the globe that will help solve tomorrow’s problems. The solution takes advantage of the free space on workstations drives to produce better storage for SMEs that is cheap, safe and scalable.

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Cloud Startup Security 108

Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

government commercializes science. Venk Shukla has worked in numerous early-stage companies as an executive, investor, board member, or advisor. Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. Part 2, this post is my interview with Steve Weinstein and Venk Shukla.

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Channel India Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley 120

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data. This is a clear example where business-to-business (B2B) marketers need to learn from their business-to-consumer (B2C) counterparts.

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Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

It looks forward to a world where users and creators govern the Internet and the economics flow more fairly to the creators directly via the platforms. Metaverse – it has both B2B and B2C applications. It’s real, it’s happening, and it has several layers, from infrastructure to creator economy to consumer.

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Cofounder Venture Capital Equity 179

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

And the way that Entrepreneur First is finding founders, bringing them together, matching them together, and having that sponsor B2B business ideas. In fact, when you look at it, you say, “Ok, well, what are the early-stage consumer internet investments?” Now by the way, I’ll do an asterix. Why do you think it’s going to fail?”

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Incubator IPO Networking Cofounder 36