Version One Ventures

JUNE 16, 2020

We recently wrote that B2B marketplaces need to nail four things : aggregate product catalogs, automate procurement processes, increase trust/social proof, and integrate with key services in the ecosystem. DemandStar is on a great path toward executing against all four of these opportunities. .

Government 125

Government Seattle Software Review Aggregator 125

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Conversion optimization is a little different if you’re in B2B. You’ll still need to do the same types of conversion research, persona building, and experimentation that is common across conversion optimization, but let’s talk a bit about how and why B2B is different. It’s called Optimizing for B2B.

B2B 48

B2B Conversion B2C Sales Cycle 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). As a result, Vin has a great framework for deciding if this is a viable path for your product. Subscribe on iTunes , SoundCloud , or Stitcher.

CTO Hire 120

CTO Hire Framework Cofounder Seed Stage 120

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

The first time I met Matan, the founder of Melio, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small businesses stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. More than 40% of B2B transactions in the US, which is roughly a $25 trillion market , are still made with paper checks compared to 5-7% for consumers.

Israel 62

Israel B2B Cloud Europe 62

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

by Shailendra Nagarajan, Senior Product Marketing Manager at DataWeave. How can they ensure that their products and overall brand identity are being perceived well on all eCommerce sites? How can they ensure that their products and overall brand identity are being perceived well on all eCommerce sites? Protect your brand.

eCommerce 127

eCommerce Channel Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 127

ConversionXL

APRIL 1, 2019

Marketers are intimately familiar with their industry and product. Often, they unknowingly overwhelm or confuse the same visitors they seek to persuade (with long, jargon-filled product pages, for example). For marketers in B2B sales, the challenge increases. But that familiarity isn’t always an advantage.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Marketing Software Review Audience 133

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

At NextView Ventures we have written many pieces about venture capital — how to raise it, build your business, engage with investors, iterate your product, navigate expanding industries, etc. So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” VCs sure do love writing. What Are Your Valuation Expectations?

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Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Because people live, shop, and buy in real time, Monetate products enable e-commerce web sites to market in real time. In this role you’ll need to provide mentorship and technical guidance to individual team members as well as get hands-on in helping to maintain and improve on our products.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Another powerful way to improve local search results and amplify your local search opportunities is to create content that is related to your community, regardless of whether it directly relates to your products or services. A B2B example might include maintaining a calendar of networking events or business related seminars.

Search 78

Search Software Review Technical Review Engineer 78

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 91

Marketing B2B Distribution Audience 91

SVPG

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

One of the most significant changes in how we do product today is our use of analytics. Any capable product leader today is expected to be comfortable with data, and understand how to leverage analytics to learn and improve quickly. This to me is one of the very few “non-negotiables” in product. That is but one type.

Analytics 87

Analytics Technical Review Aggregator B2B 87

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

Our Own Start-up

APRIL 19, 2025

Whether you’re building a peer-to-peer rental platform, a B2B service exchange, or an e-commerce aggregator, the idea of launching a full-scale marketplace can feel overwhelming, especially when budget and time are limited. Creating a marketplace can be an exciting and rewarding venture, but it’s also complex.

Aggregator 52

Aggregator B2B Startup Product 52

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

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

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

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I'm going to be working with people like Cliff and Steve Gilison (see Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles ) and Tom Humbarger (see Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospects ) to create this online business networking group for Los Angeles. We can use could choose a hashtag (e.g., This would be easy enough to do.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Southern California Aggregator 150

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. Automation allows you to spend less time on tedious tasks and will help boost productivity, especially within a small marketing team. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

revenues –> profits –> cash flows) yet when they were acquired, but they had built a very successful product with great potential to build a business. One other way to put Twitter’s IPO, and other consumer & B2B IPOs recently, in context is the broader macroeconomy and investing environment.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

There’s only two steps: Enable “Demographics and Interest Reports” under “Property Settings” Link other Google products to your Google Analytics account to capture as much useful data as possible. Do this under “All Products” You can add Google AdWords , Search Console , AdSense , etc.

Analytics 70

Analytics eCommerce Software Review Technical Review 70

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

One quick but important note - similar to managing any other type of brand - it's not a sustainable strategy to try and cover up terrible products with a good brand. In fact, according to CMI : "B2B marketers allocate approximately 26% of their total marketing budgets to content marketing initiatives. Aggregate and curate to reinforce.

Elevator Pitch 144

Elevator Pitch Management Aggregator Curation 144

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

eXpireTrack – Track and plan for the date that products are to expire. Gretastudio – Create on-demand presentations for your company’s products, record training and e-learning materials, or other types of presentations that require audio or video content. clickbook – A free online booking and scheduling program.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

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). As a result, Vin has a great framework for deciding if this is a viable path for your product. Subscribe on iTunes , SoundCloud , or Stitcher.

Framework 120

Framework Cofounder Seed Stage B2C 120

Version One Ventures

JULY 19, 2018

In that handbook, our goal was to aggregate all the amazing content out there. With that said, here are some opportunities we see for the next generation of large, venture-scale marketplace businesses: Product marketplaces. B2B marketplaces. We purposely kept the tone factual rather than prescriptive. Services marketplaces.

Disintermediation 110

Disintermediation B2B Differentiation Aggregator 110

ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2016

As Avinash Kaushik famously wrote, “All data in aggregate is crap.” There’s only two steps: Enable “Demographics and Interest Reports” under “Property Settings” Link other Google products to your Google Analytics account to capture as much useful data as possible. ” [Tweet It!].

Analytics 48

Analytics eCommerce Software Review Technical Review 48

VC Cafe

APRIL 21, 2022

I believe the iPhone moment is going to be the launch of Apple’s smart glasses (or maybe Meta’s) and when it happens, I predict we will see accelerated adoption of AR technology for both consumer and enterprise use cases, and a rush to adapt products to from 2D to 3D. trillion times in aggregate ( source ). Snap Spectacles.

Mobile 198

Mobile Global Aggregator Bootstrapping 198

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

By the end, 99 percent of the B2B marketplaces had cratered and only B2C eBay was left standing and thriving. The prevailing consensus at the time was that B2B marketplaces were too hard (e.g. Start with aggregating scarce and in-demand inventory. Create “point” product value. Support series of one-to-many relationships.

B2C 136

B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

Scalable Startup

JANUARY 12, 2015

RI primarily needs to accelerate revenue growth and market share in order to build new products, increase salaries to market rate and defend their position against a large number of competitors. Online review management systems are an established part of the web for both consumer and B2B. It’s a lot more than restaurant reviews.

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Management Los Angeles Angel Investor B2B 20

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

We do a lot of B2B and also have an "Early Stage Branding" practice for technology startups. Oh, and I forget to mention in my introduction about B2B. I need to get you into both the Southern California Tech Central and the B2B Marketing Zone. landing pages, etc. Foreign Service. I'll connect offline on both of those.

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Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

Broadtec ‘s MYTV integrated broadcast management system incorporates sophisticated planning, logistics, rights management, Commercials, media production & inventory. Broadtec’s offers Full end to end solution – advanced play list technology and production tools – Easy to use, Short implementation time – Very competitively priced.

Media 145

Media Israel Social Network Flash 145

View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Sector: B2B On-Demand. B2B on-demand is the perfect combination between two of our existing portfolio strengths: The fact that half of our investments are business-focused startups, and our expertise with consumer on-demand services like Paintzen , TaskRabbit , and Scratch. davidbeisel | LinkedIn. Authenticity to NextView.

Search 120

Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Sector: B2B On-Demand. B2B on-demand is the perfect combination between two of our existing portfolio strengths: The fact that half of our investments are business-focused startups, and our expertise with consumer on-demand services like Paintzen , TaskRabbit , and Scratch. davidbeisel | LinkedIn. Authenticity to NextView.

Search 120

Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

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

Up and Running

MAY 21, 2014

The way in which our prospects, our customers, us as individuals, go about finding the things, the products, and the services, and the companies we want to do business with, has changed dramatically. What’s changed about selling?” ” And a lot of what’s changed is buying.

Marketing 72

Marketing Social Media Sales Media 72

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

It is the B2B advertiser’s Mecca, but it is an undeserved market when it comes to user experience and consolidation of services. We raised $6 million, the solution was sold to Netvision for $1 million before the product even existed. Media centers were a hot topic, and I used the XBOX media center to develop the product.

Aggregator 84

Aggregator Israel Caching PHP 84

ConversionXL

JUNE 13, 2016

For example, a concept that tests UVPs on the home page could run in parallel with a test that displays customer opinions on the product page. An (extreme) example: In test 1 you would like to test the placement of the product recommendations on the product page. This means the variants must be reasonably combinable.

Distribution 48

Distribution Conversion Non-Compete Revenue 48

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2011

The soy products company has manufacturing and logistics facilities in Ashdod and Ashkelon in Israel as well as in South Sioux City, Nebraska, and Ningbo, China. Israeli financial modeling company Modelity won the Structured Products Magazine’s technology innovation award for a second consecutive year.

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Israel Nebraska Silicon Valley Miami 99