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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like? We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C.

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How to Develop an App for Your Business Without Coding Knowledge

Up and Running

The good news for startups and other businesses with limited funds (or, who have financially savvy owners) is that you don’t (necessarily) need to hire an expensive team of software developers to create an app. These are all questions that you can answer without a degree in software engineering. . Do it yourself.

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Middle-East-Meets-West Provides An Edge For B2B Tech Companies

YoungUpstarts

In our experience, having offices in both locations is ideal for a B2B tech company because the complementary strengths of the two locales open the door for fast and sustained growth. The San Francisco Bay Area is home to one of the world’s leading B2B technology markets. Let’s start with San Francisco.

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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. Sales are the bloodstream for most businesses, and tech startups are no exception. However, figuring out the way your startup should make money could be challenging, especially for us left­-brained founders.

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Welcome to the Era of Decentralization

Hippoland

It was a big change in how software and infrastructure was written. Existing software engineers and tech entrepreneurs needed to retool both their skills as well as their way thinking about how software should be set up and software business models. B2B companies are also consolidating.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. This is the man you’ll need to impress should you wish to slice off a piece of the sFund pie for your startup. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering! Navigating the cumbersome processes associated with my father’s tragic cancer diagnosis and treatments, I drew on my deep experience in design, user research, software engineering and data analysis and turned my entrepreneurial attention to healthcare.