Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I’m not the first person to describe this trend, and my prior background has been primarily as a consumer web guy more than in B2B companies. But in the next 5 years the web and mobile app stores will increasingly be a force in selling and customer acquisition for busines software. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 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. This will likely cause the stock market to contract.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

We’ll do this through a variety of ways like introducing new products and features to our website, and focusing on a variety of marketing strategies to grow and engage our community. It’s the next natural step for us, especially as we consider our platform and offering to be very well suited to the American market.

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Detroit Entrepreneur Technical Review Revenue 91

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Internship Title: Marketing Intern Compensation: Unpaid Description: As the Marketing Intern at Thrillbox, you’ll be helping run all internal marketing campaigns for 30,000 users in 115 countries of their mobile app 360 video player. To Apply: Email jobs@Thrillbox.com and reference the Capital Factory intern program.

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Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Why if we can get a small machine to balance and adjust its center of gravity like this little fella, how long can it be until those flying cars finally go on the market? IdN Motion Gallery on Pratt Portfolios crowdspring.co/1OaQlOL. Logo for B2B buying group crowdspring.co/1UxyZgU. What other wonders could the world yet hold?

Small Business 48

Small Business Design Syria Social Media 48

Version One Ventures

JULY 19, 2018

With Amazon capturing nearly 50% of US e-commerce market , it may seem that there isn’t much room for a new marketplace focused on products. mobile) and/or new or differentiated supply. B2B marketplaces. We’ve been pitched the promise that “we’re going to replace the broker” by B2B marketplace builders many times.

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Disintermediation B2B Differentiation Aggregator 110

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2014

But, in today’s global market, the booming economy, massive population, mobile adoption and growing middle make Asia an attractive—and fully attainable—prospect for virtually any young upstart. The reality is that working in any overseas market takes a significant commitment of time, energy and resources to nurture the deal.

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Asia Japan Marketing Cofounder 191

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. Every day, Monetate ( www.monetate.com ) helps major online retailers like QVC, Casual Male, and Urban Outfitters, to make the most of their online marketing dollars. A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round.

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Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Disclaimer : By no means is the above market map comprehensive. Some of our particular themes and areas of interest include (* indicates a Version One portfolio company): . New Data Sources + Machine Learning = New Natural Capital Markets. Zero-Emission Mobility / EV / Logistics & Transportation.

Artificial Inteligence 88

Artificial Inteligence B2B Finance Portfolio 88

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2017

While we’re ready to look ahead and embrace 2017, here’s a quick recap of the major activity across our portfolio last quarter. Portfolio companies in the news. Growing your B2B marketplace. We hope everyone had a restful holiday! We’re looking forward to continuing this momentum into the new year. Catch up on our blog.

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Seattle Portfolio Seed Stage Canada 128

BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

To date our messaging has been clear, but we also could not ignore the fact that companies like Plain Vanilla Games took off quickly and became known as the fastest growing mobile game in history. BOLDstart helps founders at the seed stage accelerate their growth from idea/ alpha phase to product market fit and successful Series A round.

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Seed Stage Agile Viral API 110

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Our portfolio company Conversocial has done a fantastic job recently raising their profile on a limited budget. Their marketing strategy has two related strands, firstly assume a position of thought leadership centred around the founder and CEO, Josh March, and secondly generate press coverage by intelligent use of data.

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Leadership Marketing PR Social Media 117

Hippoland

JUNE 19, 2016

For example, say you approach a pharma investor about your new mobile app. Similarly, within software, there are lots of nuances between say mobile apps and B2B software. Or even within B2B, say adtech and HR SaaS. E.g. Glitch was a game that pivoted into a B2B communication software platform called Slack.

B2B 48

B2B Angel Investor Portfolio Vertical 48

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. 2) Market . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

For example AIDA is from the siloed lens of Marketing (and full disclosure, I humbly believe serves company's own selfish perspective). Most of the frameworks we have also don't optimally capture the complexity of digital marketing and measurement. We don't think about our marketing expansively enough.

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Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Thematic investing is where VCs research a macro trend or specific market, form a thesis around why this trend/market will serve as a good basis for building great startups, and then pursue as many exceptional investments in this theme as appropriate for the VC’s strategy. Read More ».

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio. Amazon AppStore – The Amazon Appstore (mobile/tablet) for Android and Fire OS operated by Amazon.com.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

According to HubSpot , demand generation is “the umbrella of marketing programs that get customers excited about your company’s product and services.”. That sounds suspiciously like…marketing. For one, outbound marketing. Demand generation would not exist without the shift to inbound marketing.

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Demand Vertical Campaign Channel 132

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Sorry for the humbrag, but I’m proud to see Minute Media , our Remagine Ventures portfolio company (and our only later stage investment) on this prestigious list. The 32 Israeli private companies that reached $100M in ARR. Israeli startups raised a record of $26.6

Software Review 109

Software Review B2C Open Source 109

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

about digital marketing and analytics. Strategy two… Book two hours with the senior most company leaders who will talk to you, and create the Digital Marketing and Measurement Model. Best Metrics For Digital Marketing: Rock Your Own And Rent Strategies 2. Fruition Internet Marketing. The post provides more detail.

Analytics 131

Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

We'll start with digital at the highest strategic level, which leads us into content marketing, from there it is a quick hop over to the challenge of metrics and silos, followed by a recommendation to optimize for the global maxima, and we end with the last two visuals that cover social investment and social content strategy.

Analytics 154

Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 154

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Mobile traction is getting harder, not easier. Find More Customers for Your B2B SaaS Product with These 5 Distribution Hacks – [link]. Here’s why – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Almost every B2B business extends a credit term to their clients. If you could spare your programmer, help build them an app or website while they help you in marketing or office supplies. When I wanted to venture into the mobile app development business, we didn’t have any apps to show on our portfolio.

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Salary Coder Government Dividend 40

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 1, 2013

Are you more of a B2C type or a B2B type? How does an outsider figure out who the winners are in a given domain, market and stage? Find the top 3 VCs, angels, tech lawyers and headhunters in your target geographical market and ask them for the two or three hottest companies that match the domain and stage you are interested in.

Boston 52

Boston B2C Salary Cofounder 52

Rob Go

DECEMBER 10, 2012

These conditions may have been technology limitations, market limitations, or just resistance to technology adoption by buyers and end users. In our own portfolio, we’ve made a few investments here. B2B and especially SMB SaaS: We see B2B and especially SMB software to be a large and attractive category. Seamless data.

B2B 62

B2B Internet Vertical Early Stage 62

Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

From B2C to B2B. Rock joy-inducing mobile experiences. Forget mobile first, it's a mobile only world! Ready to take this expansive journey to not just win at performance marketing and brand marketing? Create joy-inducing mobile experiences. Forget mobile first, it's a mobile only world!

Design 150

Design Software Review Technical Review Mobile 150

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

MCA-O2S covers the challenge of attributing the offline impact (revenue/brand value/butts in seats/phone calls/etc) driven by online marketing and advertising. MCA-AMS covers the challenge of attributing accurate impact of our marketing and advertising efforts across multiple devices (desktop, laptop, mobile, TV). It is sweet.

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Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

For example, in computing platforms, the mainframe was superseded by the minicomputer, which was eclipsed by the PC, which was subsumed by client-server platforms, which in many ways has been replaced by cloud and mobile computing. after WWII, were all a direct result of the mass market adoption of the automobile many decades earlier.

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Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder B2B 273

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It remains to be seen what the outcomes will be in 2022 as the exit markets are less active and the IPO window is closed, but assuming the merger gets approved, we’ve already seen Activision’s $70 billion acquisition by Microsoft and Twitter’s potential $40 billion takeover by Elon Musk. Sapphire Ventures.

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B2C IPO B2B 103

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Throw in Machine Learning and I weep at how many glorious sales, marketing, deep relationships initiatives are impossible because companies have not solved identity. These Marketers write articles and give conference keynotes that obsess about “viewable above-the-fold ads.” You, I’m talking about you!). It is not easy. winning #not.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 24, 2016

You want to win big with data, with marketing, with transformative digital yada yada and blah blah, evolve. I'll say this again at the very end… As a Marketer or an Analyst, there is nothing you'll attempt that will be more complex and challenging than what you are about to read in this post. Evolution works.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics Technical Review Channel 60

VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. I recently attended the Meta Marketing Summit in Tel Aviv, which shined a spotlight on Israeli B2C tech.

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B2C Generative AI Artificial Inteligence 148

View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

You might be able to build a reasonably successful business by spotting a hole in some market somewhere, but it’s much more likely that outlandish success will be won by founders (and, really, people ) who are authentically interested in solving a problem. Sector: B2B On-Demand. Sector #2: Mobile Video Consumption.

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Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

You might be able to build a reasonably successful business by spotting a hole in some market somewhere, but it’s much more likely that outlandish success will be won by founders (and, really, people ) who are authentically interested in solving a problem. Sector: B2B On-Demand. Sector #2: Mobile Video Consumption.

Search 120

Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 9, 2012

The real problem is that our management teams lack imagination when it comes to the web, and our marketing executives continue to do TV on Twitter, catalogs on display ads, irrelevant shouting on search, etc. The problem is Marketing and lack of imagination in using the web/digital channels. The problem, it turns out, is not data.

Marketing 140

Marketing Analytics Web Channel 140

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

At ZQI U, a vast number of students enroll into online-only courses (just like our analytics, PPC, mobile, and SEO Master Certification students at my awesome Market Motive ). Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. They do everything.

Analytics 139

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Since there are hundreds of new apps coming on the market every year, we figured it was time for an update. This year we came up with more than 270 additional apps.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78