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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

From long sales cycles to trying to stand out from the sea of sameness, B2B companies face an uphill battle from the start. While thousands of B2B organizations struggle, plenty are able to develop long-term success. Common B2B marketing challenges. So what does it take? Let’s dive in.

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Observations from my trip to India

Version One Ventures

E-commerce (DTC and infrastructure), fin tech (lending, payments), healthcare and B2B marketplaces are some of the verticals that have seen tremendous growth. Enterprise SaaS (today) and climate and crypto (in the future) feel like the three verticals where we might see the biggest worldwide impact from Indian start-ups going forward.

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Rob Stevens & Rob Go B2B GTM AMA Recap

View from Seed

Stevens has held roles across verticals such as head of sales, marketing, product, and professional services at five startups over twenty years. He has experience in B2B, supply chain, robotics, SaaS, and IoT spaces. He helps early-stage startups with sales, marketing, and general “go to market” topics.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. 1) Market fund. Accompany focuses on this use case.

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Brand Marketing vs. Product Marketing: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Invest In?

ConversionXL

This is particularly true for complex verticals such as B2B SaaS products, where product marketing’s ability to pinpoint users with the most need and educate them on product features and benefits proves useful. In the early stages: Use product marketing to execute the GTM strategy.

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No End to Marketplace Opportunities

A Crowded Space

While a big incumbent is stuck working on their existing core business and platform, early stage startups can focus on new platforms or niche parts of the market to build up initial traction. 3) Niche Managed Marketplaces – Within many verticals, there are opportunities to significantly improve customer experience.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. GSD Capital. “ GSD Capital partners with early-stage SaaS founders to fund growth initiatives. We also have the ability to continue investing behind our companies across all stages of growth.”. ARR of $500K+. ScaleWorks. “We

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