Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Entrepreneurs need to look more broadly into the business-to-business (B2B) space for more lucrative opportunities. As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, still waiting to be found: Find strategic partnerships.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The obvious trend in startups (which has been going on for a year or two) is the idea of the “prosumer as the new consumer.” In addition to this trend, in 2019 I’ve noticed another one — a growing interest among VCs in B2B marketplaces. Let me state upfront that the idea of B2B marketplaces is not new.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 10, 2020

Here is why online startups cannot afford to overlook visual merchandising. Urging not only startups but, more importantly, small and medium enterprises to get on board with visual merchandising. However, smaller brands can also deliver such an exquisite experience directly to customers, B2B, B2C, and even to non-fashion brands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

But entrepreneurs need to look more broadly into the B2B space for more lucrative opportunities. As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. Sponsorships and advertising.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Online B2B marketplaces are websites where buyers and sellers meet to trade. B2B Marketplaces in Asia. The largest ones are Alibaba, Global Sources, DHgate, EC21, Tradekey, Asia Trade Hub, and go4WorldBusiness. B2B Platforms in the United States. you can still use B2B marketplaces to take a shortcut.

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Agile VC

MAY 13, 2013

While our portfolio at NextView is roughly equally weighted to consumer facing and B2B companies, it seems that for consumer companies in particular being first mover confers little benefit and the drawbacks probably outweigh whatever weak advantage might exist. This usually takes a lot of time, money, and energy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It affects even B2B companies because ultimately most must sell to companies who sell to consumers and if they suffer they cut back on suppliers. The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. Consumer spending is where I’m dubious.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

As part of our Founder Interview series, The Startup Magazine caught up with entrepreneur Ola Sars, Founder and CEO of music-tech leader, Soundtrack Your Brand. Ola: Soundtrack Your Brand is a B2B music streaming service with the world’s largest catalog of popular music licensed for businesses.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

This post was co-written by Eric Ries and Sarah Milstein, co-hosts of The Lean Startup Conference. This year, for the first time, we've added a day of workshops and site visits to The Lean Startup Conference. Lean startup principles work differently in different environments.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2020

COVID-19 has delivered the biggest shocks to supply chains globally , forcing businesses to make swift changes to adapt to the new reality. The post How to Optimize B2B Deal Management to Cut Costs and Losses in 2021 appeared first on ReadWrite. COVID-19 and Deal Renegotiation.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It’s true that we also fund more mundane stuff like B2B software aimed at productivity improvements but we want some big bets in every fund where we feel we can contribute to “making our own little dent in the universe” as the saying goes – by backing ambitious entrepreneurs with that same goal.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

They provide a hands-on transformation and revenue growth partner for B2B technology companies. Prior to working with Citius, he helped global businesses generate up to $200M in annual recurring revenue and realise valuations of $1Bn+. Inside Sales), Channel, Pre-Sales, SDRs, Marketing, Customer Success, and Professional Services.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

On the other hand, the global courier delivery market covering Express delivery and Parcel Pickup and Drop services is all set to surpass a whopping $400 billion by 2024 with a growth rate of 8-10% every year. Then, based on the initial response from customers, they can expand their c delivery business throughout the country or go global.

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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. These early startup days helped prepare me to dive into my first venture.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

But networking is vital to entrepreneurial success for 78 per cent of startups. With that in mind, here are three startup networking strategies to help you grow your business. These three startup networking opportunities will help you grow your new business in a strong and sustainable fashion. Local networking. Speed networking.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

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David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY. Flashpoint is a startup accelerator at Georgia Tech. Telesofia’s goal is to make a better, healthier world by helping with health literacy, medication adherence and informed consent.

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David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY. Flashpoint is a startup accelerator at Georgia Tech. Telesofia’s goal is to make a better, healthier world by helping with health literacy, medication adherence and informed consent.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

A total of 30 per cent of business-to-business (B2B) invoices issued to foreign companies were paid late and 6.5 Credit insurance plays a critical role in ensuring successful international B2B trade, as it covers the risk of financial loss that can occur when trade credit is offered and a bad debt occurs. Set credit limits.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

He's been an SEO specialist to Fortune 500 companies and venture backed startups around the world for two decades. His clients include global brands such as Citizen Watch, ExxonMobil and bva. And that looks different for a B2C journey versus a B2B journey. Book your call today, DTM World slash scale. (01:02):

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

These days, I’m hearing more and more about Location-Based Services (LBS) as the next big opportunity for startups. As outlined by Adam Holden-Bache recently on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

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Transformify

MARCH 9, 2017

B2B Content curation and B2B content aggregation are very powerful, and if used properly, can tremendously boost the outreach and secure new leads. A number of industry leaders are relying on B2B content curation to drive traffic to their web pages, educate their users and generate new leads.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

For those of us that have been working in the startup and technology space for at least the past 10 years, these addresses mean two things. My contact at Facebook assured me that this story wasn’t the only one of its kind, and that it was more common than you’d think in other offices they had globally. Every startup collects data.

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Transformify

JANUARY 7, 2019

Hiring freelancers, self-employed or independent contractors have many advantages including budget flexibility, the ability to hire a highly-skilled expert to provide strategic advice to a startup or a small company that can’t afford to hire her/him on a permanent basis and have an extra pair of hands during seasonal peaks in demand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Uber and Airbnb are examples of startups that started the sharing movement, but quickly grew to challenge large conglomerates. With today’s world-wide instant communication and the internet, every new business is global by default, and distributed team members are spread across international boundaries without waiting for immigration.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

She is the global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce and the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Growth IQ. She is a global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce and the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Growth IQ. This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Tiffani Bova.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Microsoft ® BizSpark ™ is a global program that helps software startups succeed by giving them access to Microsoft software development tools, connecting them with key industry players, including investors, and providing marketing visibility to help entrepreneurs starting a business.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

So I reached a point in my career as a CMO for global high tech companies where I wanted to make a change and start a company that would apply all the marketing lessons I had learned to helping small local businesses. 12- Solve a problem in international B2B payments. They’re the unsung heroes of our economy.

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Transformify

JULY 4, 2018

v) B2B Freelance Marketplace. (vi) Transformify Recruitment CRM is a global solution. Even more, there are job categories indicating that the job is of interest to a particular group of people - remote jobs, startup jobs, permanent jobs, jobs for people with disabilities, etc. Loaded with: (i) Job board/ Job Marketplace. (ii)

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VC Cafe

APRIL 21, 2022

In its 2021 global consumer report , Snap predicted that 75% of the global population and nearly all smartphone users will be frequent users of AR. AR consumer adoption (Source: Snap global consumer report 2021 ). If you’re a seed/pre-seed/bootstrapped startup building in this space, we’d love to hear from you.

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View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

While the startup environment in Boston has vastly improved over the last several years , I continue to hear the sentiment that it’s really tough to build a great consumer startup in Boston. Even Reebok’s global headquarters is located just outside the city. What Actually Makes a Great Consumer Internet Marketer?

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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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YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2020

Given that mindset, it’s only natural that most entrepreneurs jump at the first chance they get to secure early-stage startup funding. Most startups will need a viable product and proof of credibility before they can expect early-stage investors to really bite. Sterling Road is a venture fund focused on pre-seed B2B companies.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

RevOps, or “Revenue Operations”, is a B2B function that uses automation to help teams make the right decisions to grow their business. The tech industry is valued at $1tn in the UK alone, and with an increase in startups and scaleups, this number will only increase. Pricing for better conversion and margin. Reducing revenue leakage.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2022

As Brennan and Aaron wrote in the announcement …“T his new round of funding brings us one step closer to our goal of radically scaling unified climate action across the global economy.”. Shippo launched Shippo Supercharge to help startups with shipping and scaling up with $12K in shipping credits. .

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