David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

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Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2021

Chargify, the leading billing platform for B2B SaaS, announced today the massive productivity improvements and decrease in operating costs that CareerPlug has achieved using its new Chargify Business Intelligence product. Chargify has helped thousands of businesses manage millions of offers that drive billions in annual revenue.

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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. That's true in like the B2B space. What about throwaway claims get pitched by the number one XYZ award-winning this and leading X globally all the time.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. In this episode, I talk with the Founder and Chairman of Acceleration Partners, Bob Glazer, about why diversifying your marketing strategy with other channels — like partnerships — is the way of the future.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

1,983% boost in annual revenue, 1,000% user base growth within six months with no upfront costs. These are actual results a startup Ringadoc got from their partner program. In today’s environment, if B2B organizations are going to make it, they need to grow. So we started building out the partner program.”.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

1,983% boost in annual revenue, 1,000% user base growth within six months with no upfront costs. These are actual results a startup Ringadoc got from their partner program. In today’s environment, if B2B organizations are going to make it, they need to grow. So we started building out the partner program.”.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2023

It could be more revenue, hiring clients, or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Beyond being a seller of natural stone products, I aim to be a trusted partner in the aesthetic endeavors of homeowners, my primary customers.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

“The Centaur is a business that reaches $100 million of annual recurring revenue (ARR)—a rare breed of cloud business, part of an elite subset of the growing unicorn herd.” Today there are over 1,000 unicorns globally. Scaling to $100 Million from Bessemer Venture Partners. ” Bessemer.

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Mucker Lab

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

But for entrepreneurs in enterprise markets, (saas, ad tech, b2b marketplace etc) we all too often believe self-service transaction and sales (usually in forms of some sort of purchase flow) is a development must-have rather than a feature to trade off. For consumer focused startups (e-commerce, social, gaming. Self service is hard.

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Mucker Lab

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

But for entrepreneurs in enterprise markets, (saas, ad tech, b2b marketplace etc) we all too often believe self-service transaction and sales (usually in forms of some sort of purchase flow) is a development must-have rather than a feature to trade off. For consumer focused startups (e-commerce, social, gaming. Self service is hard.

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Sales Cycle B2B Sales Web 87

The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

Improbably, founder and CEO Adam Miller and his partners soldiered on to eventually build a $2 billion+ cloud company. Miller did, however, note that Cornerstone had to adapt to hiring based on potential, rather than experience, because it was hard to find candidates with B2B software experience in LA. Miller noted.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2015

The world of buying continues to evolve and that is certainly as true for local purchases as it is for global purchases. No category of business is immune – B2B, B2C, large ticket services and low dollar commodities are sourced this way today. The key is consistency.

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Search Technical Review Software Review Engineer 28

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. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund.

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Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2016

Here are some stats: With their regular ad spend being quite high, their retargeting added an additional 15% in revenue. Let’s take a look at a B2B retargeting example. They worked with website publisher partners who covered events that interested Lumension’s target audience. Wanna know how they did it? Image Source).

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

This episode explores how to think about growth in turbulent times, according two growth experts: a16z general partner Andrew Chen, who previously led the growth team at Uber, and Brian Balfour, formerly the VP of Growth at HubSpot, now the founder and CEO of Reforge, a masterclass in growth strategies.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. 2) Market .

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

If the state has budget issues, which I believe it does, and needs to raise tax revenue (which has other options available such as cutting staff, eliminating duplication and programs and implementing automation – all of which businesses have been doing for the last ~2 years), then let’s raise taxes. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0,

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

The secondary wave of VC-backed IPOs has also come to fruition… both consumer facing (Yelp, Demand Media, Pandora, Carbonite, HomeAway, Angie’s List, et al) and B2B (Jive Software, Brightcove, Imperva, Responsys, etc). As of this week, here’s a sample of multiples: LinkedIn – 16x+ trailing revenue.

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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. In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

And like the LITERATI, professionals we work with are educated on how to market their business in order to increase revenue opportunities. Well, we’re a B2B marketing agency that specializes in services and intangible products. This name represents our ability to empower business LEADERS to build their companies into powerhouses.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

If leads-based B2B marketing is fishing with a net, ABM is using a harpoon. iRidium narrowed their audience into five segments: Best customers; Members of the target account buying community; Thought leaders ; Partners; Media and industry publications. And yet, no one can agree on what account-based marketing is.

Marketing 105

Marketing Campaign Artificial Inteligence Sales Cycle 105

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Startup pitch decks now have an obligatory unit economics page, not just an up and to the right revenue graph. 2009-2011: Retrenchment.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

So, lots of content combined with an engaged audience (contributing and participating in consumption), driving great branding and real world revenue. At its purest, YouTube is about: Reaching massive global audiences. Reach one of the largest global audience on the planet proactively consuming content. Because of YouTube.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. You might notice what’s not on that list above: revenue, investors. We pitched everyone from Angels to partners at Andreessen Horowitz on Sand Hill Road. Thank you Ifundwomen supporters !)

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Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

How LiveRamp drove over $50M in annual revenue from 15 target accounts. LiveRamp identified the attributes that their high-value accounts have in common: 5000+ employees for enterprise companies; $50M+ in annual revenue; Located in retail, CPG, insurance, and automotive industries. via 6sense ].

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Marketing Campaign Email Sales 100

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Startup pitch decks now have an obligatory unit economics page, not just an up and to the right revenue graph. 2009-2011: Retrenchment.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Sign up for your free account, set up a container tag, add that to a global element on your site and as soon as you add your GA Web Property ID , you are in business. Transactions, Revenue and Ecommerce Conversion Rate. It does not matter if you are a B2B or B2C or A2K, you will always see this. Money, money, money.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

What you deem as success creates an incentive for an individual employee, the group/division, your company’s partners, to behave in a certain way. Revenue Per Human. But, you want people to obsess about Revenue and not Cost. If 10xing your revenue requires that you quadruple your costs, what's the problem?

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Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

First, there is an ever-growing business case for maintaining a diverse workforce including studies from MIT and McKinsey that show a gender neutral and diverse workforce is correlated to increases in revenue. It is hard to believe but Google, a company widely seen as global and inclusive, has a diversity problem.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 22, 2021

Growing revenue. Make it a plan to reach out to 10 of them a day about potential partnering. And, there are over 326 million average monthly Twitter users globally for you to share that content with. . More than 36% of B2B decision-makers use Instagram when researching new products or services. Growing revenue.

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Social Media Media Curation Audience 95

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Many B2B companies run into the same problem, particularly those that are: Complex, with products that require deep expertise to understand and use. Most businesses have a handful of target accounts they dream of closing—big, prestigious companies that could generate a whole lot of revenue in a single deal.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

Graphic: For every $1 spent on AdWords (a form of SEM), companies tend to increase their revenue by $2. ( 57 percent of B2B marketers said SEO is their prized revenue-generating marketing method and is more valuable than any other marketing strategy. ( percent of all global Internet traffic is conducted via a mobile device. (

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Brandanew

MAY 14, 2015

The ultimate measurement of content success needs to be revenue. That said, for B2B companies the proxy/leading indicator is often lead generation compared to B2C companies’ DTC/retail sales. Brandanew: In your observation, what are the top reasons that make consumers and readers ‘unsubscribe’ and be disengaged?

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Social Media Marketing Technical Review Distribution 100

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

Outbrain can reach a global audience of over 557M unique people per month, making over 200B recommendations to consumers monthly. It has signed some big names like Forbes, Newsweek, and Heavy.com onto its roster of publisher partners where content can be recommended. Content.ad. StackAdapt. LinkedIn Ads.

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