VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Crossed the $200M in revenue and reached over 400 million unique users. Much has changed since then.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2024

But consumer investing has fallen out of favour for what investors intuitively feel is safer: B2B (and within that primarily enterprise SaaS). It analysed 12,000 venture backed companies that raised a series B since 2010 and categorised 7,800 of them as B2C or B2B. In fact, consumer spending accounts of two thirds of the US GDP.

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B2C Generative AI Startup Silicon Valley 104

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

While it doesn’t publish prices publicly, an interview with the Demandbase CEO in 2017 claimed that the average revenue per customer per month was $20,000. Given the number of people involved in B2B decisions, account-wide coverage has value in addition to one-to-one targeting. That’s only one segment of the B2B market.

Software Review 117

Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

The Startup Magazine

JULY 2, 2019

Instead, they usually turn to B2B businesses that can help them keep their operations running. So, if you’ve been thinking about entering the corporate arena, starting your own B2B business makes a lot of sense. But what B2B business ideas are worth considering in 2019? Here are seven of them you should know about.

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B2B Social Media Design Operations 81

ReadWriteStart

MAY 16, 2018

AI has incredible potential in sales,” says Greg McBeth, head of revenue at Node. In B2B sales, the process is longer, but the premise is the same: Online research has replaced the old-school necessity of verbal description in sales. It’s 2018, and the office is now mobile. Cloud solutions.

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Sales Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review 90

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2018, after two short years and $3 million raised in startup funds, recruitment AI company Ansaro shut down due to bad market fit. It partners with sales to close more revenue, informs product teams to deliver better products, and in some cases, co-owns demand generation activities with marketing teams.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2022

When it comes to the total value of exits, consumer startups cumulatively exceeded enterprise exit value in the period of 2018-2022. In terms of number of exits, there’s a higher number of Enterprise companies getting acquired or going public.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

You're likely going to be experiencing revenues in waves, owing to the pandemic booms and dips, and the varying regulations. We may be waiting for 5G in the UK, but China has been studying G6 since 2018 and started properly testing it with the support of its big national telecommunications companies in 2020, according to editors at inc.com.

Software Review 126

Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur Artificial Inteligence 126

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics. 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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ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

Product pages will never rank organically for content-related searches,” explains Aaron Orendorff , a B2B content strategist: When someone goes looking for guidance on terms associated with your product—“how to [blank],” “best [blanks],” “who uses [blank],” etc.—it’s Case studies help B2B companies convert and accelerate the most leads.

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eCommerce Marketing Audience Non-Compete 131

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

For young consumers today, it may be Instagram or Snapchat, while B2B offerings should take a hard look at LinkedIn and other business forums. Based on metrics, revenue growth, and customer feedback, it’s now time to prune digital channels that don’t work for you, experiment with new ones, and expand your efforts where you see success.

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Marketing Viral Channel Metrics 240

ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2019

Increase recurring revenue. Poor customer service : A report by Forrester revealed that 23% of B2B CMOs view improving customer experience as a top-three objective. If not, you can try a different phone number by resetting your 2FA: [link] — Stripe (@stripe) November 5, 2018. Increase brand reputation. Not everyone agrees.

Software Review 125

Software Review Social Media Demand Advertising 125

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Freemium and free-trial signups have one thing in common: Neither generates revenue. 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%. Still, which product-led strategy—on average—converts better: freemium or free trial? Free trial.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2018

After speaking with many tech startups last month at the Consumer Electronics Show, the common theme among them was a desire to achieve explosive growth in 2018. From smart cities and driverless cars to artificial intelligence, big data, CRM and SaaS, 2018 is ripe for technology companies to achieve record revenue and profits.

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Sales Artificial Inteligence Retention Startup 113

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics. 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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IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. We asked entrepreneurs to share their business goals and what they were looking forward to in 2018. #1- 3- Triple our revenue and grow our base. 1- Efficiency. 6- Expansion.

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Detroit Entrepreneur Technical Review Revenue 97

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This is where he is getting his revenue. You know, I was writing, it was like 2018, I was writing Marketing Rebellion. And one of the things I'm proud of in the book is I have dozens of brand new case studies, diverse b2b, b2c, big companies, you know, small companies. He's gone all in on this community.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In 2018, 15 percent of Americans reported that they had interacted with a company’s chatbot — an automated, web-based conversation platform — in the prior 12 months. by Christa Martin, Chief Outsiders CMO. The AI boom is well underway. Christa Martin is a Chief Outsiders CMO based in San Diego, California.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2018

For a better, more organized 2019 Tax Day, small businesses should consider an efficient and organized process in 2018. Kevin Miller currently serves as the Chief Marketing Officer overseeing all of Neat ‘s brand, marketing and revenue operations. Research the new tax act to find out how it will affect your business.

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B2B Small Business Demand Mobile 133

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 4, 2018

— crowdspring (@crowdspring) April 25, 2018. — crowdspring (@crowdspring) May 1, 2018. — Comcast Business (@comcastbusiness) May 1, 2018. — crowdspring (@crowdspring) May 2, 2018. — Comcast Business (@comcastbusiness) May 1, 2018. — crowdspring (@crowdspring) May 2, 2018.

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Small Business Design Entrepreneur Marketing 56

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

If leads-based B2B marketing is fishing with a net, ABM is using a harpoon. In 2018, the platform transitioned to an ABM strategy , and when it went public in 2020, investors scrambled for shares to the tune of $3 billion. How uniting reporting increased revenue from target accounts by 21% for Schneider Electric.

Marketing 105

Marketing Campaign Artificial Inteligence Sales Cycle 105

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré , a B2B SaaS consultant, lamented that. Before their launch in 2018, Woodhead faced a challenge. American Biophysics, which had $70 million in annual revenue, was later sold to Woodstream for just $6 million. For products with more than one kind of user, we write more than one user manual. His solution?

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Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

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. As we said in our look at web trends of 2018 : A dated or poor looking website design can make even the best businesses appear non-professional and unreliable. Content is king.

Mobile 48

Mobile Design Technical Review RSS 48

Feld Thoughts

MAY 30, 2018

Human to Human Connections – how and why companies need to throw away the traditional B2B and B2C playbooks and focus on building authentic H2H relationships. Carley Brantz, VP Revenue Marketing, SendGrid. The post FullContact Connect 2018 – June 6 – 8 in Denver appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Denver Artificial Inteligence B2C Vertical 16

Up and Running

JANUARY 15, 2019

In HubSpot’s 2018 State of Inbound report, which surveyed more than 6,200 companies in 99 countries, 75 percent of respondents said their top priority was closing more deals. Can you predict your sales conversion rates, revenue, and overhead every month ? You need to put your nose to the grindstone and build your skills.

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Sales Angel Investor Incubator B2B 122

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Businesses in 2018 have already anticipated the trend and have adopted this emerging tech for gaining a grip on their audience base. With more and more businesses realizing videos for marketing and brand education, 73% of B2B organizations say they have received a positive ROI after using video marketing.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With paid access to GA360—$150,000 per year, billed monthly at $12,500 with an annual contract—users also get access to 360 versions of other products: The announcement of the Google Marketing Platform, in June 2018, combined paid ad platforms and the Google Analytics 360 Suite. Large B2B companies that already use Salesforce.

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Analytics Cloud Audience Campaign 126

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Everyone works so hard and with the economy heating up this year we have not had much downtime so I think everyone will appreciate the calm before the 2018 storm. Demand and revenue at Christmas time increase year on year, however, my staff and I still have Christmas day off to spend time with family. 6- Take the time to reflect.

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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. In 2018, Taobao GMV (Gross Merchandise Value) was a staggering RMB2,689 billion, which equates to $428 billion in US dollars. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2021

Chargify, the leading billing platform for B2B SaaS, announced today the massive productivity improvements and decrease in operating costs that CareerPlug has achieved using its new Chargify Business Intelligence product. Chargify has helped thousands of businesses manage millions of offers that drive billions in annual revenue.

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San Antonio B2B Texas Ireland 67

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The number of visitors directly correlates to revenue—whatever business you are in. Mailchimp, a B2B email marketing platform, recorded a 66% drop in failed logins after introducing social login. It seems that B2C companies might benefit far more from social login than B2B, but even that seems to depend on a company’s expectations.

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Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 73