VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here. AI to build enterprise software – In the future, every enterprise could have their own custom ERP, CRM or HRIS that is continually updating itself as the company itself is changing.

Artificial Inteligence 177

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 177

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

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. Aggregate that data at an account level to know which accounts to target. The aggregation of individual behavior at a company level was the critical innovation.

Software Review 117

Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors). Why Vin decided to pivot the business (read: launch a second startup) and what he learned going from B2C to B2B.

CTO Hire 120

CTO Hire Framework Cofounder Seed Stage 120

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 12, 2024

written by Tosin Jerugba read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Jonathan Gandolf, the founder and CEO of The Juice, a B2B content platform aimed at solving marketers’ biggest pain points in distribution, reach, and audience engagement.

Marketing 87

Marketing B2B Distribution Audience 87

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

This is done by aggregating data on an enormous scale and leveraging highly advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to analyze the data and generate actionable insights on their competitors and their eCommerce channel. With these insights, brands can understand the marketplace better, improve their strategy and increase their sales.

eCommerce 127

eCommerce Channel Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 127

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Certain experts have described the situation as a Keynesian supply shock, a negative event that triggers aggregate supply shortages with bigger impacts than the prior reduction in labor supply. The post How to Optimize B2B Deal Management to Cut Costs and Losses in 2021 appeared first on ReadWrite.

B2B 153

B2B Cost Management Forecast 153

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2020

I’ve been in the B2B link-building game for almost five years, and the true value of link building isn’t quick fixes. B2B copywriting almost always requires more skill and time compared to B2C. Another great example of linkable assets are pages that aggregate industry stats, like this one. But they’re wasting their time. .

B2B 142

B2B Social Media Email Campaign 142

YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2011

B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. Startups that haven’t raised money over-estimate their market size by 100x and often misinterpret their market as new. Premature scaling is the most common reason for startups to perform worse.

Silicon Valley 230

Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Cofounder Startup 230

Transformify

MARCH 9, 2017

B2B Content curation and B2B content aggregation are very powerful, and if used properly, can tremendously boost the outreach and secure new leads. A number of industry leaders are relying on B2B content curation to drive traffic to their web pages, educate their users and generate new leads.

Curation 40

Curation B2B Aggregator Lead Generation 40

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

The solution I’m exploring is a just in time learning methodology that accelerates founders’ learning curve by aggregating relevant content, peers and mentors.&#. B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. Hmm, now I’m getting intrigued.

Technical Cofounder 335

Technical Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 335

Version One Ventures

MAY 28, 2020

As we’ve been spending time on B2B marketplaces and dev tools/platforms, we’ve come to realize that there’s an interesting sub-category that combines elements of both: the API-as-a-marketplace. First, you can aggregate the supply especially in antiquated industries where a lot of infrastructure needs to be built for the API-as-a-marketplace.

API 207

API Aggregator B2B Demand 207

ConversionXL

APRIL 1, 2019

For marketers in B2B sales, the challenge increases. The choreography of a B2B sale—in which the average buying decision involves more than five people —may require copy or collateral that serves multiple audiences. Live chat : You can aggregate data that you collect on audience interactions with live chat representatives or chatbots.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Marketing Software Review Audience 133

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently? That being said, there are benefits to learning from past reflections — especially as we near national re-opening, and the theoretical “end” of the pandemic. ” (Melody Koh).

Seed Stage 177

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Remember: All data in aggregate is crap, segment or suck. B2B / Enterprise Sales: Salesforce. I absolutely hate how not data driven most B2B selling is. Mobile is massively undervalued by most B2B companies (including SF), hence the acquisition emphasis there. For a B2B company there are so many things we can measure.

Metrics 143

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 143

Version One Ventures

JULY 19, 2018

In that handbook, our goal was to aggregate all the amazing content out there. B2B marketplaces. We’ve been pitched the promise that “we’re going to replace the broker” by B2B marketplace builders many times. This reminded me that it has been awhile since we’ve touched upon this topic on our blog.

Disintermediation 110

Disintermediation B2B Differentiation Aggregator 110

Venture Chronicles

APRIL 20, 2014

A successful organization that fed impressive growth, reaching growth and revenue records year over year, the marketing organization relied on a proven B2B outbound marketing model that precisely measured lead capture rates. Marketing Uncategorized B2B inbound marketing Ping Identity'

B2B 45

B2B Marketing SEM Bandwidth 45

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Advances in machine learning, specifically natural language processing, have made generating these baseline, aggregate datasets possible, at scale, with high accuracy. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. 1) Market fund. Most of our companies will need to raise further rounds.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

SVPG

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

But the idea is to understand how our users and customers (remember there can be many users at a single customer at least in the B2B context) are actually using our products. The data we aggregate (from all sources) can be a gold mine. When most people think of analytics they think of web analytics. That is but one type.

Analytics 87

Analytics Technical Review Aggregator B2B 87

Austin Startup

JULY 6, 2018

When an accelerator says “our companies have raised an aggregate of $200 million,” they may be neglecting to mention that a huge chunk of that was raised before some of the companies (the top ones) ever “entered” the accelerator. The same goes for a health tech startup entering an accelerator full of consumer or B2B startups.

Dilution 48

Dilution Startup Technical Review Equity 48

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors). Why Vin decided to pivot the business (read: launch a second startup) and what he learned going from B2C to B2B.

Framework 120

Framework Cofounder Seed Stage B2C 120

Hunter Walker

MARCH 11, 2023

Repeat this question for everything B2B. AI ‘Native’ Applications What are the conditions by which the addition of AI catalyzes new product offerings built around this technology versus ‘AI’ being a feature that the market leading applications can build into their platforms.

Artificial Inteligence 68

Artificial Inteligence Non-Compete Generative AI IP 68

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2011

That’s also how Anand Singh and Harveen Narulla felt, and that is why they founded GreenBills Pte Ltd, the technology start-up behind e-bill aggregation solution GreenPost. Singh and Narulla believe they have found the answer, and that is: aggregated e-billing. Not to mention, it’s a massive waste of paper.

Green 248

Green Singapore B2C Aggregator 248

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. We’re only a few months past Sequoia’s famous “R.I.P. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008). Image from Sequoia Capital presentation. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Up and Running

JUNE 22, 2021

And this is an especially effective tactic for B2B firms because it helps them avoid the need to turn to a B2B collection agency to handle overdue invoices, which often adds additional complexity to the process. In that scenario, a B2B firm would save on their own labor as well as on the cost of the collections process.

B2B 102

B2B Campaign Analytics Operations 102

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

A B2B example might include maintaining a calendar of networking events or business related seminars. Using a little RSS magic and a bookmarking tool like Delicious, you could even automate the aggregation of news and other related content for neighborhoods with very little work.

Search 72

Search Software Review Technical Review Engineer 72

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

As is common in these types of educational companies, aggregators rule the roost. The above image only illustrates three segments and their conversions – search, referrals, and aggregators – purely for the sake for simplicity. The answer is simple: Aggregators. They do everything. Which fire should we add more fuel to?

Analytics 140

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 140

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

Originally I'd recommended it for content, or B2B, sites, over time I've come to rely on it for pretty much any type of company. Extra work for you to download the data and aggregate it, but it is very valuable data so put in the extra effort. The Ad Groups view is pretty helpful from an aggregated perspective.

Search 137

Search Analytics PPC Green 137

Ben's Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

This is one of the reasons why many of the first B2B GenAI use cases were for marketing!) There is also likely to be a split between B2B- and B2C-focused platforms, given the different functions to optimize (i.e., Plus, successful marketing plans and assets don’t necessarily have a single “right” solution.

Software 84

Software Sales Marketing Vertical 84

VC Cafe

APRIL 21, 2022

trillion times in aggregate ( source ). Like Meta, Snap has a booming developer community who uses Snap Lens Studioo to build AR social filters: Over 250,000 developers have published a total of 2.5 million lenses, which have been viewed over 3.5 Snap Spectacles. Magic Leap. Magic Leap has been through a pivot.

Mobile 198

Mobile Global Aggregator Bootstrapping 198

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Many B2B companies run into the same problem, particularly those that are: Complex, with products that require deep expertise to understand and use. Create content to answer hundreds of these questions, and, in aggregate, you can reach a huge audience of relevant prospects. Conclusion.

B2B 133

B2B Marketing SEO Search 133

Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

They’re a carefully-curated clothing aggregator, with an emphasis on creating customized shopping experiences. Rajya : We’ve met and talked to a lot of people who are doing B2B, but meeting B2C people is really key for us.

B2C 62

B2C Startup B2B Cofounder 62

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. With MentorMob , you spend more time learning and less time searching.”.

Illinois 165

Illinois Aggregator Chicago Widget 165

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

This includes establishing sales objectives and compensation plans for all sales personnel, including salary structures, commission plans, sales contests and bonus plans.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Scalable Startup

JANUARY 12, 2015

Online review management systems are an established part of the web for both consumer and B2B. For B2B, online reviews and testimonials and becoming a requirement in healthcare, automotive, government and other industries. . > > Company Summary: Saas Product launched, several Fortune 1000 customers, currently growing.

Management 20

Management Los Angeles Angel Investor B2B 20

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Cliff also sparked an idea that along with using in a separate conversations sparked the idea that we should be using Southern California Tech Central as a means of helping to aggregate the conversation. We can use could choose a hashtag (e.g., This would be easy enough to do. I'm not sure if it will add value at this point.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Southern California Aggregator 150

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Well it’s not clear that media businesses, in aggregate, are inherently more valuable than e-commerce or premium services companies in aggregate [see Note 1 below regarding categorization]. Why are media businesses so valuable? Growth IPOs Are Back. A couple things factor into this.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

ConversionXL

MAY 13, 2020

After a few hours playing around with SQL , I was already able to deliver insights I never could have with aggregated Google Analytics reports. What’s the difference between raw and aggregated data in Google Analytics? Google Analytics, in the free version, provides only aggregated data. Do more and more people use Feature X?

Analytics 85

Analytics Aggregator SQL Cloud 85