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B2B Marketplaces Revisited

Version One Ventures

Twenty years ago – in the midst of the Web 1.0 Yet today, the world of B2B marketplaces still lags far behind its B2C counterpart. An online marketplace can help buying agents evaluate potential partners by adding company profiles, operational performance data as well as customer ratings and reviews. Alibaba is an exception.

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

View from Seed

Two weeks ago, my partners and I here at NextView Ventures announced our second fund. As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. A few themes which have emerged from our 13 most recent investments: CONSUMER (B2C).

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B2B Ecommerce Sites: What Works for B2B Buyers?

ConversionXL

But if your B2B ecommerce site differs on any of those elements—high prices, large quantities, or a need to serve B2C and B2B buyers—things change. What works with the average B2C consumer won’t always work with B2B ecommerce buyers. That makes some B2C marketing tactics less useful. So what changes? And what works best?

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The high road to building an enterprise SaaS company

The Next Web

Yoav Leitersdorf and Ofer Schreiber of are partners at YL Ventures. However, we argue that in the long run, B2B companies can be more capital efficient than B2C companies, achieving maximum traction at minimal investment. This story continues at The Next Web. Developing an enterprise-grade SaaS product is not easy.

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10 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Business Model That’s Best for Their Business

Hearpreneur

It provides clarity on how a company plans to succeed in the marketplace and is essential for attracting investors, partners, and customers. This involves bulk orders, flexible terms, and personalized support to help our partners meet their inventory needs efficiently. Thanks to Jordan Adair, ShirtMax ! #2-

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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups. B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. They went to work gathering deep knowledege of what makes successful Internet startups.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

5- Software, app, and web development. Software, app, and web development are two industries that have continued to grow in the first half of 2020, and I see both having a very bright future moving forward. A lot of new digital wallets are not only restricted to B2C transactions. Thanks to Noufal Bava, Epixel MLM Software ! #5-