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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? Benchmarks are typically specific to stage/business model/geo. What should our MRR growth be?

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What Challenges Can You Face When Starting Out In eCommerce? Advice From Custom Plugs, A Multi-Million Pound Startup Company

YoungUpstarts

In their own words, here are some of the key challenges they’ve overcome during their journey, which should offer some helpful advice for those starting eCommerce businesses of their own: Picking the right platform is crucial for success. The post What Challenges Can You Face When Starting Out In eCommerce? Be careful with suppliers.

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8 Simple Steps to Start an Online Business With No Money

Kodorra

Whether it is advertisement model, B2C (Business to Consumer) ecommerce, affiliate or subscription, picking the right choice could determine the rise or fall of your business. Free eCommerce tools such as WooCommerce, Magento or Prestashop can be customized into a fully functional online store. Step 2: Name your business.

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Introducing NextView III and Our Focus on the Everyday Economy

View from Seed

While our lens on the Everyday Economy is focused on our actions as individuals, it’s not constrained to B2C companies. Early-stage investing is still the only thing we do. And we will still expand our platform of resources to help seed-stage startups on their audacious mission to redesign the Everyday Economy.

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How Habits Are Sabotaging Your Conversions (and How to Fix It)

ConversionXL

Of course, most companies know this, especially those in the eCommerce space. Nearly 85% of respondents believe that habituated buying decisions are just as relevant to B2B marketing as B2C marketing. It might be an early stage habit or a less frequently triggered habit, for example.

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Seven critical lessons learned in angel investing

Austin Startup

It doesn’t mean you won’t be able to help other companies, and we are in many B2C startups, for example. We already believed in the macro trends of niche brands, retail differentiation (and disruption) in the age of eCommerce, The Long Tail , and consumer tastes and diets shifting faster than big CPG companies could keep up.