crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

CEO Brian Chesky Says Airbnb Will Be Filling More Room Nights Than All Hilton Hotels By The End Of 2012 – [link]. Inside the IPO pipeline: It’s all B2B, all of the time | GeekWire – [link]. Six Social Media Trends for 2012 David Armano |Harvard Business Review – [link]. Best Free Fonts of 2012 – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

Maybe you’ll be hunting on a reef with a spear gun for 20lb groupers (B2B sales at a conference)? Copyright © 2012 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Or will you need to staff and finance a whaling ship to be out at sea for months at a time to catch two or three whales (enterprise sales model)?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

They should also consider launching online B2C or B2B platforms incorporating mobile and social-commerce. While Hollywood has captured 53% of China’s box office in 2012, it only snared 10% of the Indian movie market. However, this varies significantly from market to market.

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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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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. SiriusDecisions Rearchitected Demand Waterfall (2012). Most B2B enterprise demand funnels, like the ones reviewed earlier, have metrics like Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs), Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs), and deals or opportunities created from those. Image source ).

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2012

In fact, according to a Forrester report put out on September 24, 2012 email continues to be the top factor in influencing repeat purchases: Forrester Research report showing email’s positive influence on repeat customers. And here is a B2B example of segmentation by business size: Example of landing page segmentation for B2B.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

While crunching the data and reflecting on the past year, it’s clear that 2012 was busy. Here are some of the more interesting details to share about our activity in 2012: Version One invested more than $2.5M Here are some of the more interesting details to share about our activity in 2012: Version One invested more than $2.5M

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. Google was a one such company when they went public in 2004 and Facebook was too at their 2012 IPO. That not only bodes well for strong companies seeking to go public, regardless of whether they’re B2B or B2C. appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 21, 2013

The SEC was given 9 months to write those rules; they were due on December 31, 2012. Equity-based Crowdfunding: If you require over $250,000 to launch or grow your venture, and the market for your venture is B2B customers (not consumers) and/or you can''t immediately provide rewards for funders (e.g.,

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ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2014

If you’re a B2B software company you’ll be happy to know a Forbes study titled “Video in the C-Suite” revealed that 59% of C-Suite executives would prefer to watch video over reading text if both are presented on a page. Why Should We Use An Explainer Video? Quite simply, because they work. image source.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

In 2011, I began learning about hair restoration and started North Atlanta Hair Restoration in 2012. 12- Solve a problem in international B2B payments. My startup actually started in 2012 when I was creating another business – a mobile wine club app. Thanks to Niesha Kennedy, Kennedy Robinson PR ! #12-

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Update March 2012: See also my expanded critique of Colin Wheildon’s legibility research. Alex Poole says: March 8, 2012 at 4:50 pm. Kate D says: January 1, 2012 at 1:52 pm. busta says: January 3, 2012 at 4:32 pm. Ian says: February 17, 2012 at 5:09 pm. Gary S says: January 14, 2012 at 7:21 pm. Many thanks.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Lincoln Murphy cites a 3% conversion rate for SaaS and B2B web apps; a 2012 article on several leading platforms suggested a range between 1 and 10%. For B2B SaaS products, the added challenge is that the choice for consumers is often all or nothing: Companies have one CRM, one email marketing platform, one CMS, etc.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012. It seems learning to code has become a theme in 2012, and the demand is being met by Code Year and others. My experience: I exited my last company, an award-winning B2B telecoms operator, and knew that I wanted to build a SaaS product. Disrupt NY 2012. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt NYC.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 3, 2015

He possesses 20 years of experience in branding and marketing with expertise across B2B and B2C industries, including retail, food and beverages, and financial services. He possesses 20 years of experience in branding and marketing with expertise across B2B and B2C industries, including retail, food and beverages, and financial services.

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searchengineland.com

MAY 30, 2012

B2B Search Marketing. May 30, 2012 at 1:06pm ET by Conrad Saam. SMX Advanced - June 5-6, 2012. SMX Paris - June 7-8 2012. 15-16, 2012. Search, Social and Mobile: What Travel Marketers Must Know - June 26, 2012. Whitepapers: Global Digital Advertising: Q1 2012 Update. Marketing Day: May 29, 2012.

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2014

If the above studies aren’t enough to make you start quivering in your boots, take a look at the debacle of JC Penney’s 2012 rebranding. Patching together actionable information about your customers with gut feelings, good intentions and some duct tape is not a recipe for conversion success. Image via Bigstockphoto.com.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The consumerisation of enterprise was a big investment trend in 2011-2012. The rise of enterprise “toys” – Techcrunch, 2012. What changed since 2012. “Toys” are new startups attacking a narrow or unattractive segment of the market.

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Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. Google was a one such company when they went public in 2004 and Facebook was too at their 2012 IPO. That not only bodes well for strong companies seeking to go public, regardless of whether they’re B2B or B2C. This post also appears on NextView’s blog.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

While many of the survey participants (59%) concede that 2013 is likely to be a challenging year, they are also looking at new markets (48%), invest in online marketing or PR tools (32%), as well as improve customer service experience (29%) to stay competitive in potentially turbulent times.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 23, 2013

Marketo filed for IPO with impressive 80% year-over-year growth in 2012, with almost $60m in revenue. Few B2B companies can truly claim “viral growth” characteristics. Except, they lost $35m. It’s not impressive when you spend $1.60 for every $1.00 billion in revenue and $300m in profit.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 22, 2019

It was all about tricking the algorithm and I didn’t really break that bad habit until 2012. They warned people for years before 2012. So for example, a B2B national company that sells say like software as opposed to a B2C local company that does I don’t know, basement waterproofing. Brian Dean: Plenty.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

2012 was runner-up with just 10.96%, indicating rapid growth in the industry in recent years. B2B Affiliate Programs Look a Little Different. Still, they are active in the B2B space as well (20.55%). 56.47% identify as male and 40.65% identify as female. 35.71% of affiliates have a 4-year degree (BA, BS). Image Source.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. The company was founded in 2012 by Michiel Prins , Jobert Abma , Alex Rice and Merijn Terheggen , and today serves the needs of over 1,000 corporate bug bounty programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Foursquare has raised more than $112 million in outside funding, on $2 million in revenue in 2012. Barkulis and I agree that your hyperlocal startup has a far better chance if you position it as a B2B and B2B2C startup, like Yext , Locu , and Yodle.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. Lighter Capital : “Since 2012, we’ve provided over $100 million in growth capital to over 250 companies.” We developed Scaleworks venture finance loans to fill a need we saw for our own B2B SaaS companies. ARR of $500K+. ScaleWorks. “We

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. Facebook goes public in 2012 and Twitter in 2013. Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

That ROI has actually increased since 2015 according to Campaign Monitor, and it’s particularly true for B2B companies. In 2012, he sold his former company GetListed.org to Moz, helping over 3 million businesses get better visibility in the local search engines. About the Author.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2017

Amelia Showalter of Pantheon Analytics , who led digital analytics for Obama’s 2012 campaign, agrees… Amelia Showalter , Pantheon Analytics: “Eventually the novelty wore off, and we had to go back and retest.” (via Here’s an example from the 2012 Obama campaign… Image Source. via Bloomberg).

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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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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

I encourage startup founders or anyone interested in social commerce to read it: [link] When you think about Big Data Applications (a term coined in 2012 by Raj De Datta in this TechCrunch article ), Bazaarvoice is one as Raj points out in his article. 8, which was released earlier this week. I’ve also heard BDAs called SaaS 3.0

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

For example, it’s much more prevalent today in 2012 to have been a tactical internet marketer for the past five years whereas in in 2007 is just wasn’t. With real clusters of strength in areas like mobile, marketing, and consumerized B2B SaaS – Boston is entering a golden age of internet entrepreneurs positioned for the future.

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David Teten

JANUARY 3, 2013

The Shirt was named Oprah’s “Must Have Fashion Item” of 2011, and is distributed through Bloomingdale’s, boutiques, and www.the-shirt.com. - Smallknot is a TechStars NYC 2012 community crowdfunding platform for small businesses.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Qwilt is an “infrastructure” company, B2B. They will be increasing their engineering and sales team with their new funding and hope to hit the market in the first 6 months of 2012. They have been in stealth mode for 2 years now working mainly with network infrastructures and content providers.

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David Teten

APRIL 22, 2013

I met Adam Ghetti , Founder/CTO, at the first Flashpoint Demo Day in New York in early 2012 at Union Square Ventures. Adam is a brilliant technologist, who was astute enough to know that he didn’t have the background to be the solo leader of a scale B2B technology company.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2012

The 9th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium today announced Gazzang as one of ten vendors chosen for the 2012 Innovation Showcase.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In 2009, Matt Sonnhalter switched the focus of his advertising and marketing agency from B2B industrial manufacturing accounts to working only with companies that sell products to professional tradesmen. This niche focus has had a tremendous effect. Finding his niche gave Sonnhalter access to a wellspring of business.

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