crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Hire People Who Make Things Happen – crowdspring.co/1fMczta. “Emotional connections are much more “intense” for business-to-business clients compared with B2C. Hire People Who Make Things Happen – crowdspring.co/1fMczta. Small Business and Startups: What Would Mom (and Pop) Do? – crowdspring.co/169pEqs.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

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. B2B customers are more valuable and more difficult to replace than B2C. by Robert C.

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B2B B2C Entrepreneur Cofounder 219

Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Hila Qu joined Mucker’s Tony Yang for an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) conversation about Product-Led Growth (PLG) for Startups to kickoff the 2023 Mucker Growth Series. The other dimension you need to think about is the product complexity. As an individual user, I have absolutely no interest in using this product myself or testing it out.

Product 78

Product CTO Hire Startup Fractional CTO 78

The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

Here are some background comments and startup advice that Ola shares about his entrepreneurial journey… TSM: Describe Soundtrack Your Brand’s product/service in 10 words or less: Ola: Soundtrack Your Brand is a music streaming service for businesses. Ola Sars, Founder and CEO of Soundtrack Your Brand. Quality control? Quality control?

Founder 158

Founder B2C B2B Audio 158

Hearpreneur

JULY 17, 2020

Accelerating environmental problems and the urgent need to find solutions will spur innovation and investment in diverse sectors from manufacturing, consumer products, energy production, medicine, agriculture, and consulting. Websites that offer quality information and buying guides on popular products are rapidly rising.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Artificial Inteligence 127

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

I never hire job hoppers. You have tough choices to make about whom you hire on your team. Google offers your product for free. Now is the time that you need “all hands on deck.&# That awesome gal you hired in engineering has job options and she knows it. And I care more about the debate than trying to be popular.

Hiring 392

Hiring Employee Vesting Silicon Valley 392

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Questions I ask Liz Lathan: [1:11] I read one of your recent LinkedIn posts and you said that community-first companies are growing 30% faster than product-first companies – what is a community-first company in your definition? [6:53] Whereas b2c, I mean m and MS has had a, has a community, right? Thanks for having me.

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Community Framework Advisory Board Viral 81

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. Initially, we promoted it to a list that we’d already developed through Website Grader, the free app our CTO Dharmesh Shah had built before we even had a product. How did you address that?

Marketing 120

Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Building a product around the needs of actual users is the best way to develop something that will actually create value, but also to validate demand ahead of pouring more resources into your venture. In addition to the B2C market, companies in Austin are also in a formidable position to service business customers.

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Early Stage Austin Silicon Valley San Antonio 54

VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

Spotify a cquired LA-based live audio app Locker Room and is reportedly on a hiring spree to launch their own social audio experience. people on Twitter are asking for invites to the hottest new product, sharing their excitement (“Follow me”, “come to my session”, “I just posted”).

Audio 139

Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Regardless of whether your business is in the B2B or B2C space, your email marketing effectiveness can be optimized. A deep link in your website such as a product or features page. As a quick fix he started creating a banner to add to the top of each product page that reflected the offer mentioned in his email campaign.

Campaign 111

Campaign Email Clickthrough Sales 111

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Observe consumer behaviors and their attitude towards products from other companies. Your products should be more effective and efficient in solving a particular problem. Your products should be more effective and efficient in solving a particular problem. That is a way cheaper to start than hiring a permanent staff.

Software Review 45

Software Review Hosting Intellectual Property Naming 45

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. We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and other professional services firms in other verticals (i.e.

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CPA Founder Vertical Cofounder 161

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Six months ago Upfront Ventures announced its first Partner hire since 2007 – Greg Bettinelli. But my take is this: We know that B2C crowdsourcing of tasks and products has started to play a transformative role in our economy from everything from Uber to Airbnb to TaskRabbit to DogVacay. I wrote about him here.

B2B 331

B2B eCommerce B2C Differentiation 331

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 16, 2020

The success of a startup or any business is directly proportional to the market opportunity for their products or services. In today’s date, we can see a lot of startups providing identical services and competing with each other, especially in the B2C domain. Bad Hiring Decisions. Going Low on your Marketing Efforts.

Entrepreneur 148

Entrepreneur Startup Non-Compete B2C 148

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2020

Tailor Products to the Economy. You need to make sure you have products to match those shifting tastes. Anything you can do to make products more affordable or position them in a more essential light will go a long way for sales. When an economy radically transforms, so to do consumer behaviors. What about the other way around?

Small Business 183

Small Business Management Non-Compete B2C 183

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In 2020, we are looking to engage more automation and A to speed up the hiring process. Candidates for jobs don’t like elongated hiring processes where they sit around for hours waiting to be interviewed, then wait for weeks on word back. Photo Credit: Matt Narciso. Thanks to Helena Bouchez, Executive Words ! #14-

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SMS Entrepreneur Social Media Campaign 88

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2023

One would be hard-pressed to come up with an example of a product that consumers are not yet buying online in 2023. A lack of trust in other people will often cause important hiring decisions to be postponed indefinitely, which then causes entrepreneurs to not delegate and stay endlessly stuck in the weeds of daily operations.

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Cost Entrepreneur ChatGPT B2C 78

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Look at videos, product explainers, promotional posts, competitions and other forms of online engagement, focusing on shareability at all times. Or you might just want to shout about a new product launch. Research the platforms that your audience use and spend time developing content that resonates with them. .

Marketing 165

Marketing Social Media B2C PPC 165

OnlyOnce

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

(This is the second post in the series… the first one When to Hire your first Chief Marketing Officer is here). Even in traditional B2C businesses that make heavy use of traditional non-addressable media (like print, outdoor, radio, and TV) – even in those businesses, today everything can be tested and measured to some degree.

B2C 62

B2C Channel Metrics Sales 62

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

In every start-up, finding initial product-market fit is a magical moment. You dive deep into a customer development process, working closely with a few customers who feed you requirements and are willing to trial an imperfect product that is evolving quickly. If you want to scale sales, you hire more sales reps.

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Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 8, 2021

I wrote an essay years ago in Brad Feld and David Cohen’s book, Do More Faster , entitled Hire slowly, Fire quickly , in which I compared a poor cultural fit to a cancer that can infect the whole body of your company. The “what to do” of course is to have courage and make the change! no next round).

Early Stage 62

Early Stage Founder Later Stage B2C 62

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C. The results of the Customer Development process may indicate that the assumptions about your product, your customers and your market are all wrong. In fact, they probably will. In fact, they probably will.

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Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This isn’t limited to the B2C space. Three out of every four B2B buyers would rather self-educate than learn about a product from a sales representative, according to Forrester. Let me ask you two questions: Would you like to see and use a software product before buying it? You wanted to see the damn product in action!

Marketing 289

Marketing Sales Cycle Acquisition Sales 289

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 14, 2022

(This is the third post in the series… The first one When to Hire your first CMO is here , and What does Great Look Like in a CMO is here ). When all the world is a task list, then report-outs are just volumes of tasks but tasks are not the same as productivity or results. This is related to my prior point.

B2C 62

B2C Differentiation Engineer Search 62

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A startup may have an excellent product or service that will bring infinite value to a market in need. A business is more than its product or service. According to a report from the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), 91% of B2B marketers and 86% of B2C marketers say content marketing is vital to their marketing strategy.

B2C 78

B2C B2B Architecture Dilution 78

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

But good optimizers are in very high demand, everyone and their mother is trying to hire one. If you’re looking to hire one, what should you look for? There are many universal traits that make anyone a “good hire” – like being proactive, hard working and so on – but what’s unique about optimizers?

Conversion 48

Conversion Analytics Software Review Hiring 48

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2016

While a B2B company can find success with LinkedIn ads, a B2C company’s promotions would be better suited for CPC or CPM ads on Facebook, Twitter and Google. This is particularly important for tech startups with complex products or services. When and how do I intend to hire employees? How do they interact with social media?

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Business Plan Intellectual Property Social Media Small Business Administration 100

VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

Ditch the business plan and when assumptions are proven wrong, pivot Customer Development: Build a product your customers want (vs. what you think they might need) by talking to customers and testing every aspect of the product features, pricing, etc. Maximum Viable Product. The MVP needs to be more viable than minimal.

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Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate 214

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Or pick an even more extreme example – gas stations, where there’s even more limited brand loyalty and even more product commoditization. I’m a big believer in the diminishing differences between the B2C and B2B universes, but this area may be one where the difference is still sharp. No, thank you. If so, see the next two questions.

B2B 74

B2B B2C Vertical Reputation 74

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2020

Some business owners have written off the concept of paid search because they’re not a retailer or B2C. And it doesn’t matter what kind of business it is—B2B or B2C, retailer or service provider—people are opening up a search browser to find you online. With each passing year, we’re seeing the expansion of Google Ads.

Search 71

Search PPC Kansas City B2C 71

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

The website, the mobile application, the advertising, the support, the different screens and features of the product… everything could be personalized. It’s more productive to start with a few, well understood personas instead of going at full speed into micro-segmentation right from the start. Acquisition segments.

Programming 97

Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

We had scrambled to get a product to market, built our first website, rapidly hired a technology team, raised our seed round of capital ($1.5 Around this time B2C eCommerce had been dominating the media but the wheels were starting to come off. Don’t listen to what journalists say about your product or company.

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South Africa Europe Disintermediation Poland 310

YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

You’re supposed to demo the business, not just the product. The investors who come to Demo Day might nod politely when you talk about the features of your product. Can we confirm PRODUCT / MARKET FIT in the form of: i. B2C) Is there a PRE-SALES promotion activity driving the top of the funnel? TRACTION and GROWTH?

Asia 207

Asia Singapore Cofounder Incubator 207

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Or pick an even more extreme example – gas stations, where there’s even more limited brand loyalty and even more product commoditization. I’m a big believer in the diminishing differences between the B2C and B2B universes, but this area may be one where the difference is still sharp. No, thank you. If so, see the next two questions.

B2B 48

B2B B2C Vertical Reputation 48

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2018

These can increase patronage for your brand, product or services directly or indirectly. 1) Make it Flexible and Extendable: A good business name should be flexible and extendable: able to accommodate a growing portfolio of additional products, services or territories. You can hire professional attorneys to help with this.

Naming 74

Naming eCommerce Startup Database 74

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Early stage investors are also mining product crowdfunding sites ( Indiegogo *); lists of product launches ( Producthunt ); angel group platforms ( Gust , Proseeder ); and equity crowdfunding sites ( AngelList , CircleUp , FundersClub , OurCrowd , SeedInvest ) for leads. 6) Negotiate deal.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60