Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

Today is a very interesting time for the SaaS industry: Europe has shown it was capable of creating successful SaaS businesses, and it’s only the beginning. SaaS startups need to have a VC that understands the SaaS model, including market development strategies, upsell dynamics, sales incentive plan, etc.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This drop in public valuations basically means that private companies lost half of their value in a comparable way and therefore the cost of capital doubled in the past month, pushing much higher the hurdle for any additional investment, be it in sales, marketing or R&D. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? Europe Consumer.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. They market and they sell. Well, at the very heart of the marketing and selling problem is the concept of lead generation. Social Contacts. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

If you would ask me what part of the market is most underserved by technology companies today, Id tell you its small and medium sized business. Labels: sales and marketing , Small and medium businesses , software. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2011

Mike's customer acquisition strategy is weak at this point, and he also has a rather broad strategy in approaching this market. He has run some experiments within the entrepreneurship training vertical, and has seen success when he has brought on known thought leaders. Remote Stylist.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

That’s the case for most companies that are already in the market, especially if they raised funding at imaginary valuations before. Global venture funding fell 42% year over years to $248.8 To put in context, the major crossover funds Tiger Global, Temasek, Coatue and Softbank participated in $148B of VC deals in 2021.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 29, 2012

In fact, these challenges are taking away most packaged goods marketers ability to determine their own marketing mix. What brand marketers must do is be part of important conversations with their audience. Sure, Australia is a tiny market on a global scale. They need to augment lifestyle even if in a subtle way.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

In five years, ESL went from a plucky startup to the market leader in Sigint and telemetry intercepts. had been engaged in the Vietnam War, and had agreed to parity in nuclear weapons, Soviet forces in Europe had built a 3 to 1 advantage in tanks, artillery, armored personnel carriers, and soldiers, all under Détente.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It is also the world’s largest smartphone market. In this aspect, China’s huge market seems ripe for the taking — and which firms are better-placed to do so than homegrown startups, especially app developers looking to conquer the mobile market? For mobile app developers, the impressive figures are enticing.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). Booking.com is the unquestioned leader in online travel in Europe, and represents a substantial portion of TPG’s astounding $35B market capitalization.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

With over one billion active users in more than 150 markets , TikTok Ads present a great opportunity to reach people who are interested in your product, even if your product is not marketed to Gen Z. While the majority of TikTok’s global audience are younger users, it’s a platform that’s aging up. Make TikToks.”.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Recognizing the need for creative investment structures in their Colorado market, they cofounded the Alternative Capital Summit , creating the first community of Flexible VCs and alternative startup investors. . —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Recent SaaS trends and the Accel Euroscape of the 100 most promising companies in Europe and Israel This article was co-authored with my colleague Pia d'Iribarne and published initially on Tech.eu. billion in revenues (growing 39% year-on-year) and $25B of market cap. Out of the 12 IPOs, Mimecast is the only company from Europe.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

To put things in context, global venture funding in Q2 2023 reached $65 billion, an 18% decline quarter over quarter, and a 49% drop compared to the second quarter of 2022, when startup investors spent $127 billion, according to Crunchbase. Amidst this bleak funding environment, AI has been a saviour, reports the WSJ. Are they too late?

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. Iconversations [guest].

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We’d like to thank KeyBank and G2 for providing some of the data used in the report - * It’s an amazing time to be a cloud entrepreneur in Europe. The European cloud ecosystem is growing much faster than anyone could have anticipated: last year, we predicted that it would take another three years for Europe to generate its first decacorn.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

Benjamin Joffe (the author), a Frenchman who runs a consultancy in China that tries to help non-Asian investors understand the innovation occurring in Asia as a way to bring ideas to their local markets. Larger online game market ($1 billion) than Japan despite 1/3 population and 1/2 GDP per capital (slide 99).

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Added value that can be turned into actionable steps to improve marketing campaigns and grow your business. As a marketer, learning how to analyze and communicate your own insights starts by understanding what makes a powerful data story. improved marketing campaigns, new product innovations, or personal development).

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Accel Euroscape: The 100 most promising Software-as-a- Service companies in Europe and Israel -This article was co-authored with my colleague Pia d'Iribarne and published initially on Tech.eu. When I moved back to Europe in 2011, I had to reduce my activity significantly in this area, as there was not enough going on.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Startups are lucky that they can’t afford research, so they test in market and land upon on ideas that would never fly based on what we think or what focus groups would respond with. Given technology is becoming the major form of market access – it should now be viewed in the same realm as access to medicine and education.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

While.NET can no doubt service the enterprise market, so can everybody else. Its called flamebait marketing, and this is *exactly* how it’s done. Big ideas and creative stuff either aren’t coming out of the.NET world, or.NET based projects/startups suck at marketing. It’s like arguing against vertical software.

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