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Q4 2020 Portfolio Review

Version One Ventures

Pienza , a Seattle based B2B startup studio led by Bizible founder Aaron Bird, raised $5.1M. . The company also welcomed Kelly Kramer to the Board of Directors, appointed Marc Andreessen from Board Observer to Board Director, and promoted Emilie Choi as president and COO. . Jam raised a $3.5M seed to Figma-tize product collaboration.

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Announcing our investment in DemandStar, a marketplace for government procurement  

Version One Ventures

The Seattle-based company provides an online marketplace for business-to-government commerce – it connects local and national suppliers with government procurement officers. . Today we’re excited to announce that we led DemandStar ’s $2m seed round. It should come as no surprise that government procurement is riddled with inefficiency.

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Why Partnerships Are The Future Of Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

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.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

For instance, I saw a local, Seattle startup with a high-value exact-match domain name that (if they launched in this segment) would have put them in direct competition with the likes of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Startups Can’t Compete With Big Brands. Conclusion.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

For instance, I saw a local, Seattle startup with a high-value exact-match domain name that (if they launched in this segment) would have put them in direct competition with the likes of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Making it the focal point of any outbound marketing campaign is ill advised, however.

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8 Challenges For Startups With A Neighborhood Focus

Startup Professionals Musings

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. The term first appeared at least ten years ago, but the model is now very common.

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Version One in 2015: A year of building, backing, and exits

Version One Ventures

While our highest concentration of companies is now in the SF/Bay Area (7), we remain geographically agnostic and are excited about the growing ecosystems outside the Valley, particularly Toronto/KW (6), Seattle (5), and NYC (2). eSports, and virtual reality. .