Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Their Jobs-to-be-Done Market Definition Canvas make the Lean Startup methodology even better by finding and defining a market up front. Problem – Lean Doesn’t Have a Market Definition Step. Thus, the market must be defined and validated in the innovation equation before moving to needs discovery and product definition.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Some of the same underlying principles apply, but because of the inherent differences in buying decisions and sales cycles, pulling B2C optimization practices straight from the book might be a bad idea. When would you ever try to produce less sales in B2C eCommerce? Conversion optimization is a little different if you’re in B2B.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 23, 2022

3:59] Who needs to be thinking about community — B2B brands or B2C brands? [5:58] Are B2B communities B2C? And these are a lot of the software platforms that I work with that would be extremely pricey for many consultants, solopreneurs, small business owners. In fact, that's predominantly my clients right now.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

swing for the fences category-building B2C software capital?—?wasn’t We have the consumer market, but not investor market for what I’m selling : B2C software.) If you have a consumer solution, particularly one for women or people of color, even if it’s software, don’t wait for the “minimum $25k check”.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 13, 2015

They sell software and apps. Most people who download this data are usually already interested in the field and do perhaps require the software/products. Writing is still the clearest and most definitive medium for demonstrating expertise on the web. Your Blog/ Content Marketing will allow you to get leads.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

In contrast, our definition of social commerce meant social media, or word of mouth, applied in a commerce environment. In investing in B2C, we also look for network effects but usually those are created rather than natural. B2C startups we’ve invested in like ROIKOI and Thread are tapping into network effects?—?and

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

And as we’ve been investing in more B2C companies recently, we’re reminded just how popular this strategy to monetization continues to be. It makes sense why B2C startups would want to adopt the subscription model: it offers repeatable and predictable income. The consumer subscription business model is certainly not a new concept.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

If you're moving out of brick and mortar into online, more and more businesses, whether you're B2B or you're b2c, are realizing that digital is a primary channel or at least equal. So we're definitely changing our language a little bit, as opposed to like, we're a form, we're a survey. And then the business value of course.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

We run into this kind of software services every day—Google, Youtube, Instagram, and so on. It’s mostly popular with B2C markets. By offering a free trial you are basically telling your customers that there are no strings attached and they are not obliged to pay unless they like the software. Duolingo lingot store.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

A Brief History of Marketing Technology Software. launched a contact management software. Siebel took off the most important features from the Database Marketing Systems and combined them with contact management solutions software. Marketing and Sales departments are strongly aligned on the definition of MQLs.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In contras, a ‘Niche’ is ‘small’ by definition. Once Amazon had a strong foothold on books, it gradually added related categories:CDs, DVDs and software. This applies of course to both B2B and B2C. In the beginning, all startups start small, and so should their initial market.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 22, 2015

One might think that B2C companies have a lot of room to play around in when it comes to interesting content, but we came across some B2B companies that nailed interesting to the t! The expansion beyond just written content and diversification in content type for sharing information definitely brought them user engagement.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

So I was standing on stage and I made, I made this comment, I didn't think it was a coincidence that Salesforce was a great place to work, you know, pretty much globally, one of the most innovative companies in the world, in the fastest growing enterprise software company. (08:02): Is the paper bamboo? Is the product and service good?

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

Rajya: I think it’s definitely hard being a student founder. Rajya : We’ve met and talked to a lot of people who are doing B2B, but meeting B2C people is really key for us. Rajya : A lot of the other retail tech companies are B2B, they’re selling software solutions like AI to eCommerce stores. We don’t always do it perfectly.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. EM: It definitely helped us get off to a very fast start. Even identifying as a demand-gen marketer or branding or B2B or B2C leaves a lot of decisions still on the table to actually execute.

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Austin Startup

JULY 12, 2010

Camtasia doesn’t own the screencasts I use their software to create. And there are definitely some good guys out there – like Prefinery , BatchBlue , Beanstalk , Chargify , Freshbooks , and Harvest , that make open data a commitment, not just a buzzword, and are growing quickly as a result. Getting (Really) Real.

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Customer Harvest B2C Technical Review 80

Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2021

Ended in Week 10 as a B2C platform for scheduling on-demand at-home senior care. Ended in Week 10 as Fleet management software for autonomous drone delivery. ” “Definitely recommend this course, it’s a great experience and will give you tools to launch your idea.” Team TakeCare. Team CareMatch.

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ConversionXL

MAY 24, 2012

It doesn’t matter whether you’re doing B2C or B2B marketing, there’s always an actual human being reading your stuff, so the text has to connect with that person. Since you can’t target everyone anyway, it’s definitely a good idea to target people by their beliefs, by their world view. So engage first.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Um, first off, I want to get a definition what's, I mean, what's the difference between community and like audience or even customers? Oh, your problem with your software, go into our community. That's gonna, that's gonna be the new like, like BC and AD now it's gonna be pre Covid, post Covid. I don't know. Mark Schaefer (02:09): Yeah.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

TSM: Describe Taxfyle’s product or service in 10 words or less: Richard: Taxfyle is a Service-with-a-Software company that matches taxpayers with licensed CPAs and Enrolled Agents. Here are Richard’s insights and startup advice he shared with us about his entrepreneurial journey…. TSM: With a bit more detail, what does Taxfyle do?

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Mucker Lab

DECEMBER 11, 2013

These are the types of lies that VCs and accelerators dole out to entrepreneurs because they are somewhat true, mostly innocuous, often keep people from crying, but are most definitely misinterpreted by entrepreneurs. By the end, 99 percent of the B2B marketplaces had cratered and only B2C eBay was left standing and thriving.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

Having worked as a consultant at an A/B testing and personalization software company, I’ve seen many personalization efforts getting stuck in the weeds. Here is a simple definition from MarTech Today : A data management platform is software that houses audience and campaign data — yep, a data warehouse — from all kinds of information sources.

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Mucker Lab

DECEMBER 11, 2013

These are the types of lies that VCs and accelerators dole out to entrepreneurs because they are somewhat true, mostly innocuous, often keep people from crying, but are most definitely misinterpreted by entrepreneurs. By the end, 99 percent of the B2B marketplaces had cratered and only B2C eBay was left standing and thriving.

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B2C B2B Business Model Internet 60

YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2017

Customers can switch to premium or paid plan, which offers the software product or service with additional features or functionality. Free with ads model is popular within products targeted to B2C markets. Freemium in its conventional form is usually a limited version of the product that is free forever. Is the product unique?

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Generally speaking, a name is more valuable to a B2C (marketing-driven) company than a B2B (sales-driven) counterpart, so allocate your efforts accordingly. Naming your startup is definitely a challenging process! Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! October 4, 2012 04:53:23. Julia Cowher. photography.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 22, 2019

Brian Dean: Oh definitely. You definitely want to go… that’s the easiest way because you can just check. Brian Dean: Definitely. So for example, a B2B national company that sells say like software as opposed to a B2C local company that does I don’t know, basement waterproofing.

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 30, 2013

While I’ve loved working in digital marketing, I’ve always wanted to try my hand at building software for actual people rather than for companies. While Atlanta has B2C “operational talent” — evident by the city’s cluster of major media and marketing companies — it lacks B2C “entrepreneurial talent,” Cummings said. “We

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

B2C sales and customer acquisition efforts are a different matter (and one I''ll perhaps address in a future blog), but for B2B, those three models are the most common pattern. 80-90% software products vs. 40-50% advertising products) and company maturity (e.g., Stanford B-School case on Jive Software by Mark Leslie and Mark Stevens.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

We definitely stink less in most cases. From B2C to B2B. B2C sites like Travelocity and Fry's have not cornered the market on this. Responsive design is not the right way to go, but you will definitely suck-less.]. We have more money being pumped into our ecosystem than ever before. I mean look at Zappos.

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Design Software Review Technical Review Mobile 150

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The important thing to note from the definition above is that lead scoring measures that value of a lead to your company. He’s successfully helped companies across the B2B, B2C & B2G spaces use their data to overcome their marketing and customer acquisition challenges – and is always willing to help. Drop him a note here.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2019

A MarTech stack includes software, apps, and online tools that marketers leverage to execute amazing marketing. Yet, you need preplanning and spec definition before you can roll out a new system successfully. A Customer Data Platform (CDP) is software that collects and organizes data across customer touchpoints. B2B or B2C.

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Analytics Naming Metrics Campaign 124

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. Lighthouse – Issue Tracking Tool.

Software Review 110

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. There are also different definitions of failure. Computer & Software Services. Consumer Services (B2C). Software. - Find Small Business Software. Got an awesome software application or tech service that makes your life easier as a small business owner? Media & Marketing.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2019

Yet, according to another study , only 11% of B2B companies have ongoing influencer marketing programs, compared to 48% of B2C brands. What’s your favorite piece of software for [task]? That campaign was a definite success. B2B brands shouldn’t feel left out, even if they lag behind. This works well for event promotion.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. “Just say no” to on-premise deployments The most important part of Software-as-a-Service isn’t “Software” it’s “Service”! Cracking The Code. at 11:09 AM.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

So we definitely have people upgrading from free to paid, but the majority of people who are on pay started on pay … of course, more people are going to pick the free version and stay on the free version, but if you’re looking to get paying customers, ask for money upfront and you’ll have a lot better shot of getting them.&#

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