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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. I know you are still in stealth, but what can you tell us. And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. not for startups? What were those and how is that changing now given how things are changing in social media?

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Marketing Your Startup: A Billion-Dollar Company’s First Marketer Reflects Back

View from Seed

We started with a general webinar about how to turn your website into a marketing machine, then we went on to SEO, then blogging, then social media. We hit a challenge once we got to social media, because it was becoming much more crowded in our space with more businesses educating and creating more content. NVV: How did you adjust?

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Accidental VC: When Should Startups Announce Seed Funding?

View from Seed

And given my marketing background (Google, Dailybreak Media, HubSpot), I often get this question directly: When should startups announce seed funding? . This particular company, as a B2B SaaS business, would definitely benefit from driving traffic to convert into subscribers or leads on their email list.

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boldstart ventures in 2014 – our ethos

BeyondVC

Our founding team has led first rounds in market leading enterprises such as LivePerson (LPSN), GoToMeeting (sold to Citrix), Greenplum (sold to EMC), and 24/7 Media (TFSM). finally, this theme is also applicable for b2b. There is also a b2b theme as companies like ooomf and emissary.io As they say, the rest is history.

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SF New Tech’s Big (Endless) Summer Social

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Founder of a digital media company. Marketing person at a stealth B2C/B2B payment company. People whom I met: Director at Silicon Valley Bank. Founder of Appfeeds. Founder of a medical management software system. Director at Woodside Capital. A lawyer focused on startups. Founder of SF MusicTech.

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Israeli Startups and Marketing – 5 Questions with an Experienced CMO

VC Cafe

Although this has been known for years for B2C companies, it is interesting to see B2B companies realizing the importance of marketing early on, as well. . Many founders concentrate on perfecting their product, adding revolutionary features, and staying in stealth mode to avoid the competition. Hila Shitrit Nissim. Hila Shitrit Nissim.

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The State of Consumer Tech in Israel in 2023

VC Cafe

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. Meanwhile in the US, B2C startups raised $100 billion in 2022, 40% of the total funding.

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