Genuine VC

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The benefits have been touted previously : an anchor for attracting and retaining talent in Boston, as well as a breeding ground for the next set of great Boston entrepreneurs and founders. I’m not just talking about B2B SaaS companies that feel similar to HubSpot either. Build it and they will come” has been the philosophy.

Boston 279

Boston IPO B2B Cofounder 279

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

We invest nationally across Consumer and B2B, with most of our investments are based in NYC, SF/Bay Area, and Boston. NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm focused on the Everyday Economy with $500M+ of capital under management.

Technical Review 156

Technical Review North America Seed Stage Bandwidth 156

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It’s true that we also fund more mundane stuff like B2B software aimed at productivity improvements but we want some big bets in every fund where we feel we can contribute to “making our own little dent in the universe” as the saying goes – by backing ambitious entrepreneurs with that same goal. But it will take time.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Software Review Founder Boston 150

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups. This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C. Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups. Amazon PostRank

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

We invest nationally across Consumer and B2B, while most of our investments are based in NYC, SF/Bay Area, and Boston. NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm focused on the Everyday Economy with $200M+ of committed capital under management.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 120

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Old assumptions about geography are increasingly being challenged – with huge consumer wins emerging in Boston (CarGurus, Wayfair, Simplisafe, Pillpack), great B2B companies emerging in NY (Flatiron Health, Mongo, Datadog, etc), and unicorns emerging in smaller tech markets and overseas. .

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With Stephanie on board, we are now one of the very few bi-coastal seed funds in the industry, and all of the partners have led investments in NY, Boston, SF, and many other emerging ecosystems even before the pandemic. But this was always a significant market inefficiency, and one that we are committed to unraveling in the decade to come.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder San Francisco Portfolio Limited Partner 156

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Two years ago Jeff Bussgang lamented about “Lost Generation” of entrepreneurs which I think is especially acute here in Boston. I was in my early 20’s just barely out of school when four of us (peers) started Sombasa Media (aka BargainDog ) here in Boston beginning in 1998. My own personal story fits in with this narrative.

Boston 206

Boston Internet Entrepreneur .Net 206

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

In the first three days, we were invited to apply for a startup accelerator program in Boston. Daniel and his Co-Founder Stevan will be launching their latest B2B innovation, CurrencyTransfer.com at Finovate in London on February 12. Some may call it opportunistic. Within a week, we were out for drinks with the crew at Techloft.

Israel 145

Israel San Francisco Technical Review Venezuela 145

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We did that for six years, and then we decided we would move to Boston because … This is where my marketer brain kicked in. I was like, “There are not a lot of the type of church that we are at out there in Boston. ” Lance Cummins: So I literally moved my family, my three kids and my wife and I, to Boston.

Audio 84

Audio Boston HTML Video 84

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Where in Boston? 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. And thankfully we do get a chance to talk to each other, you know, once in a while in between, but it's always nice seeing John Jantsch (01:33): You. That's right.

Community 96

Community Marketing Audience Networking 96

View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. Even identifying as a demand-gen marketer or branding or B2B or B2C leaves a lot of decisions still on the table to actually execute. Where do you start?

Marketing 120

Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

9 that are B2B. Geography: 18 of the 23 are in Boston or New York. Some of our most interesting companies have originated in places like Estonia (GrabCAD), Croatia (Farmeron) and Omaha (SkyVu), although all have either moved or have a significant presence in a major tech hub like SF, Boston, or NY.

New Hampshire 50

New Hampshire Croatia Omaha Institutional Investors 50

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. May 14, 2009 5:23 AM David said. It was a disaster.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Your company is likely both one step removed from many brand name B2B customers and a step removed from reporters and press that are excited to tell your story. One approach that we’ve seen work with a number of B2B businesses is to spend a disproportionate amount of effort in telling a momentum story about your company.

San Francisco 243

San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 1, 2024

Which elements does your B2B marketing training have and what would you like it to have? So in that example I mentioned with marketing profs, they were studying how B2B marketing teams were approaching training. I think, well, I see you in Boston in the fall at B2B or at Marketing profs. Michele (12:35): Yeah, absolutely.

Channel 83

Channel Audience B2B Social Media 83

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

And that looks different for a B2C journey versus a B2B journey. So on the B2C side, that could be TikTok, Amazon, YouTube, and on B2B side, that could be maybe they're searching in LinkedIn or YouTube again, or software SaaS searching like Capterra or something like that. So we really need to think about how SEO needs to change.

SEO 91

SEO Search Generative AI Engineer 91

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

There are a few reasons as to why entrepreneurs should venture into “B2B” (“Business to Business”) service based companies as opposed to any form of “B2C” (“Business to Consumer”) company, “B2B” product-oriented company or strictly a web-based B2B firm.

B2C 103

B2C B2B Business Model Sales Cycle 103

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

Chicago 177

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 177

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Old assumptions about geography are increasingly being challenged – with huge consumer wins emerging in Boston (CarGurus, Wayfair, Simplisafe, Pillpack), great B2B companies emerging in NY (Flatiron Health, Mongo, Datadog, etc), and unicorns emerging in smaller tech markets and overseas. .

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

Chicago 156

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 156

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

While the startup environment in Boston has vastly improved over the last several years , I continue to hear the sentiment that it’s really tough to build a great consumer startup in Boston. This is expressed by people outside of Boston, but it often comes from those within our community too.

Boston 120

Boston Marketing Early Stage Startup 120

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

How about a person who moves here from Boston but keeps his Boston phone number on his SmartPhone and uses it to surf the web and order “software?” These are tricky but important details. At the other end of the size/complexity spectrum, it gets even worse.

Software 48

Software SQL Colorado Fractional CTO 48

View from Seed

JULY 19, 2019

Customers who experience this kind of product can’t help but talk to other people about it, whether it’s friends & family in the consumer segment -or- other business partners & peers in the B2B space. Go (re)read that post. And in each mural you’ll find an “JDCC” oh-so-subtlety included in the landscape.

Boston 149

Boston B2B Early Stage Portfolio 149

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 17, 2024

Prior to starting MarketMuse in 2015, Jeff was a marketing consultant in Atlanta and led the Traffic, Search and Engagement team for seven years at TechTarget, a leader in B2B technology publishing and lead generation. And then it has to be part of an infrastructure that makes sense.

Artificial Inteligence 94

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Differentiation Technical Review 94

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

Chicago 136

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 136

Lightspeed Venture Partners

AUGUST 18, 2014

Their customers such as Boston Scientific have implemented Comprehend’s SaaS service in less than a month and thereafter the system keeps up as the data and needs for analysis change. Comprehend has developed a next generation data analytics platform that readily adapts to all this change.

Analytics 123

Analytics Boston B2B Cofounder 123

Brandanew

JULY 17, 2015

Place: Boston, Massachusetts. MarketingProf’s B2B Marketing Forum 2015. Place: Boston, Massachusetts. About: MarketingProf’s B2B Marketing forum is an event that focuses around B2B social media marketing. INBOUND 2015. Date: September 8 – 11, 2015. Date: October 20 – 23, 2015.

Social Media 100

Social Media San Francisco Media Massachusetts 100

View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

This initial wave of applicants resulted in the selection of six initial Accelerator participants – female & male founders at startups hailing from the Bay Area to Miami to Alabama to Boston, ranging from b2b SaaS offerings to consumer services… all transforming people’s everyday lives.

Cofounder 177

Cofounder Syndication Syndicate Alabama 177

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2023

It'll be in Boston from September 5th through the eighth. So yes, I've done a lot of launches in the B2B and consumer space, so thought I'd write a book, John Jantsch (02:36): Okay, so awesome. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! That's right. And we just had a big launch for a product called Dinos with that.

Product 88

Product Framework Technical Review Cofounder 88

View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Jambb: Boston, Massachusetts . Consumer and SaaS B2B companies located anywhere, but should be focused on redesigning the Everyday Economy within the U.S. This model has produced a wide array of geographic diversity at a national scale, which we are aiming to replicate in the upcoming cohort. Allay Health: Seattle, Washington.

San Diego 156

San Diego San Francisco Alabama Valuation 156

The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Rather, as Jason Jacobs, CEO and founder of Boston-based startup Runkeeper suggests, think about whether their comments can be useful in the future, and tell your customers,”Not yet.”. Customer conversations should involve understanding the dynamics of both the end user and the B2B side of things.

Customer 128

Customer B2C Startup Early Stage 128

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

This particular company, as a B2B SaaS business, would definitely benefit from driving traffic to convert into subscribers or leads on their email list. And given my marketing background (Google, Dailybreak Media, HubSpot), I often get this question directly: When should startups announce seed funding? .

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2009

This is especially useful in situations, like most B2B businesses, where the total number of customers is likely to be small. I encourage B2B startups to keep them in their customer development arsenal. This is especially useful in situations, like most B2B businesses, where the total number of customers is likely to be small.

San Francisco 144

San Francisco Customer Wiki Lean 144

ConversionXL

MARCH 18, 2019

In a world of fake news and fake reviews—only 37% of B2B buyers trust vendors—genuine customer success stories are precious assets. Yet, a 2018 B2B content marketing report found that case studies, while frequently created, aren’t always persuasive: ( Image source ). This is a missed opportunity. This is a missed opportunity.

B2B 134

B2B Non-disclosure Agreement Technical Review Naming 134

Hearpreneur

JULY 7, 2023

Moss Pure's PR strategy started when we were featured in the Boston Globe in January 2023. As I primarily run a B2B business , media coverage wasn't something I put much effort into until I launched my second book in 2022. Sales skyrocketed. I then began pitching our story to the media.

PR 118

PR Public Relations Entrepreneur Reputation 118

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Boston, and Philly. Inflection launched “ Inflection for startups ,” free B2B marketing automation. Filebase announced upcoming changes to their platform, namely removing Skynet and Storj integrations permanently. You can read more about the changes here. And they’ll be coming to Phoenix soon. .

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Phoenix Portland Boston 60