Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Holiday weekend here in the US means links for you to read Playing Different (Stupider) Games The Other End Of The Valuation Stick [Kyle Harrison, Contrary Capital] – Kyle puts out a new essay (almost) every Saturday and I really enjoy his consistent and clear eyed POV on venture capital. The former start the work.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

It doesn’t matter if your company is B2B or B2C, as Y Combinator puts it, you need to build stuff people want, and obsess about making it as user friendly, friction free and smooth as possible. Kawasaki’s Law of Pre-Money Valuation: for every full-time engineer, add $500,000; for every full-time M.B.A., Our goals, their goals.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

We sat down for an hour to talk about why what GaiKai built was able to overcome its much better funded rival and to dispel the myth that great engineering teams don’t exist in Southern California. GaiKai had 50 such engineers, which was a large part of its success. Nate, tell us a bit about Rustic Canyon Venture Partners.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

VP of Engineering, AppNexus - New York, NY "It's over a billion ad impressions a day, we got a full tank of venture capital, half a pack of cigarettes, the future of ad networks is dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

Max entered Stanford in the fall of 2010 as a freshman, took as many of the engineering entrepreneurship classes as he could and independent study with me. (He B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. I was feeling pretty old. ——-.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

Search engine optimization, paid search, social media channels, online stores, and even pop-up spots are examples of practical omnichannel usage. In 2023, personalization will remain a critical aspect of e-commerce trends, whether you are B2B or B2C. Honest reviews from opinion leaders build brand awareness, even for small brands.

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View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

At NextView Ventures we have written many pieces about venture capital — how to raise it, build your business, engage with investors, iterate your product, navigate expanding industries, etc. Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently? I’ve Been in Venture Capital for Two Months.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Many of our job postings for Engineering positions describe the company as a place “where the word ‘millions’ is used frequently and in many contexts&#. So, I’ve had about 4 years on the “inside” of a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS startup. How To Raise Venture Capital View more presentations from Mark Davis.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

She has spent twelve years in startups and built three successful companies without venture capital backing. 16:42] Are you an engineer or programmer yourself? [17:06] However, for some reason, for B2B content, you have to come to my show right next Tuesday at 11, my time zone. We're very happy that they're engineers for.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early. And by early, we mean pre-traction.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . 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.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. Hiring startup engineers? How to Use Social Media to Drive Traffic for B2B Companies – crowdspring.co/1nPz9An. WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

Over the past few weeks, we’ve witnessed the launch of ginormous new venture funds focusing on the space. Venture capital firms poured more than $32 billion into digital-asset startups last year and there’s plenty more dry powder out there: Haun Ventures – $1.5 Source: Visual Capitalist.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 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. Google Custom Search Engine.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

The first time I met Matan, Melio's co-founder and CEO, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small business stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. And then you realised that there was a gap for B2B. Tell me a bit more about the things you did to understand how small businesses work.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2016

While a B2B company can find success with LinkedIn ads, a B2C company’s promotions would be better suited for CPC or CPM ads on Facebook, Twitter and Google. In particular, tech entrepreneurs should build a long-term search-engine optimization campaign in the first stages of business planning. How do they interact with social media?

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early. And by early, we mean pre-traction.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

Chinosorn, a prolific “hobby collector”, and Leung, an engineer, became friends at the University of Illinois and both worked on several startups prior to starting MentorMob. The company is currently seeking first-round venture capital and institutional funding. Which means you’ll be learning continually, as well.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Home Books for Startups Guide Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Tools Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Email Subscription Get Steve Blank via your RSS Feed RSS - Posts RSS - Comments Categories Air Force (12) Ardent (10) Audubon (1) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (39) Business Model versus Business Plan (..)

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

But recent innovations in SaaS-driven business models have come of age on the backs of B2B solutions, and providers are finally learning how to cater to the underserved VSB market. Low initial start-up costs and easy setup make SaaS based solutions an attractive proposition, both for VSB owners and as venture investments.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

This means we invest in product-driven engineering teams where all of the development is done in house and where rapid iteration is a key to success. We also help our teams find key engineers, and sales and marketing folks who can help build and refine the gotomarket strategy for the entrepreneur. That is pretty self explanatory.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Eloqua is bringing this revolution to the B2B marketers by providing on-demand applications and best-practice expertise for B2B marketers to execute, automate and measure effective marketing programs that drive revenue. " Become.com is a search engine designed to help consumers searching for products on the web. internet.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

I recruited a top-flight engineer and serial entrepreneur to build our MVP, on equity?—?and in a huge $77b market. The fact that we were able to hold both our focus and the bigger picture on these sets of problems is also worth noting as a huge accomplishment. and every other team member the same way.

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Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2017

See Also: What Do Venture Capital Firms Want? I was looking for wisdom to help make the decision, and found a gem in a lecture from my venture capital professor at HBS. My biggest takeaway from that process was that you have to have some kind of “magic” in order to raise venture capital.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. Hipcamp (*) was founded in 2013 by Alyssa Ravasio as an engine to search across the dozens and dozens of State and National park websites for campsite availability.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools. We found a way to get a round of venture capital closed after all of this. We were based in London.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

The others are all B2B companies. In a 2019 article in the Financial Times titled, “ Investment banks are losing their grip on IPOs ,” Sequoia Capital’s Mike Mortiz argues, “the choice of a direct listing or a traditional IPO has become a test of two attributes: courage and intelligence.” As a group they have done quite well.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo. 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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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

From a funding standpoint, European SaaS companies have raised on average 30-40% less capital than their US counterpart at a comparable stage. The first is the B2B global platform play, such as Algolia, the search-as-a-service API Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine have built out of Paris.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 14, 2017

But of course the company is incredibly deserving of heavy admiration and emulation for how, in just a few short years, they've re-engineered and become the default offering for a massive business category. The Grainger Everyday Heroes video series show us exactly how to do this.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

In this case, fully-burdened is not just the salary, bonus, and benefits of the sales rep, but also allocations for sales engineering support, executive support, marketing expense, and professional service expenses associate with securing the customer. Yet many B2B companies don’t have a clue. Venture Capital. (3).

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Some of the early B2B pioneers in this space were companies like JBoss ( story here ), SolarWinds, ConstantContact, HubSpot, etc. With certain complex products, this will need an on-site installation by a sales engineer, which sends costs through the roof. that directly tackled the problem of acquiring customers. All rights reserved.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For most B2B SaaS companies, category leadership often means US leadership. 2 Be prepared : When I received my engineering degree, I decided to start in management consulting and began preparing for my interviews. Another very important consideration is the geographic footprint of the fund.

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