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Observations from my trip to India

Version One Ventures

E-commerce (DTC and infrastructure), fin tech (lending, payments), healthcare and B2B marketplaces are some of the verticals that have seen tremendous growth. With the right product or service for the Indian market and strong execution, an “India for India” start-up can see incredible growth.

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Selling to the enterprise: “Sell to few” vs. “sell to many”?

Version One Ventures

This preference isn’t necessarily due to market size, but rather the structure of the market: are there only a few dozen customers that might buy your product or are there thousands, or even tens of thousands of potential customers? How do we differentiate between B2B start-ups that sell to many vs. sell to a few? Final thoughts.

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Brand Marketing vs. Product Marketing: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Invest In?

ConversionXL

Product marketers own a variety of marketing responsibilities, which can be roughly divided into two broad categories: pre-launch and post-launch. During product development and before launch, product marketing responsibilities revolve around the GTM strategy, positioning, and developing messaging. Image Source.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

In addition, I’ve noted a few multi-product lending firms, e.g., Kapitus and United Capital Source , which provide RBI as one of many structural options to companies seeking capital. . We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. Alternative Capital. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR.

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How Indiegogo Grew its Business

Version One Ventures

If you haven’t already, check out previous posts detailing Andrew Chen’s (Uber) fireside chat on growth strategies , Anthony Marino’s (ThredUp) talk on managed marketplaces , and B2B marketplace dynamics from Shippo’s Mikhail Ledvich. Expand into different verticals. Don’t spread across verticals too fast.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

As a result, second time founders very often shy away from ad-based consumer ideas, but when they do, they think about what viral mechanisms you can implement *first* and engineer the product around that mechanism. Product second. 2) B2B startups have high margins. B2B companies can have great unit economics.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

As a result, second time founders very often shy away from ad-based consumer ideas, but when they do, they think about what viral mechanisms you can implement *first* and engineer the product around that mechanism. Product second. 2) B2B startups have high margins. B2B companies can have great unit economics.

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