Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Too many founders try to do huge advertising bursts at the end of the year in a lazy attempt to hit sales numbers. Instead, founders should be focusing on developing a content strategy for 2015 that allows them to educate, engage, nurture, and close sales throughout the entire year. – Kelsey Meyer, Influence & Co.

Founder 124

Founder B2C Cofounder B2B 124

YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2018

Managing a startup is kind of like riding a roller coaster. Of course, managing a startup and riding a roller coaster are two different things. Believe it or not, though, there are ways to manage a fast-growing startup. Whether you’re B2B or B2C, your customers are your lifeblood. Use a Project Management System.

Management 191

Management Startup B2C Forecast 191

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Johnson, co-founder and CEO of TeamSupport.com. It is unlike the B2C (business-to-consumer) industry many of us interact with on a daily basis – be it through grocery shopping or buying a gift for a friend – and there are several unique distinctions between the two industries. The B2B industry does not move as quickly as B2C.

B2B 219

B2B B2C Entrepreneur Cofounder 219

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Israel was historically known for semiconductors and cybersecurity but it’s now punching above its weight in consumer (B2C), gaming and commerce. What is less obvious is the growing number of Unicorns that grew in the consumer space in Israel and how diverse they are: consumer health, consumer insurance, media, music, gaming etc.

Lock-up Period 218

Lock-up Period Merger IPO 218

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

View from Seed

JUNE 22, 2016

So all of us have seen both “horizontal” functions — things like mapping, scheduling, and some of the visual processing — and also “vertical” plays, like managing golf courses and other large amounts of real estate, use cases for insurance companies, for news and entertainment, and so on.

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Startup Software Review B2B 159

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

A major angel group used Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. Signal is a fundraising tool for founders run by NFX Guild, which identifies the most relevant VCs for you. . 4) Manage deal flow. Pitchbot.vc is an AI bot which helps companies refine their sales pitch to VCs.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We are a group who support mental health practitioners with office management and administrative tasks remotely. We were witnessing, firsthand, the dramatic shifts in B2C e-commerce, and the resulting incredible experiences and benefits brands were delivering their retail consumers. Thanks to Matt Schmidt, Diabetes Life Solutions ! #6-

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 114

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2011

“There had to be a scalable and smarter way for people to handle and pay their bills, especially helping them to stop their paper bills, says co-founder Narulla. And not only to help save the environment, but really because it’s just a far faster and more efficient way of managing your bills. The Journey.

Green 248

Green Singapore B2C Aggregator 248

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

MailChimp, the B2B subscriber email management service, recorded a 66% drop in failed logins after introducing social login. On the other hand, Easytobook , a B2C company, had 1.5 It seems that B2C companies might benefit far more from social login than B2Bbut even that seems to depend on a company’s expectations.

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

David Teten

APRIL 16, 2012

Initially you will likely be working out of our co-working space on West 36th St., Although we are open to various configurations of 2-5 people, we envision a team built around: a CEO, reporting directly to the Board; a Product Manager to harden the vision; and an Engineer to make the magic.

Cofounder 133

Cofounder New York Venture Capital B2C 133

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

According to Hugh Mason, co-founder and CEO at JFDI.Asia , around the world accelerator programs like theirs are evolving as a consistent way to direct innovation, teach entrepreneurship and manage the risks involved. Collabspot , from France and Philippines, have a novel approach to Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

Singapore 157

Singapore New Zealand Malaysia Vietnam 157

VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

For founders reading this, hope its help you better understand how investors think and address it in your pitch. Metaverse – it has both B2B and B2C applications. How to manage platform risk (Source: Startup Illustrated ). Yuga Labs Pitch Deck: BAYC founders project $455M NFT revenue (2022) from Pitch Decks.

Cofounder 179

Cofounder Venture Capital Equity 179

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 16, 2020

As a co-founder myself, I have come to realize a few points where most of the mistakes are made while building a startup. In today’s date, we can see a lot of startups providing identical services and competing with each other, especially in the B2C domain. Overlooking People Management.

Entrepreneur 148

Entrepreneur Startup Non-Compete B2C 148

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

For this reason, we’re excited to announce that we have closed on NextView’s $50M third fund, with a mission to champion founders who are redesigning the Everyday Economy. . Managed marketplaces , robotics , and on -demand delivery networks are changing how we experience the simple pleasure of eating a meal.

Seed Stage 273

Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder B2B 273

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2014

by Alex Miller, Co-founder of PosiRank . The increased difficulty and added opportunity is ironic and problematic for business-to-business companies as well as B2C (business to consumer) advertisers. Combined with a customer management system, automation scales efforts without losing the charm of personalizing approach.

Architecture 180

Architecture Marketing SEO Cofounder 180

View from Seed

JUNE 5, 2018

We launched the Hiring Bootcamp to equip portfolio founders and hiring managers with the best practices around building a hiring machine , so they can maximize their chances of getting the best talent into the door efficiently. Measure and manage your recruiting effort like a marketing/sales funnel.

Hiring 120

Hiring Portfolio Metrics B2C 120

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

We market to four populations: High-potential founders. Mailchimp.com **, to manage my mailing lists, which people join by registering on Teten.com or PEVCTech.com. Google My Business , which helps me manage my Google presence. . I’m not active on Facebook at all, but I do have a business page I manage passively.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Management. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Consumer Services (B2C). Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. For Twitter Founder, Its Hip to Be Square Inc.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, posted a brilliant analysis on why VCs have to look for billion dollar companies (“unicorns”) to deliver acceptable returns, and how rare it is to invest in one: “The odds are somewhere between catching a foul ball at an MLB game and being struck by lightning in one’s lifetime.”. B2B marketplaces.

Vertical 153

Vertical B2B B2C Venture Capital 153

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

Content management, sharing and tracking: Allow teams to manage, share and track engagement on their content (documents, videos, webpages, images etc.) Content management, sharing and tracking: Allow teams to manage, share and track engagement on their content (documents, videos, webpages, images etc.)

B2B 48

B2B Sales Technical Review Software Review 48

YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2012

Tradegecko offers a business-to-business web-based, mobile-friendly app that provides supply chain management for independent brands and their retailers. The founders positioned this for Filipino foreign workers, but this can be easily used by incarcerated family members or by the military for personnel on extended overseas missions.).

Singapore 145

Singapore Asia Startup B2C 145

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

William Hsu is the co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab. By the end, 99 percent of the B2B marketplaces had cratered and only B2C eBay was left standing and thriving. Many investors love “disruptive” businesses. During the first dot com era, marketplaces were all the rage – with eBay leading the charge.

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B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

” How does Netflix manage to find the right show for the right user so quickly? As Des Traynor , co-founder of Intercom put it in the Intercom on Jobs-to-be-Done book : Des Traynor: Some products are better defined by the job they do than the customers they serve. Behavioral segments. Here is the biggie.

Programming 97

Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

VC Adventure

MARCH 21, 2012

Founders Hart Cunningham and Jeremy Bloom have been fantastic to work with and together, they’ve built a substantial business. The company’s platform allows any B2B and B2C advertiser to plan, execute, track, analyze and optimize an integrated marketing strategy.

B2C 81

B2C Cofounder B2B Advertising 81

Brandanew

AUGUST 27, 2015

Considering a bulk of our clients are in the B2C retail market and ask us this question plenty times, today we will share a special case. And more importantly, they have managed to communicate these same perceptions in their consumers. Brandanew co-founder, Upasna says, Zappos is known for its exceptional customer service.

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B2C B2B Cofounder Social Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. You’re a startup founder. You start fighting with your co-founder whom you thought you understood. Just don’t give up one of your valuable full-time management positions. I’m sure of that.

Hiring 392

Hiring Employee Vesting Silicon Valley 392

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Khalid Smith , co-founder of LessonCast, will be speaking at the conference about concrete things small startups can do to reach product-market fit with B2C customers. My wife and co-founder Nicole pioneered the core idea behind LessonCast as she led the turnaround of a middle school struggling to raise its test scores.

Lean 162

Lean Startup Ratchet New York City 162

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

ConversionXL

MARCH 21, 2017

Here’s how Misha Talavera , founder of NeoReach , put it in AdWeek : Misha Talavera: “In fact, we see so many that we’re unconsciously tuning them out, a phenomenon called “banner blindness.” There are platforms for measurement and influencer management. The most obvious case for influencer marketing is with B2C retailers.

Marketing 78

Marketing B2C Social Media Channel 78

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

I had dinner with my good friend and Bazaarvoice co-founder, Brant Barton, on Tuesday at the new Sway in West Lake Hills (yummy) and we talked about lessons learned in angel investing. It doesn’t mean you won’t be able to help other companies, and we are in many B2C startups, for example. 5 from 4–5pm CT (you can sign up here ).

Angel Investor 48

Angel Investor Advisory Board Equity B2C 48

VC Adventure

MARCH 21, 2012

Founders Hart Cunningham and Jeremy Bloom have been fantastic to work with and together, they’ve built a substantial business. The company’s platform allows any B2B and B2C advertiser to plan, execute, track, analyze and optimize an integrated marketing strategy.

B2C 48

B2C Cofounder B2B Advertising 48

Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

Here are some of the most interesting facts about female founders as well as startups. She is also the author of Social Media Mastery: A Comprehensive Guide to Strategic Growth and is the founder of “The Authority Matrix”, which is a powerful tool used by Fortune500 executives that utilizes employee advocacy and influence.

Entrepreneur 76

Entrepreneur Social Media B2B Cofounder 76

Austin Startup

JANUARY 21, 2018

These ramblings are about my week in London with 10 other women as part of the inaugural Startup Catalyst Female Founders London Mission where I was supported to attend by Advance Queensland. Female Founders Unite Some of us arrived the day before our official start and met up at the closest pub. Pack gloves!

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Curation Australia Cofounder B2C 54