article thumbnail

[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

They should also consider launching online B2C or B2B platforms incorporating mobile and social-commerce. To market to Muslims, companies could take note of the holy month of the Ramadan, offer halal products, develop shariah-compliant Islamic financial services, or create mobile apps.

article thumbnail

Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

It should go without saying that this post is not advice, nor is it recommendation of what you should do, it’s simply my observation of how companies using Customer Development positioned themselves to successfully raise money from venture investors. Is there a profitable business model? Can it scale?” Great post! Progress is the same.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Cracking the Product Demo Code: Lessons From 78 SaaS Demos

ConversionXL

What types of demos are used, and are there correlations between B2B and B2C demo usage? Let’s dive into the data and trends in this case study to help determine what kind of demo and format might be best for your business: 71% of the companies in this sample are B2B companies, the remaining 29% being B2C or a hybrid of B2B/B2C.

Product 120
article thumbnail

How to Find a Market? Use Jobs-To-Be-Done as the Front End of Customer Discovery

Steve Blank

The Market Definition Canvas works for both B2C and B2B applications. The goal of the market definition canvas is to help innovators uncover the job-to-be-done as perceived by the customer , not the product developer. Other products used and their functions. What “job” does each of the other products get done?

Customer 420
article thumbnail

How to get your mobile app discovered in 2021

VC Cafe

As a VC that invests in B2C, I often try to put myself in shoes of a founder looking to grow the audience for their new app to consumers. Build a community – often overlooked, but building a community around your app can help you build better products and dramatically increase retention. Slack or Discord).

Mobile 190
article thumbnail

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C. This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C. Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups.

article thumbnail

How to Build a Product Launch Strategy

ConversionXL

It’s common for new products or early-stage startups to lack sufficient quantitative data to see meaningful themes or patterns. For example, Wonderflow , a VoC analytic company for B2C clients, was working to learn why their client’s innovative baby monitor failed to meet buyers’ expectations. .

Product 96