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. 3) UI/UX Matters in B2B - For decades, B2B application developers could skimp on innovating in the presentation layer. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

She might be a “promoter” of your firm in Net Promoter Score (NPS) surveys, a member of several associations that interest you, and an avid social media networker, he explains. Third, they have access — and want to gain more access — to influential networks that contain more buyers like them. Second, they’re eager to tell it.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A person receives an email about an endorsement, they visit the platform to view it, and then they’re nudged to endorse people in their own networks. Recommendations from family and friends are the most trusted source of information , and B2B companies that use them experience higher than average conversion rates. Revival messaging.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Considering how businesses have been dealing with B2B payment since — well, the beginning of modern society — you’d expect a much better solution to have emerged a long ago. The gig economy’s payment problems dwarfed those of any regular organization’s B2B payment woes. We’ve made a problem.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. We provide revenue-based funding and business acceleration support to service-based small businesses located outside of major capital markets such as Silicon Valley and New York City.”. “We ARR of $500K+. Apply for funding. ScaleWorks. “We

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

Instead, he would take his evident talent to Silicon Valley. After years of managing an international steel trading company, Levin invented the idea of creating an online, B2B, market for steel. Because of his previous success and deep industrial knowledge, he secured venture capital in a matter of weeks.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Social Network is a great movie, and for many people quite inspiring as it tells the exciting story of how Mark Zuckerberg built – what is now a massively successful business – that he started at the age of 19 in his Harvard dorm room. I quickly realised what I was getting into and what my shortcomings were.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

We will open our network of successful entrepreneurs and investors to offer invaluable experiences to you. Because we’ve learned the hard way that $100,000, which is six months of runway in Silicon Valley, is a retirement jackpot in half of Southeast Asia. JFDI is a mentorship-driven accelerator. We can’t deal with that.

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Asia Singapore Cofounder Incubator 207

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Opportunistic VC investors focus less on developing very specific theses and more on cultivating a deep, rich network around the entire firm. Also really great opportunistic VCs are highly intentional about how they build their sourcing network and brand. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Versus something like LinkedIn, which is focused on getting people to invite their colleagues and people that they’re meeting through professional networking. People saying, “This is what’s happening to B2B SaaS or this is what’s happening to this category.” I’ll give a quick example: Lunchclub.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 26, 2010

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

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Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 5, 2014

When you are on a mobile device using cloud-based services there is something transformational in play, which is that not only are you bypassing many of the controls that dictate how you use apps but you are also using a network that is not under the control of your company. 2) The NSA screws the tech industry. 3) Big data takes a breather.

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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). Active Network – 2.4x Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Silicon Valley’s Hottest Commodity: The Design-Savvy Founder | Inc – [link]. The Network Effect Isn’t Good Enough | TechCrunch – [link]. Almost All B2B Marketers Do Content Marketing, But Only 36 Percent Think It’s Effective [STUDY] – [link]. Should Your Startup Go Freemium?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 101

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Our venture was selected for competitive accelerator spots & recognition from media and mentors from Austin, Chicago and Silicon Valley to work on this problem and capture the value its solution provided. And, when compared to Silicon Valley, those bars get higher to meet (with the resources from this market…).

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Think partners coming together to tap their own networks for your follow-on rounds of financing. Our wrap-up day will be hosted in San Francisco and will focus on exposing our geographically diverse teams to the epicenter of venture capital within Silicon Valley. The Clarity of the Terms : how will your company be financed?

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Obviously one of the things we talk a lot about within Silicon Valley is network effects as a differentiator – and there are a lot of different kinds of network effects and things I call strong and weak and much other things, and not all networks have network effects and all that, so it’s sometimes used very loosely.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Obviously one of the things we talk a lot about within Silicon Valley is network effects as a differentiator – and there are a lot of different kinds of network effects and things I call strong and weak and much other things, and not all networks have network effects and all that, so it’s sometimes used very loosely.

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men. The Premature Death Of Private Event Based Social Networks. 6 Comments.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

In fact they tend to be B2B rather than B2C companies – while the popular bet these days in B2B for many is in “enterprise software” – maybe the better bet is in betting on these software native challengers. Ironically, they are most likely not the Ivy League or Stanford grads that Silicon Valley VC’s love to back.

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

They are fully fungible for hard currency through Safaricom’s network of retail partners for either the sender or recipient of an M-Pesa mobile payment. And at the end of the day it appears Isis will just be working with the existing credit card networks Visa, MC, Amex, & Discover. . Good luck to Ben.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. and his work helping other Indian entrepreneurs through TiE, the Indus Entrepreneur network. — In the next segment, I spoke with Venk Shukla about his journey from bureaucrat in India to Silicon Valley entrepreneur.

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Channel India Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley 120

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

“Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. USV invests in companies that increase “ access to knowledge, capital, and well-being by leveraging networks, platforms, and protocols ”. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries.

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I know that in B2B world you are dead in the water without CRM tool… We are using our own stuff – [link] Reply Josh , on February 28, 2011 at 12:12 am said: Thank you for all the great links, how can i get an invite to quora? Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 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. Social networking. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

He said, “outside of investing in companies with proven network effects, what are some of your recent investment theses?”. So let’s see, generally speaking, obviously, I tend to orient towards things with network effects in the background. Let’s think about a network of biases, one you’ve said something about before.

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