Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Every new business dreams of becoming the premier brand in their space, like Starbucks is to coffee, and Apple is to consumer electronics, but they have no idea how difficult that is to achieve. Consumers shop with their eyes, just like they eat with their eyes. Without the feedback, no change in the demand space will be noted.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2017

These glaring questions have become so prevalent in organizations that headlines now pose them not only to businesses under fire, but also to consumers, who today — as never before — question whether organizations can be trusted with their information. If you’re like most knowledge workers, the answer is a resounding “yes.”. Think again.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

While the chargeback process was created to protect consumers, the quick-fix solution has led to misuse and abuse that incurs costs for all parties involved — consumers, banks, and merchants. The post Using Chargebacks As A Quick-Fix Solution Yields Negative Consequences For Consumers appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Looking to target Hispanic consumers? The post 6 Proven Tactics To Market To Hispanic Consumers appeared first on Young Upstarts. Here are six tactics proven to help you market to this group successfully.

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deal architect

JUNE 21, 2022

This time it is Sunil Rao, VP and GM of Consumer Goods presenting on trends in. As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series.

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Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

But the company is of particular interest to me given NextView is an investor in and I’ve been a board member of Grove Collaborative , another large and rapidly growing company in the consumer CPG space with a recurring purchase model. 3) “Autoship” is a conveyor belt into consumers’ homes. Is Chewy Still a Rapidly Growing Business?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

It is saturated with competing eCommerce retailers, brands and sellers, all fighting for consumer interest and investment. In the online marketplace, this means that your brand must be more discoverable and visible to the consumer than other brands. by Shailendra Nagarajan, Senior Product Marketing Manager at DataWeave.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

25 questions that DTC entrepreneurs should ask themselves before scaling customer acquisition So you run a direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand. Bloggers are especially valuable in the early days when consumers are looking for actual reviews that are searchable. Feel free to shoot me a note at roger@silvertonpartners.com.

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View from Seed

JUNE 23, 2020

I was on a pitch video call the other day when the founder asked me what the guiding principle for product was at Blue Apron when I was leading the team there, and my response was that consumer product experience should be like water.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

However, attracting and impressing consumers should be one of the top items on the agenda. But by putting yourself in the consumer’s shoes, you’ll soon see that several other issues will impact their views. Reviews Modern consumers have access to more businesses than ever before. They want to feel valued by businesses too.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Consumer protection laws exist to protect buyers against dishonest sellers and unscrupulous business practices. The post Consumer Protection Laws You Need To Know appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2020

In addition, consumers have traditionally been reluctant to share personal information with any non-human entity, fearing some misuse or privacy invasion. Seven Lessons in Business Strategy, Consumer Behavior, and the Internet of Things ,” David W. Context-comfortable consumers – 27 percent. Reluctant consumers – 44 percent.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

As previously highlighted on VC Cafe (based on research by Sapphire Ventures) , while many funds avoid B2C investments, consumer startups can create extremely lucrative power-law returns for venture capital investors. So much so, that Meta recently launched a program to educate Israeli VC funds on the opportunities in the consumer market.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

And then there’s NextAdvisor.com ( [link] ) – it’s a site that provides independent reviews of online services with the aim of helping consumers and small businesses save money through making better buying decisions on those services. Time which you, as a busy entrepreneur, is not likely to have.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

by Annie Tsai, author of ” The Small Business Online Marketing Handbook: Converting Online Conversations to Offline Sales “ Are your customers “connected consumers”? Statistics show that more and more consumers in general are online and actively navigating virtual marketplaces as well as social spaces.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 12, 2016

Consumers are beginning to trust social media more and more for their buying decisions. According to an infographic in AdWeek , 71 percent of consumers are more likely to make a purchase based on social media referrals. Before making a big purchase, many consumers will go online to read reviews of a product. Social referrals.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The post The Sophistication Era of Consumer Fintech appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I've started to rely on research to show broad consumer behavior, influence and outcomes. The Solution: Consumer Barometer. Consumer Barometer provides qualitative research, for free, that will allow you to analyze digital's influence and consumer behavior that leads to online and offline purchases!

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deal architect

JUNE 28, 2023

As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series. Most vendors have software demos as part of their events. SAP has taken that up a.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Consumer Behavior, When Shopping For Electronics, Has Changed. “Consumer behavior is ever changing and retailers have to constantly review their business to ensure relevancy.” “What Digital Lifestyle is doing complements the new way which consumers make their purchase decisions.” Vendors seem to agree.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Andreessen Horowitz Consumer Team Opportunities for startups I’m a big fan of the content A16Z has been publishing on generative AI over time. One of my favourite pieces has been The Abundance Agenda , a deck on how AI will transform consumer technology, packing inside areas of opportunity, or in other words, requests for startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a trusted image (Amazon.com, Ebay). In support of this, despite qualms, consumers seem very quick these days to provide more personal data to get something they want.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 12, 2016

The partners here had made many great investments in consumer companies before then — companies that resulted in successful IPOs like BlueNile and eHealth in the late 90s. But I was the first person to solely focus on consumer investing. Today, I’m even more thrilled as we have added two new people to our consumer team.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 1, 2021

The post Analyzing Data And Consumer Behaviours To Inform Your Business Development appeared first on Young Upstarts. Regardless of whether you’re new to the business world, a franchisee, or an independent owner, a business’s success will greatly depend on your ability to collect and analyze data at every level.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2021

The post How Can Marketing Engage Today’s Consumers? Jeff Pedowitz, ForbesBooks author of "F The Funnel" offers the loop is an alternative to the marketing funnel. He shares the loop’s five stages of client expansion. Lose The Funnel, Use A Loop appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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deal architect

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission ), as part of my Analyst Cam series. I have invited SAP to present updates on various verticals as I discussed here Kicking.

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deal architect

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series. For all the noise around Generative AI, I have not seen many use cases which would.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Before I try gazing into my crystal ball to see what 2011 will bring for the consumer internet industry, let me first see how I did on last years predictions: 1. 2011 advertising Consumer Internet Ecommerce ltv mobile predictions social games' Social games overflow out of Facebook. A Lightspeed Portfolio company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 24, 2014

It’s a shame that consumers largely balk at paying for mobile productivity apps like email, calendars, to do lists and so on. Despite spending our lives inside of this software the developers can’t seem to charge more than a few bucks. Perhaps it’s because the free alternatives are ‘good enough.’

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

In fact, businesses need to adapt even more completely to the changes in the buying and social behavior of consumers. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2022

But what drives better outcomes: is it enterprise tech or consumer? The Sapphire Ventures team compared the mega exits in consumer including Rivian, Coinbase, Roblox, Robinhood, Airbnb, Doordash, Uber, Lyft, and Pinterest with the enterprise exits including UiPath, Toast, Snowflake, Palantir, Unity, Slack, Zoom, Crowdstrike, and Datadog.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Today’s digitally distracted consumer is led to trust only things that they see with their own eyes, senses, so they can render their own judgement. In addition, I see consumers taking more control, using the technology to converse with each other, and assert their position through reviews and forums.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Google offers a wide range of different services, including email, website hosting, drive space, website analytics, and even consumer surveys. While Google may seem like the all-encompassing mastermind of web services, there are benefits and drawbacks to using their consumer survey service for your business or products.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. In the last decade or so, high profile consumer IPOs have often gotten lofty valuations. Fairly frequently public market investors believe that a new consumer company is “the next X”. appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In SaaS in can be the conversion from trial to paying customer, and in consumer subscription it can be the conversion from download to subscriber. In consumer subscription on the other hand, one of the big challenges is retention. based on a sample of over 300 SaaS companies. You can get a downloadable version here.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

By using machine learning algorithms, AI tools can predict future trends based on historical data, helping entrepreneurs identify changes in market preferences and consumer behavior. They can automatically gather and analyze data on competitors, providing insights into their strengths, weaknesses, and market positioning.

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