Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

But entrepreneurs need to look more broadly into the B2B space for more lucrative opportunities. As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. Sponsorships and advertising.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2013

There’s also a massive opportunity for B2B marketplaces to replace paper-centric, error-prone supply chains for small businesses. New B2B startups can improve on earlier versions by lowering the costs of transactions and helping identify the right suppliers and products. Boris & Angela. News portfolio review'

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

They provide a hands-on transformation and revenue growth partner for B2B technology companies. Later in 2014, Mitul played an instrumental role in transforming a loss-making mobile handset business into a profitable, and growing B2B enterprise cyber security business, achieving $2.7 Transformation of Mobile Handset business.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

You have the Startup Awards, the Family Business Awards, even the Security & Fire Excellence Awards (which has sold out every year since 2014!). It’s not all about white collar tech companies — there are more than 65 construction-specific awards to apply for every year, to give but one example. Read the Rubric.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Also this is almost exclusively B2B unless it’s something “luxury.” In fact, discussions of price in particular was the key to invalidating one business idea and then validating WP Engine , which now (2014) employs 200 people. Price is not an afterthought, it is essential business design.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

As we look into 2014, we thought it was important to reflect on our activities in 2013 and refocus and refine our thinking and messaging as a firm. finally, this theme is also applicable for b2b. There is also a b2b theme as companies like ooomf and emissary.io As they say, the rest is history.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 17, 2015

We also publicly announced two companies, which we invested in at the end of 2014: Volley : a community that connects people who need help with those who like to help. Booster Fuels : still in private beta with the mission to eliminate the gas station errand permanently. and two more unnamed. eSports, and virtual reality. .

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

How to Use Social Media to Drive Traffic for B2B Companies – crowdspring.co/1nPz9An. The Finalists Of The 2014 Innovation By Design Awards: Apps | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/Zn34Kt. How To Think Like an Entrepreneur: the Inventure Cycle | by Steve Blank – crowdspring.co/1wkTR3b. WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg.

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Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 5, 2014

An open question that in unanswerable right now is the degree to which the infrastructure, service providers, and various data intermediaries serving b2b and b2c markets treat the government as a hostile actor. The fixation on big data will take a pause in 2014, thank God. 3) Big data takes a breather. 3) Big data takes a breather.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré , a B2B SaaS consultant, lamented that. View this post on Instagram Watch our detachable soles being made near Milan #mahabis #soles #shoes #factory #milan #italy #videooftheday #instadaily #ig #sneakers #kicks #design #fashion #yellow A post shared by mahabis (@mahabis) on Apr 10, 2014 at 5:53am PDT.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Gregg Schwartz is the Director of Sales and Marketing at Strategic Sales & Marketing, an industry-founding lead generation company specializing in major account B2B lead generation. Now it’s 2014 and it seems that in many ways, the US economy is finally starting to return to “normal.”

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. Thank you for reading our insights and our story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

As outlined by Adam Holden-Bache recently on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. If your B2B contacts check-in regularly at certain types of locations (entertainment venues, stores, etc.)

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bijoor.me

MARCH 26, 2014

B2B Sales Process. February 18, 2014. B2B Sales Process (2). Bike Tours. Content Marketing. Engagement Tracking. Conversation Management. Employee Engagement. Social Marketing and Sales. Sales Activity Management. Technology. Affordable Technology. Agile Development. Business Analytics & Intelligence. Cloud Computing.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2014

The e-commerce shopping season kicks off in earnest on Cyber Monday, which will fall on December 1 in 2014. Add PCI compliance capabilities to follow regulations on the transmission of payment-card data, and avoid attracting negative attention from regulators. Make sure your store can handle traffic spikes. There’s no time like the present.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Recommendations from family and friends are the most trusted source of information , and B2B companies that use them experience higher than average conversion rates. On its official launch in 2014, it had 15,000 daily users. Here are three examples of brands that leveraged technology and behavior to achieve rapid growth. Image source.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Candidates will learn our culture and how to go through steps of sales cycle with Lead Generation, B2B and B2C sales and account management. Dinner Elf We founded Dinner Elf in 2014 because as two busy parents, we weren’t pulling off family dinners. To Apply: Please email brian@partakegolf.com with your resume and cover letter.

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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. Even identifying as a demand-gen marketer or branding or B2B or B2C leaves a lot of decisions still on the table to actually execute. Where do you start?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2014

What has your business accomplished in 2014, and what is still left to do? If you’re a B2B company, take advantage of leftover funds from over-budgeted campaigns and projects. Budget planning and allocating funds for 2015 should be a priority toward the end of 2014. The new year is fast approaching. Closing Q4 Sales.

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Spencer Fry

MAY 2, 2014

It’s something that we began working on in July 2013, only to release it ten months later on April 30th, 2014. In part the reason for that is because we’re a b2b company, and once a business makes the decision to sign up with you, they’ll rarely switch. I’m so relieved to have finally shipped the massive update to Uncover.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Agency I started back in 2014 and still run, is named Neparno 10, which on Serbian language means Odd 10. My company is named MARQETED and is a marketing consulting and services company for small businesses in the B2B sector. Thanks to Chris Wain, Africa Travel ! #4- 4- Considered a few things. Photo Credit: Aleksandar Ratkovic.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2022

He is the author of The Marketing Performance Blueprint (Wiley, 2014) and The Marketing Agency Blueprint (Wiley, 2012); and the creator of the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON). I, I think the key for me is as consumers of consumer products, but also in our B2B world, you come to expect convenience and personalization.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2015

The first quarter of 2014 saw a staggering 198 million Americans – 78 percent of the adult U.S. By Nikole Haiar, Director of Marketing at Hostway Services, Inc. Online shopping is more popular than ever. population – use online platforms to make purchases, according to a comScore study.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2015

Considering that the average e-commerce site took nearly double that to load in 2014, it’s possible that your brand has some work to do. In fact, companies stand to lose a staggering 25 percent of their business if pages take more than four seconds to load. One way to prevent waiting is to utilize a robust hosting provider like Hostway.

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Brandanew

JULY 1, 2015

Since social media soft launch in October and full force from March 2014 onwards, we’ve seen a growth of 315% on Twitter alone (our priority network) since April end, 2015. Currently since we’re B2B focused we are focused on Twitter growth as we generate client leads from there. . Brandanew Impact.

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Brandanew

JUNE 5, 2015

Pratilipi: As you know, we started working on 6th of August and launched our beta on 14th September last year ( 2014). If you’re looking for B2B leads, maybe LinkedIn or Twitter works better. ( The readers need content and the B2B partners need the readership. Brandanew : How has Pratilipi grown over the last year?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 26, 2016

Studies show that the total amount of late payments has increased in the United States—and B2B businesses are especially hard-hit. In fact, over 42 percent of B2B invoices were paid late in 2014, and that trend is set to continue. The effect of unpaid invoices.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. This is the model my customers referenced when I was selling them demand-gen software in 2014. Profitwell says overall Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is up nearly 50% over the past five years for B2B and B2C companies. Image source ). Lesson 2: Make your funnel airtight.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

In 2008, famed digital trends and internet analyst Mary Meeker predicted that mobile web traffic would overtake desktop traffic by 2014. According to the Content Marketing Institute , 70% of the surveyed B2B marketers say they are creating more content this year than they did back in 2016. You want more effective content.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

I actually did a study on this a few years ago, and I looked at 351 B2B companies with 50 to 1000 employees, and there was a huge difference between the software companies and the non software companies. I can send you that 2014 report and you can see it. Louis Gudema: Yeah, absolutely. I’ll send you a copy of the report.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2015

billion in 2014. For B2B industries online market places offer a wide horizon and the advantage of connecting to endless prospects. So if you want to see your business flourish in future, it is vital to imbibe the trend. The exponential rise of ecommerce illustrates the acceptance of internet as a major marketplace globally.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

2014 will be a BIG year for Digital Marketing. AdAge’s annual survey of top B2B marketers found that 80% have boosted their digital marketing budgets, the highest proportion ever. In 2014, those bucks will flow toward content marketing, social media lead-gen and analytics tools.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

trillion in 2014. B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 In fact, according to Shopify , global retail ecommerce sales are on track to reach $4.5 trillion in 2021, up from $1.3 trillion in sales, compared to B2C’s $2.3 trillion.

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Spencer Fry

JULY 29, 2014

Around the time we released the new version of Uncover at the end of April 2014, I knew it was time to refocus our work around sales and increasing customers. If you''re a B2B business, then that''s a landing page. We''d been focused on product for months, but now it was time to scratch and claw our way to more customers.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In the public markets public SaaS valuations (EV/Revenue) are down 33% since January and 66% since their high in January 2014. No surprise here, but the drop has been rapid and it’s been dramatic. Different sectors of the market have seen varying levels of decline, but overall the private markets are off similarly to the public markets.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

According to a 2014 report by Aberdeen , companies using marketing automation achieve 53 percent higher conversion rates than non-users, plus an annual revenue growth rate 3.1 Megan Pacella is a contributor for TechnologyAdvice.com , with specializations in B2B marketing and sales. percent higher than non-users.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 26, 2014

And B2B Online shows that over 50% have fully integrated automation into their marketing. photo credit: B2B Online. Raab Associates recently showed that over 75% of companies adopting automation platforms in the USA are now small and micro businesses. Here’s the catch. You can connect with her on Twitter.

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