Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In navigating the transition from founder-led sales to a structured approach, the pivotal question arises: when to hire a Sales Development Representative (SDR) or an Account Executive (AE) ? Phone Etiquette: Assess active listening skills and relationship-building abilities during phone conversations.

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Early Stage Sales Developer Development Team Review 78

VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

Perhaps it’s boredom, or Zoom fatigue, but there’s something quite appealing these days about having social conversations without turning on a camera. Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community.

Audio 139

Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 16, 2024

Stop wasting your team’s time and a founder’s time. is trying to figure out how to get in front of the best founders with a title like Senior Associate or, potentially worse, Investor, which everyone assumes means Senior Associate. What successful founder wouldn’t reach out to me to brainstorm strategies and potential first hires?

Founder 88

Founder Bandwidth Deal Flow B2B 88

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. You should begin asking at networking events and people you know in the startup world. They will also be concerned about how this leads to their next role.

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Startup Early Stage Incubator Los Angeles 259

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

by Marc Pitart, founder and CEO of onlineresume.us. Our business model back then was very complex, and it included a B2C as well as a B2B business model, that wasn’t being implemented yet. Regarding the B2B model, we had to start reaching out to prospects to get feedback and this actually helped us shape our B2B product.

Programming 124

Programming Chile B2B B2C 124

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 13, 2024

During our insightful conversation, we explored how Clutch connects buyers and sellers of business services and examined the importance of verified reviews in establishing trust and credibility in the B2B marketplace. Key Takeaways Katie Hollar emphasizes the critical role of verified reviews in the B2B service sector.

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Technical Review Software Review B2B Demand 65

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2018

Founders that have a unique skill set and essential network might set themselves up for failure upon exiting. Buyers will be looking for a business whose operations will be largely unaffected by the founders’ departure. There are some cases where owners end up staying on as employees, but those situations are rare.

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Valuation Technical Review Exit Strategy Metrics 145

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

As the former CEO of a professional expert network , I’m a firm believer in the value of speedy access to relevant experts. I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 1, 2017

These 50 honorees hail from 10 different categories: “B2B Tech,” “Consumer Tech,” “Cybersecurity,” “EdTech,” “Health and Life Sciences,” “LifeStyle,” “Marketing / Advertising / Design / PR,” “Social Impact,” “Supporters,” and “Inno Picks.” Help SXSW help the Red Cross with Hurricane Harvey relief by donating here.

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Austin Texas B2B PR 72

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

This tricky-to-pronounce online publication is an award-winning business blog founded by entrepreneur, web publisher and CEO/founder of Previso Media, Ivan Widjaya. They offer both free resources and a Pro membership, and they host the annual MarketingProfs B2B Marketing Forum. Brian Clark – founder of Copyblogger.

Small Business 106

Small Business Marketing Social Media SEO 106

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

The quality, network, or experience of your local investors is likely fairly different from those in other markets. I’d argue that apart from the Bay Area, every other market has a shortage of strong series A capital, and most founders would benefit from generating some investor interest outside of their home geography.

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San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Without marketing attracting the right accounts, there are no hot leads for sales to have meaningful conversations with. I then took to Twitter and Slack to ask for recommendations from my network. As CXL founder Peep Laja notes in his CRO agency masterclass : “…it’s permission-based marketing. most commonly popped up.

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Lead Generation Marketing Sales Cycle Campaign 94

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

Our conversation covers the ever-evolving landscape of SEO and how businesses of all sizes can adapt to the new era of consumer search behavior. Crafting Destination Content: Explore the concept of destination content and how it can drive engagement and conversions in the age of AI-powered search.

SEO 70

SEO Search Generative AI Engineer 70

Hearpreneur

JULY 13, 2022

1- Network marketing is one such industry. Network marketing is one such industry that relies only on acquiring new customers. Digital transactions are now moving beyond B2C transactions & venturing into B2B, P2P, cross-border remittances, & more. Photo Credit: Hannah Dworkin. Thanks to Hannah Dworkin, USScrapYard !

Artificial Inteligence 127

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review 127

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. Tell me a bit about the Founder's Institute. It sounds interesting.

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Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2018

How to Use LinkedIn to Generate Sales Conversations written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Combined with the text below you should have a pretty good feel for how to use LinkedIn to generate sales conversations. LinkedIn is the oldest social network. Does your profile create conversation?

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Conversion Sales Audience Social Network 73

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

5:26] Typeform really seems like more of a conversation in comparison to a regular form– how often do you fight the idea that people perceive it as ‘just a form where they only need the data’? [7:55] And it was really the founder, our founder David, and he, it was really about, there has to be this better way, right?

Marketing 74

Marketing Differentiation B2C PR 74

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 Let’s have a look at what early stage founders can expect in terms of oxygen. Capital Factory runs not only a tightly-knit co-working space, but also an incubator-accelerator type of organization with very founder-friendly terms.

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Early Stage Austin Silicon Valley Texas 48

Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In the fallout from the pandemic, most founders and CEOs are in the process of completely revamping their growth models from the bottom up amid new and unpredictable consumer behavior. These, of course, are not normal times. Transcript: Hi, and welcome to the a16z podcast. I’m Lauren Murrow. These, of course, are not normal times.

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Founder Conversion Technical Review Cash Position 36

Austin Startup

JULY 6, 2018

But 95% of founders I’ve worked with have viewed “cutting in line” to speak with investors as the main reason for entering an accelerator. Ask specific founders, off the record. Others find it a necessary cost to getting access to the accelerator’s network, which is what they’re really there for. See: Ask the users.

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Dilution Startup Technical Review Equity 48

View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Around the same time we were doing those webinars, we launched our first ebook, and that did much better in terms of conversions — click-through-rate on emails, conversions on landing pages, and so on. 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.

Marketing 120

Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

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. We market to four populations: High-potential founders. I don’t have bandwidth to engage in substantial conversations on Twitter. . Hootsuite. Today, I do this manually.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2018

Through all of those posts, we’ve received one common question from founders: Are all Everyday Economy startups consumer-facing? We think there are two main categories of Everyday Economy B2B startups: enabling layers and pervasive tools. Types of B2B Everyday Economy Companies. The answer is no. Let me explain.

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B2B B2C Vertical Portfolio 120

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2023

Her new book The Pocket Guide to Product Launches: Get Confident, Go to Market, and Win, is a quick-start guide to nailing your first product launch, whether you are a product marketer, product manager, or founder. It's a podcast hosted by Dr. JJ Peterson and is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. Mary Sheehan (02:40): ?

Product 59

Product Framework Technical Review Cofounder 59

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Thrillbox Thrillbox is an immersive media analytics platform that provides distribution tools for content generators, advertising agencies, vendors, and networks. is a conversational Marketing Service that drives quality web traffic to your blog/web content by engaging with relevant people when they have relevant Tweet conversation.

Semantic 48

Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Rob is a namer, brand consultant, and principal and founder of Heirloom, an independent brand strategy, and identity firm. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the Salesman Podcast, hosted by Will Barron brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. This is John Jantsch.

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Naming Kansas City Kansas Technical Review 75

Austin Startup

JANUARY 30, 2020

The relationship between a founder and their startup is a unique one?—?we’re As the ramp up continued, we realized that a B2C to B2B pivot would require an overhaul of our current operating practices, how we talked about ourselves, and and a completely new set of customers. we were tired, and the pivot seemed daunting.

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Sweat Equity B2B B2C Business Model 63

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2023

There are three main sources: 1) Other founders who raised *recently * in related areas. Even if you don’t know other founders well, founders are usually up for helping other founders. You could also accomplish this by poking around on Twitter for posts where people have asked “Who are the top B2B SaaS pre-seed founds?”

ChatGPT 78

ChatGPT Database Salary Naming 78

YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2017

by Shivankit Arora, founder of MarketingMasala.com. Here’s an example of a B2B buyer persona for a customer who is looking for tools that offer marketing automation and assist him in analyzing the social media activities of his business: Get started with a blog. If you are a B2B business, your first choice should be LinkedIn.

Marketing 133

Marketing Social Media B2C B2B 133

Version One Ventures

APRIL 18, 2017

More than 75 marketplace founders and investors attended and made it a great evening. This meetup is particularly special since it aligns with our interest in marketplaces, as well as with our thesis on network effects built around people AND data at scale. How to optimize (on-demand) logistics, etc.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco B2B Hosting Engineer 113

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

95% of B2B buyers are not ready to buy your product right now. They’re having conversations with colleagues, researching on social media, and listening to podcasts about the product or industry and learning where your brand fits in. By the time you see intent data, much of the buying process is already complete.

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B2B Social Media Channel Audience 103

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The proposal also included proclamations from tech-world celebrities like Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder, that the device might change urban life and could be as significant as the development of the personal computer. Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment.

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Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 108

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The proposal also included proclamations from tech-world celebrities like Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder, that the device might change urban life and could be as significant as the development of the personal computer. Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment.

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Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 101

ConversionXL

MARCH 24, 2016

When you’re doing conversion optimization , one of the hardest parts is finding opportunity areas to optimize. Now, you don’t know why – there’s no causal link between searching and conversion. For instance, just change ‘content added’ to ‘content consumed’ if you’re a B2B or eCommerce site. Correlation vs Causation.

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Metrics Conversion Analytics Retention 48

Hearpreneur

JUNE 18, 2016

Over the course of the last couple years co-founder Jack Dorsey was reinstated as CEO due to decline, the constant buzz about doing away with 140 has caused uproar on both sides, and every week a headline concerning stolen information is splashed across every news site. .* Thanks to Diana Scimone, Peapod Publishing, Inc. #7

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Entrepreneur Social Network Channel Social Media 48

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. He's the founder and chairman of the board of global partner marketing agency, acceleration partners.

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Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 88