ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 15, 2011

There was a wonderful conversation two weeks ago on the NY Times' Room for Debate around " Can New York Rival Silicon Valley." That certainly wouldn't have been a credible way to frame the question in 2003 and today while I hope it doesn't try to become Silicon Valley the entrepreneurial community in NYC is second to none.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Both funds are focused on providing seed-stage capital to business to business software as a service companies, known as B2B SaaS companies located outside of Silicon Valley, […]. A year ago, the San Antonio-based venture capital firm raised a $21.5 million fund.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. In terms of access to capital, Austin is not Silicon Valley or New York — but it is Austin. If you’ve just exited or realised stock options from a Silicon Valley success story, moving out of state is worthwhile.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

But he left to work on what he told me he came to do - crack the innovation code of Silicon Valley and share it with the rest of the world. B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. Max dropped out of Stanford after his first quarter.

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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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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. Graduated with a BS/MS in bio from Stanford.) Tell me a bit about the Founder's Institute.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Some of the most creative technology coming out of Silicon Valley is designed to do exactly that. While its B2B social media team was attracting large audiences in its market, it failed to engage them because it lacked credible, regularly refreshed content. You have to make it easy for them to do so.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

But, it is likely the major differentiator between a win and a loss whether you are selling B2B or B2C. Not everyone has the big multiple venture gene, except apparently in Silicon Valley where you have to create a unicorn to be in the club that counts. He forgot a major highlight of the business model, and the damage was done.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

In Silicon Valley, Hardware Is Hot Again | Businessweek – [link]. Inside the IPO pipeline: It’s all B2B, all of the time | GeekWire – [link]. CEO Brian Chesky Says Airbnb Will Be Filling More Room Nights Than All Hilton Hotels By The End Of 2012 – [link]. Don’t hire them | Pando Daily – [link].

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Recommendations from family and friends are the most trusted source of information , and B2B companies that use them experience higher than average conversion rates. One of these colleagues happened to be author and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki. Guy became Chief Evangelist of Canva.

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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+. ScaleWorks. “We

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

12- Solve a problem in international B2B payments. With Remitr I saw that opportunity to solve a problem in international B2B payments that was crying for a technology-enabled solution and decided to plunge into it with my co-founding team. It also made me Silicon Valley’s longest serving CEO. .

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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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Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

On the B2B SaaS side or enabling services (e.g. Included are some of the large companies above like Google and Microsoft but also active on the B2B/enabling side have been acquirers like Salesforce.com (Radian6, Heroku notably) and Apple (Quattro Wireless, Siri). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

Even ignoring Silicon Valley, places like New York and LA seem to have an edge relative to Boston because of its proximity to media outlets and the prevalence of marketers from big and exciting consumer brands or entertainment companies. Even Reebok’s global headquarters is located just outside the city. How Does This Evolve?

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

9 that are B2B. The others are mainly in Silicon Valley with some exceptions. In only a handful of cases has there been significant traction prior to our investment. We are split pretty much down the middle on consumer vs. enterprise. We have 9 investments that are consumer. Geography: 18 of the 23 are in Boston or New York.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

My experience: I exited my last company, an award-winning B2B telecoms operator, and knew that I wanted to build a SaaS product. I wanted to go back to my roots (my first business was ecommerce) and start something scalable that solved some kind of management or collaboration problem for businesses.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

B2B, for example, hasn’t even even really started as a category yet. This really resembles the era when in Silicon Valley we had Yahoo, EBay, and Craigslist. But for B2B, for example, decision makers for older businesses can’t be found easily online. more on this below). And that sales cycle can be long.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

B2B, for example, hasn’t even even really started as a category yet. This really resembles the era when in Silicon Valley we had Yahoo, EBay, and Craigslist. But for B2B, for example, decision makers for older businesses can’t be found easily online. more on this below). And that sales cycle can be long.

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Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Back in 2010 we were observing more and more new B2B startups emulating the product and customer acquisition strategies of existing consumer web companies which my partners & I have long been familiar with. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

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. B2B) Is that sales process implemented in a SALES ORGANIZATION which does not require much founder time? JFDI is a means to an end, not an end in itself. We can’t deal with that.

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The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

Even when you’re a small fish, it’s just easier to find your way around,” he said in an interview with The Next Web on the sidelines of Silicon Beach Fest. Miller did, however, note that Cornerstone had to adapt to hiring based on potential, rather than experience, because it was hard to find candidates with B2B software experience in LA.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Would you modify any of this if you had a B2B product instead of a B2C product, where every potential customer is also a potential competitor? Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Reply Curtiss Middlebrooks , on November 11, 2009 at 5:23 am Said: Great stuff Steve. Progress is the same. Order Here.

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Hippoland

JANUARY 4, 2017

No longer do you need to build a lot of tools – there are so many B2B SaaS companies and infrastructure companies that do all of this for you. Most Silicon Valley investors won’t call your note when the maturity date arrives. No longer do you need to set up your own servers in your office.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

We must get established EDI companies and new SAAS B2B platform operators to adopt our EDI API, with all of its amazing advantages. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. It seems like a mountain, and yes, it is easy to almost substitute the process of lead gen and followup for closing. Order Here. Now In Print!

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Just under half our portfolio is B2B in nature, slightly more than half is consumer-facing in some way. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. In launching NextView and raising capital for this first fund, we had the privilege of meeting a lot of potential limited partners. Best of luck. PMarchetti.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

Look at some of the uber-successful icons of Silicon Valley / Technology: Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Larry/Sergey, Eric Schmidt, Andy Groves, John Doerr. Anyone around then knows that B2B stood for “back-to-banking&# and B2C stood for “back-to-consulting.&# I took people’s money.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Using examples drawn from his own experiences in the startup hub of Silicon Valley, Eric Ries unravels the myths and misconceptions that guide most startups, and paints a picture of a new way forward for the industry. We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. May 14, 2009 5:23 AM David said. It was a disaster.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

People saying, “This is what’s happening to B2B SaaS or this is what’s happening to this category.” Brian : I know it’s like an old Silicon Valley message, talk to your customers, but honestly this is one of those times where you need to be talking to at least a couple customers a couple times a day.

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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. If the location is cool, then yes otherwise I’ll pass next time. Founder of Appfeeds. Founder of a medical management software system. Director at Woodside Capital. Founder of a digital media company.

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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). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Read More ».

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Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 5, 2014

An open question that in unanswerable right now is the degree to which the infrastructure, service providers, and various data intermediaries serving b2b and b2c markets treat the government as a hostile actor. 3) Big data takes a breather. 3) Big data takes a breather.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Silicon Valley’s Hottest Commodity: The Design-Savvy Founder | Inc – [link]. Almost All B2B Marketers Do Content Marketing, But Only 36 Percent Think It’s Effective [STUDY] – [link]. Silicon Valley’s Hottest Commodity: The Design-Savvy Founder | Inc – [link].

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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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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

The former includes the Twitters, Facebooks, Linkedins, Tesla Motors of the World and the latter is the 95% of companies (B2B SaaS, Semiconductors, Cap Equipment, Biotech, MedTech, etc) that need to be marketed (Supply Push) by legions of brokers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Silicon Valley Needs to Lose the Arrogance or Risk Destruction | Wired Opinion - crowdspring.co/1g2t41F. 12 Examples of Brilliant B2B Logos (and What Made Them So Great) - crowdspring.co/1fQJCJO. Empower Your Small Business: Facebook ads are a waste of money, content marketing science, more - crowdspring.co/NCHjAW. 1girpFe.

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