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B2B Marketplaces Revisited

Version One Ventures

boom – expectations were high for B2B (product) marketplaces. Yet today, the world of B2B marketplaces still lags far behind its B2C counterpart. By reducing the friction for North American companies to find suppliers in China, they’ve been the most successful B2B marketplace to date. Alibaba is an exception.

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Don’t Sleep on Consumer Tech: AI is Changing Everything

VC Cafe

B2C founders are surely no strangers to the adage ‘Consumer is hard’ – it’s not just the scarcity of funding that is challenging: consumer taste is fickle and competition includes most of the tech giants. But change seems to be brewing in the B2C space, powered by the fast advancements in AI and generative AI.

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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

Investors who provide hands-on help have little or no effect on the company’s operational performance. B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. Premature scaling is the most common reason for startups to perform worse.

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14 Interesting Findings From The Startup Genome Project

YoungUpstarts

Investors who provide hands-on help have little or no effect on the company’s operational performance. B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. Premature scaling is the most common reason for startups to perform worse.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. We think that’s how Alignable can transform how business owners operate and grow their businesses. It’s a grand vision, but one that requires a controlled frenzy of focus.

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[Interview] Kevin Hobbs Of Vancouver’s Vanbex Group

YoungUpstarts

His colleagues look to him as a leader with extensive knowledge in B2B and B2C. From grassroots marketing, application development, communications, strategy, public relations and operations consulting, we can assist at any stage of growth. We work with everyone from technology startups to insurance companies and charities.

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A Quick Primer on B2B Conversion Optimization

ConversionXL

Conversion optimization is a little different if you’re in B2B. Some of the same underlying principles apply, but because of the inherent differences in buying decisions and sales cycles, pulling B2C optimization practices straight from the book might be a bad idea. It’s called Optimizing for B2B.

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