Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

We also talk about cash flow management rather than fund-raising though – watch and justifying expenses by cash coming in that matches or exceeds. Would you modify any of this if you had a B2B product instead of a B2C product, where every potential customer is also a potential competitor? Progress is the same.

Customer Development 270

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Today, Grizzle is a full-service content marketing and SEO agency that provides B2B and SaaS companies end-to-end services. Most B2B buyers know this. Choose to expand vertically or horizontally. My service startup quickly grew and became a platform to identify new problems we could solve for clients. niche down”).

PR 120

PR B2B Lean Audience 120

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

by Shailendra Nagarajan, Senior Product Marketing Manager at DataWeave. Shailendra Nagarajan is Senior Product Marketing Manager at DataWeave , a SaaS company that provides competitive intelligence to retailers and consumer brands by aggregating and analyzing data from the public web.

eCommerce 127

eCommerce Channel Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 127

Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

Version One has made only one investment in the region ( Headout , a fast growing marketplace for travel experiences) and I had written a small LP cheque into an emerging fund manager ( 1947 Rise , run by the awesome Shiva Sangwan ). And I had more than 20 1:1 meetings with founders, angels, emerging fund managers and institutional VC funds.

India 86

India LP Silicon Valley Vertical 86

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 3, 2020

For the first time, all roboadvisor strategies are tested and some experience a run on funds under management. With the stock price off since IPO and the need to “rollup” enterprise chat + video MSFT takes a swing at solving a huge b2b problem with a startup friendly platform. 7/ Microsoft buys Slack.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Software Review Vertical IPO 79

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

So yeah, I, there there's some confusion around these terms, partner, marketing partnership, marketing affiliate market, and you have influencer and B2B. So I just consider affiliate marketing, part of this greater ecosystem of partnership marketing now, which includes influencer and B2B and aspects of business development.

Marketing 99

Marketing Affiliate Channel Seattle 99

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

If you’re selling B2B, you know it’s a wide and competitive market. Sorry, but ABM is not B2B, nor is it right for all markets, business models, or companies (just like every company should not be running freemium aka PLG for acquisition.) They won’t magically show up at your doorstep and sign a $100K cheque.

IP 98

IP Marketing Technical Review Software Review 98

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

As we collect more and more data, it’s becoming increasingly hard to piece together and manage that data, and more importantly, to use that data in real-time to build better campaigns. Contact Management: The Beginning. launched a contact management software. A Brief History of Marketing Technology Software.

Customer 92

Customer Marketing Artificial Inteligence Clickthrough 92

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. based teachers.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

In today’s environment, if B2B organizations are going to make it, they need to grow. Chris Samila , Partnerships Manager at Optimizely shares: “We saw building and supporting a partner ecosystem as a massive opportunity. presence in new markets and verticals. 3 Factors That Affect B2B Partnerships. Can this be true?

Channel 84

Channel Partner Programming B2B 84

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

In today’s environment, if B2B organizations are going to make it, they need to grow. Chris Samila , Partnerships Manager at Optimizely shares: “We saw building and supporting a partner ecosystem as a massive opportunity. presence in new markets and verticals. 3 Factors That Affect B2B Partnerships. Can this be true?

Channel 77

Channel Partner Programming B2B 77

View from Seed

APRIL 8, 2020

Stevens has held roles across verticals such as head of sales, marketing, product, and professional services at five startups over twenty years. He has experience in B2B, supply chain, robotics, SaaS, and IoT spaces. Take some of that outbound effort, and task salespeople to account manager efforts.

B2B 156

B2B Angel Investor Vertical Early Stage 156

Hunter Walker

MARCH 18, 2025

I Thinking Through the Future for LLM Companies… and What This Means for B2B AI Startups [Sarah Tavel/Benchmark] – Sarah basically assumes the LLM platforms are going to evolve into competition for most of the B2B businesses built on top of them so she gives her best guess as to how to manage this as a challenger.

Artificial Inteligence 74

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT B2B Cofounder 74

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. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Where to Play

AUGUST 18, 2020

In 2000, they included tentage into their portfolio and since then they have established themself as a premium brand in marriage event management. Most of their business growth was vertical by focusing on food, tentage, and decoration for marrying couples and their families. The sale cycle with Govt.

Pakistan 62

Pakistan Sales Cycle Marketing Technical Review 62

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. A major angel group used Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. 4) Manage deal flow.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

So your Figma, your stock footage, library, you know, your tools for managing ads and things of that nature. So if you can imagine you have a vertical access on that access, you have high value at the top. And they typically retained account management and some form of strategy. You low value at the bottom.

Cofounder 93

Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 93

Transformify

JULY 4, 2018

v) B2B Freelance Marketplace. (vi) Our clients source candidates across all geographies and verticals. The cost may be too high depending on the efficiency and the quality of candidates each company manages to attract and hire. Loaded with: (i) Job board/ Job Marketplace. (ii) ii) Candidate Sourcing. vii) Analytics and reports.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Database Algorithm 40

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This makes it laboriously difficult to identify rising stars and make comparisons within a specific vertical. At Version One, we have 6 investment themes (and more to come – stay tuned): Vertically integrated commerce. Vertical SaaS. B2B marketplaces. Manage your time wisely.

Vertical 153

Vertical B2B B2C Venture Capital 153

SVPG

JULY 15, 2016

There are many variations on this (the strategy for the product strategy, if you will): For many B2B SaaS companies, each product-market fit focuses on a different vertical market (e.g. Leadership inspires and sets the direction, and management helps us get there. financial services, manufacturing, telco, etc.).

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Vertical B2B Database 60

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Now that I know about ProductionHUB ’s Request Engine , I let them do the searching for me,” says MaryElla Collins, office manager at Odyssey Creative, which does media production work for companies like AT&T, MTV and Fidelity Financial. They have helped me connect with and hire great videographers for the last three years.

Search 154

Search Media Greece Product 154

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. Managed marketplaces , robotics , and on -demand delivery networks are changing how we experience the simple pleasure of eating a meal. It’s a question every VC asks themselves and the entrepreneurs they invest in.

Seed Stage 273

Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder B2B 273

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. We developed Scaleworks venture finance loans to fill a need we saw for our own B2B SaaS companies. ARR of $500K+.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2018

We dove deep into how this investment thesis extends to major verticals of consumer spending like entertainment , clothing , and home. We think there are two main categories of Everyday Economy B2B startups: enabling layers and pervasive tools. Types of B2B Everyday Economy Companies. Let me explain. 1) Enabling Layers.

B2B 120

B2B B2C Vertical Portfolio 120

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

William Hsu is the co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab. 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. Many investors love “disruptive” businesses.

B2C 136

B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

Broadtec ‘s MYTV integrated broadcast management system incorporates sophisticated planning, logistics, rights management, Commercials, media production & inventory. ForNova provides a B2B turnkey solution to enable building aggregation solutions for classifieds eCommerce, travel and many other specific content verticals.

Media 145

Media Israel Social Network Flash 145

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

To date, no one has managed to provide a conclusive answer to this issue. Ascenders and are the vertical strokes which rise above the body of a character or x-height. Nor have they managed to make their work sufficiently known in the typographic community ( Spencer, 1968, p.6 Part 1 provides typographical definitions.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

SVPG

JANUARY 26, 2014

For a B2B product, I consider the product to have demonstrated Product Market Fit once you have achieved a threshold number (I advocate at least 6) of live, referenceable customers for a given vertical market. Many teams run out of money or time or management''s patience before they achieve Product Market Fit.

Product 84

Product Marketing Vertical B2B 84

Ben's Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

This is one of the reasons why many of the first B2B GenAI use cases were for marketing!) As video and 3D animations, for example, have been exciting newer verticals, lacking incumbents, these verticals, along with others, are where we also expect to see a number of new companies forming. sales leads vs. products sold).

Software 84

Software Sales Marketing Vertical 84

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Rocket Watcher Product Marketing for Startups Product Marketing for Startups About Speaking Contact Email Posts Startups Product Marketing Messaging Social Media Commentary Uncategorized Marketing Metrics 101 for B2B Startups 13. Rocket watcher b2b marketing metrics View more presentations from April Dunford.

B2B 42

B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42

ConversionXL

APRIL 10, 2019

Or, at the very least, narrowly targeted verticals.). Ideally, you’ll be using some form of lead management tool to keep track of how far your prospects have moved through your ABM funnel. This is also where LinkedIn is an ABM powerhouse for enterprise-level B2B marketers. is all personalized for singular brands. (Or,

PPC 131

PPC Campaign Marketing Sales Cycle 131

A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 2, 2018

3) Niche Managed Marketplaces – Within many verticals, there are opportunities to significantly improve customer experience. Ebay has been around forever, and GOAT comes along out of nowhere and destroys Ebay’s sneaker vertical – a surprisingly large segment of GMV. Let’s take a look at GOAT.

Vertical 60

Vertical B2B Early Stage Mobile 60

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

If you haven’t already, check out previous posts detailing Andrew Chen’s (Uber) fireside chat on growth strategies , Anthony Marino’s (ThredUp) talk on managed marketplaces , and B2B marketplace dynamics from Shippo’s Mikhail Ledvich. Expand into different verticals. Don’t spread across verticals too fast.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Vertical Equity Cofounder 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

Let’s say you run a B2B site, and drive your visitors toward a quote request page. B2B and B2C. It doesn’t matter which vertical you’re in, you can use it to find great insights to lead to better test hypotheses. Using Google Tag Manager. Some things and places matter much more than others.

Analytics 48

Analytics Technical Review Conversion Framework 48

Hearpreneur

JUNE 24, 2022

When we told some friends about our experience, we began to hear from property owners who said they only wanted to rent out their homes part-time but couldn’t find any property manager willing to let them do that. Thanks to Garrett Ham, Weekender Management, LLC ! #3- So, the word vertical is what I have been looking for.

Naming 127

Naming Entrepreneur South America Social Media 127

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

How GumGum uses personalized content to close enterprise B2B companies. In the third phase (the first two involved planning, documentation, and gaining stakeholder buy-in), Caroo built a series of unique microsites that would be used to target specific verticals and product use cases.

Marketing 100

Marketing Campaign Email Sales 100

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

If leads-based B2B marketing is fishing with a net, ABM is using a harpoon. Snowflake decides which channels to use according to industry verticals and where their buyers are likely to be. That was huge.” – Brian Steel, Senior Marketing Manager at Payscale. And yet, no one can agree on what account-based marketing is.

Marketing 105

Marketing Campaign Artificial Inteligence Sales Cycle 105