David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. It sounds simple; however, very few asset managers actually do it.”

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Studies show that only 5% of B2B buyers are ready to buy. It helps them audit existing content portfolios (blog posts, landing pages, etc.) What: Wynter helps marketers to improve their copy with a panel of engaged B2B professionals. There’s only so much you can say about B2B panels in a way that nobody else has.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

While our lens on the Everyday Economy is focused on our actions as individuals, it’s not constrained to B2C companies. There are countless B2B startups that are enabling this digital transformation and how consumers experience the Everyday Economy. Third, we look for companies that we think are relevant to everyday people.

Seed Stage 273

Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder B2B 273

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 1) Market fund.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Candidates will learn our culture and how to go through steps of sales cycle with Lead Generation, B2B and B2C sales and account management. Internship Title: B2C Marketing Intern Compensation: Unpaid Description: The B2C Marketing Intern will help the team with managing the website, blogging, social media, and writer communication.

Semantic 48

Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. How do I build a repeatable, scalable sales process that is like an industrial machine - not a crafts project? 3) Developer Driven Sales.

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

From B2C to B2B. B2C sites like Travelocity and Fry's have not cornered the market on this. Because this is solving for the whole family of Unilever products, they can nicely showcase the entire portfolio of products that were used to deliver the hair look-feel-awesomeness. We will look at many different examples.

Design 151

Design Software Review Technical Review Mobile 151

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. Israeli B2C – Let’s start with the high level picture.

Israel 148

Israel B2C Generative AI Artificial Inteligence 148

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

You might end up with a picture that looks like this one … an approximate amalgamation of the best practices across the portfolio of companies I work with… Or it might look a little different. You are B2C or B2Q or Non-profit or an Adult-oriented business. It does not stop at getting the first B2B contract.

Framework 164

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 164

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. Tech stack.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Or defined around demographics (the people over 45 market), technologies (the brain sensor market), customer activities (the fitness market), and product portfolios (the heavy equipment market). The Market Definition Canvas works for both B2C and B2B applications.

Customer 427

Customer Marketing Lean Vertical 427

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2018

More than a third of our investments at NextView is B2B, and here’s why: We want to invest in companies that directly affect how people experience the world in any context , and even if they’re not directly interacting with or purchasing from the startup. Types of B2B Everyday Economy Companies. Let me explain. 1) Enabling Layers.

B2B 120

B2B B2C Vertical Portfolio 120

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I've used Sunbursts to do the same with keyword portfolios. The core performance of the current website look like this… While we are applying it to a B2B case, it could just as easily be applied to a B2C / Ecommerce scenarios. We know the optimization that is required.

Analytics 145

Analytics Sierra Leone Channel Conversion 145

OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Promoting the profiles of your former employees on job boards, portfolio lists, etc., If you run a B2B organization, being a little more transparent with customers shows them you care about them—and gives you an opportunity to talk to them about any changes that might affect them, their service team, or their service levels.

Salary 62

Salary Vesting Employee B2C 62

Version One Ventures

JULY 14, 2014

Considering a large proportion of Version One’s portfolio is located outside Silicon Valley, I absolutely believe that major tech companies can emerge outside of the Silicon Valley bubble. B2B start-ups need to have at least sales and marketing based in the valley, if not their entire operation. But there are some considerations….

Silicon Valley 154

Silicon Valley Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle 154

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

When we talk about marketplaces, we’re usually referring to B2C companies – eBay, Uber, Etsy, etc. But as anyone who is involved in B2C marketplaces knows, the dynamics governing B2C and B2B marketplaces are poles apart. The key factors in a B2C marketplace are typically availability and price.

B2B 60

B2B B2C Portfolio Government 60

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). A recent report by Forerunner ventures comparing outcomes in consumer (B2C and B2B2C) startups vs. enterprise startups now shed some interesting light on the differences in performance between the two.

B2C 103

B2C Generative AI Startup Silicon Valley 103

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Pre-launch customer development data is another way, sometimes in the form of user surveys for consumer companies or interviews with potential beta customers for B2B businesses. One of our portfolio investments, a B2B SaaS company, was a pre-product startup at the time of the seed round.

Seed Stage 149

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A look at the overall exits for both enterprise (B2B) and consumer (B2C) companies from 1995-2022 shows that both categories can produce power law returns, but they vary substantially: The top five enterprise companies with the largest exits account for $188B in value creation, or 12% of the $1,609B generated in the enterprise category since 1995.

B2C 103

B2C Israel IPO B2B 103

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Charles Mburugu is a HubSpot-certified content writer/marketer for B2B, B2C and SaaS companies. Check out his portfolio and connect on LinkedIn. For example, you can use a tool such as Fintenza to check metrics such as new visitors, page views, traffic quality, sessions, session duration and bounce rate.

B2C 147

B2C Flash B2B Lead Generation 147

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2022

I was recently in a board meeting for one of my portfolio companies, and we had a discussion that must happen in almost every board meeting. There are of course exceptions, mainly in the B2C world, like Waze, which sold to Google for $1.4 The CEO shared the revenue target for the year at X, and the revenue target for next year at 3X.

Metrics 179

Metrics Revenue B2C Portfolio 179

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

On paper, VC portfolios perform well. 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. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

So I took a short poll of some of our portfolio CEOs at Remagine Ventur es and got some insightful quotes I’d like to share with you: Everything we build is a hypothesis until the users are using the feature (hands-on) and we have a tangible way to measure its impact. Get in the habit of testing, and always keep a control group.

Cofounder 171

Cofounder B2C Design Portfolio 171

View from Seed

JUNE 5, 2018

Last week, we hosted our very first portfolio-only Hiring Bootcamp in NYC, led by NextView’s talent advisor Kristen Caldwell. B2C companies usually have a strong grasp of their marketing funnel (and B2B companies with their sales funnel), and the best ones are relentless on constant fine-tuning and optimization.

Hiring 120

Hiring Portfolio Metrics B2C 120

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Each account manager should have a portfolio of existing customers, and you should model the expected CMRR from this group net of up-sells and churn. This is a clear example where business-to-business (B2B) marketers need to learn from their business-to-consumer (B2C) counterparts. Portfolio. (3). anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. Identify the Real Business Profitability Point: B2B. Let's say you are a company that belongs to one of my absolute favorite B2B entities, Danaher Corporation. This is not easy work, especially in B2B companies.

Analytics 140

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 140

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Danny Haber is the founder of oWOW, a B2B and B2C concern which is directly involved in building modular units for resale to property developers, and as new housing for consumers. Who is Danny Haber and What is oWOW Doing to solve the housing crisis in the Bay Area?

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Oakland Developer California 113

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. Beverley Jackson, VP Social Portfolio Strategy, MGM Resorts International. Some of the speakers include: Niraj Deo, VP Product, Oracle DataCloud.

Denver 16

Denver Artificial Inteligence B2C Vertical 16

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

If you have read anything I've ever written, you know that I obsess about ensuring every view I have, every portfolio of segments I have, every dashboard I create, every incentive-structure conversation I lead, every business strategy I help craft has to have the three elements that form an end-to-end view: Acquisition, Behavior, Outcomes.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

There are many ways to make (and lose) money in this asset class, to construct a portfolio, to source and win investments, and to help (or not) founders build companies. For example, Ashley’s background in marketing and comms (across B2B and B2C) differentiates her from many other emerging managers.] Your job is to invest.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital LP Cap Table Portfolio 89

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Some highlights of the evening included: Slava Rubin ( Indiegogo – a V1 portfolio company) talking about how to expand LTV/marketplace size over time; Mikhail Ledvich ( Shippo – also part of the V1 family) discussing how to grow B2B marketplaces (it’s very different than B2C marketplaces); and Anthony Marino ( ThredUp ) talking about moving (..)

South Africa 60

South Africa San Francisco Africa B2C 60

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

On paper, VC portfolios perform well. 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. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 9, 2011

This means that they can’t hope to base a business on marketing cool, cutting-edge products, or towards the consumer market rather than the B2B (business-to-business) market. B2C (business-to-consumer) marketing is done via repetition, repetition and more repetition.

Oklahoma 76

Oklahoma Stock B2C PPC 76

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2018

1) Make it Flexible and Extendable: A good business name should be flexible and extendable: able to accommodate a growing portfolio of additional products, services or territories. That said, here are, 5 SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL BUSINESS NAMING TIPS . Are there any copyright or trademark issues? . Any known negative connotations?

Naming 77

Naming eCommerce Startup Database 77

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 1, 2013

Are you more of a B2C type or a B2B type? What companies are your dream companies to work for? (full disclosure: tracx, 10gen and Savingstar are Flybridge portfolio companies). In order to narrow things down, I recommend following a simple, four-step heuristic. Here's the advice I give: . Pick a Domain.

Boston 52

Boston B2C Salary Cofounder 52

Up and Running

MAY 8, 2015

Onboarding typically starts from the moment a potential client views your online portfolio and reviews your rates. The trick is to find a balance and be anticipatory, rather than reactionary, in order to create measurable levels of customer satisfaction, regardless of whether you’re servicing B2C or B2B clients.

Management 60

Management B2C B2B Retention 60

Occam's Razor

JUNE 6, 2011

You have a publicly available portfolio of your work, no matter how small or basic. For profit, non-profit, universities, Fortune 10,000, Forbes 10, B2B, B2C, A2Z etc., In the latter part of that journey you've likely practiced using the Romy method or the Avinash method or the iamawesomesoicreatedmyown method. Worked hard.

Analytics 126

Analytics Web Salary Non-Compete 126