View from Seed

APRIL 6, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You have unbounded curiosity for emerging trends, a love for experimentation, and you’re always eager to dive into new products and technologies before others do. About NextView.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 317

View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B). Network Effect B2B. Lastly, given our Boston location, it isn’t surprising that seven investments were Boston-based.

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Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

However, due to B2B market saturation, customer acquisition costs are rising ; this digital marketing strategy of giving a little and getting a lot no longer works. While they’re helpful for sales reps, they can be dangerous for B2B marketers because they can make you think you’re doing research when you’re not.

Demand 124

Demand B2B Distribution Channel 124

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

LinkedIn is among the most trusted social media platforms in the US, making it one of the best platforms for B2B marketers hoping to find great leads. The post How To Leverage The Reciprocity Principle On LinkedIn For Your B2B appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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B2B Audience Social Media Technical Review 158

View from Seed

JULY 6, 2020

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You have unbounded curiosity for emerging trends, a love for experimentation, and you’re always eager to dive into new products and technologies before others do. About NextView.

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Software Review Hiring Seed Stage 257

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2015

In our experience, having offices in both locations is ideal for a B2B tech company because the complementary strengths of the two locales open the door for fast and sustained growth. The San Francisco Bay Area is home to one of the world’s leading B2B technology markets. Let’s start with San Francisco.

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B2B San Francisco Israel Semantic 100

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Are there use cases for voice search in B2B? Notably, Dean continued, “the growth in voice isn’t coming 100% from smart speakers like Google Home, which aren’t super relevant for B2B companies anyway. Instead, a good chunk of all searches are becoming voice searches on mobile phones and—important for B2B—desktops.”.

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B2B eCommerce Search Non-Compete 100

View from Seed

JANUARY 27, 2021

You are a “digital native” with a strong interest in new technology and have hands-on proficiency with many online tools for managing social media interactions, event production, and project management. You have an authentic passion for technology, startups, and a deep respect for entrepreneurship. You act as an “ invited guest.”.

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Operations Hiring Seed Stage Software Review 227

Agile VC

MAY 13, 2013

While our portfolio at NextView is roughly equally weighted to consumer facing and B2B companies, it seems that for consumer companies in particular being first mover confers little benefit and the drawbacks probably outweigh whatever weak advantage might exist. This usually takes a lot of time, money, and energy.

Cloud 205

Cloud B2B Software Review Technical Review 205

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. Or in the case of the LinkedIn outreach: Hi John, I'm leading the marketing efforts for StartupRoar , an early-stage startup that sells to B2B advertisers.

Startup 259

Startup Early Stage Incubator Los Angeles 259

Rembrandt Communications

MARCH 8, 2019

As a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at a B2B company, you want to use your resources as effectively as possible for the best results. With the high level of B2B competition, it’s essential to try new things and be creative. Look at webinars, podcasts, videos, live events, radio, direct mail, and other venues and technology formats.

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B2B PR Public Relations Technical Review 100

Rembrandt Communications

MARCH 8, 2019

As a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at a B2B company, you want to use your resources as effectively as possible for the best results. With the high level of B2B competition, it’s essential to try new things and be creative. Look at webinars, podcasts, videos, live events, radio, direct mail, and other venues and technology formats.

PR 100

PR B2B Public Relations Technical Review 100

VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

The integration of AI and generative AI is radically transforming how consumers interact with technology, potentially leading to a wave of innovative products and services. Commoditisation of AI Features: this is frankly also a challenge for B2B startups. What will it take for founders to win in consumer?

Technical Review 78

Technical Review B2C Generative AI IPO 78

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 4, 2011

Being the founder of Lokad.com , a B2B SaaS startup, I was eager to do the “Right Thing,&# and immediately set up a CRM for sales, a ticketing system for complaints, web forums for whatever, and a handful of email addresses such as billing@lokad.com that would flow to distinct mailboxes, nice and organized. They were clueless.).

Email 267

Email Cofounder Technical Review Technical Cofounder 267

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

He set up Blackbox.vc, a seed accelerator for technology startups (and one of the tour stops for entrepreneurs from around the world.) B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. They tend to lose the battle early on by getting ahead of themselves.

Technical Cofounder 335

Technical Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 335

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2019

Kodak is a classic example of a huge brand that collapsed when it failed to keep up with the evolving technology of the photography world. Embrace Technology. In this digital world, technology is the best friend for small businesses. Businesses can grow consistently if technology and staffs are equally used.

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Small Business Software Review Technical Review Viral 196

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Examples would be intranet or special-purpose B2B applications. If your application is in the known low-performance tier, the only advantage of high-performance foundation technologies (all else being equal) would be reducing long term hosting costs. Performance in your technology selection process. ” Really?

Web 200

Web Technical Review Architecture Caching 200

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2021

It’s a shared workspace so buyers and sellers can work together throughout the laborious B2B sales process—making it a lot more collaborative and a lot less painful. . 2021 sales technology landscape (from smart selling tools ). Q: How will B2B sales evolve in the future? . That’s coming to the B2B world. .

B2B 87

B2B Sales Technical Review B2C 87

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As CEO of Vanbex Group, a professional services and development company specializing in everything blockchain, Kevin’s mission is to further the education and adoption of blockchain, DLT, and Smart Contract technology into everyday real world applications. His colleagues look to him as a leader with extensive knowledge in B2B and B2C.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review B2C B2B Security 147

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The olden times have changed, and so it is essential for any businesses to adapt to the latest technological developments quickly. The need for technology in the taxi business has become a mandatory change. It can be anything from B2B, B2C, C2C. It is easy to customize so that you can begin in within five days.

Mobile 157

Mobile B2C Technical Review Software Review 157

YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2014

Caremerge’s technology and first-of-its-kind apps have transformed senior healthcare providing unprecedented coordination in patient care between institutions, patients and their families. Go B2B… 2C. The rise of technology has created new ways to raise capital. Kickstarter.

Security 200

Security Incubator Technical Review Bootstrapping 200

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

In addition, founders thinking about starting a company can be overwhelmed by choice, as there are so many problems to tackle with technology, but it could be comforting to know that investors are interested in those areas in the first place. Robotaxis – Robotaxi platforms could create $28 trillion in enterprise value in 2030.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

LinkedIn ads offer the benefits of video content and the granular targeting of a B2B-centric platform. The growth of B2B video marketing. But LinkedIn owns the lucrative B2B audience. As AJ Wilcox notes in his course on LinkedIn ads , 72% of the Fortune 1000 are B2B companies. digital ad spend went to video.

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Video B2B Technical Review Campaign 129

YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2016

All those tasks can seem overwhelming, but if you have the right human resources technology solution, those tasks suddenly become significantly simpler. Will this technology work for my business in the long run? If your company is looking to expand, it’s a good idea to limit your search to technology that is scalable for future growth.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Indianapolis Software Review B2B 140

YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2014

The modern technology community is a lot more collaborative in service delivery than it was even five years ago. One great thing about launching an e-commerce venture today is that it’s no longer necessary to do 100% of the development or build and maintain your own infrastructure.

Social Media 174

Social Media Mobile Analytics Cloud 174

YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2020

For a B2B product, this means figuring out what kinds of businesses are suited for your product. Dovetail designs, builds and invests into fast-growing technology companies. However if your idea offers something to homeowners, you will need to attract a different audience. What is their size, industry and location?

Product 264

Product Cofounder Audience Product Development 264

VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

Single users can test enterprise software using a credit card. In 2020, there is no second chance to make a first impression.

Lean 214

Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate 214

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. They were mostly a B2B platform enabling game publishers to deliver via Internet streaming their traditional games built for game consoles. That let people play popular titles, for example, directly in Facebook.

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Southern California Detroit Los Angeles California 279

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

1/mo means you can’t afford customer service and it must incrementally free to run the technology behind it, both of which have implications for the sort of product you have to build (e.g. Also this is almost exclusively B2B unless it’s something “luxury.” simple enough to be self-service).

Bootstrapping 294

Bootstrapping Technical Review B2C Sales Cycle 294

YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2020

But with the current technology, you can also sell your products online to expand your target market. And when you are confident enough of your brand, you can level up by listing your products on different B2B (business-to-business) website. Target Market. The traditional way of selling aluminium works are locally done.

Reputation 237

Reputation B2B Technical Review Social Media 237

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2024

ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode and Eleven Labs are setting new benchmarks in conversational AI by enhancing voice quality and realism, NotebookLM’s natural voice podcast took the Internet by storm and new open source technologies are making high quality voice cloning easier than ever. Let’s dive in!

Vertical 170

Vertical Generative AI B2C CTO Hire 170

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. Commercial and partnerships.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2014

With over a decade of experience in technology-focused B2B marketing, Nikole Haiar is responsible for the marketing, strategy and execution for Hostway ’s retail and white-labeled cloud applications, which includes websites, email, online marketing, SEO, business productivity and web security tools. There’s no time like the present.

Software Review 165

Software Review B2B Technical Review Security 165

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

A total of 30 per cent of business-to-business (B2B) invoices issued to foreign companies were paid late and 6.5 Suppliers in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, technology or professional services space, need to pay special attention, as these industries have above average DSO. per cent were written off as uncollectable.

Singapore 191

Singapore Asia Management China 191

Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2021

That same research highlights the preference extends to B2B and B2C customers, and only 20% of B2B shoppers want to return to in-person sales. We’ve seen it in the marketing and sales for smaller eCommerce companies and even in some B2B circles. using the technology to make a purchase.

eCommerce 150

eCommerce B2B Forecast Demand 150

View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We also have conviction that founders and investors have agency in the outcomes that technology will produce, and that how we direct this force will be the legacy of our generation. We invest in both B2B and consumer companies that aspire to shape the lives of millions of mass market end users.

Cofounder 194

Cofounder Software Review Portfolio Technical Review 194

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Repeatedly recognized by Forbes as one of the “Most Influential CMOs in the World” and by AdWeek as one of the “Top 20 Marketing and Technology Executives,” his work has attracted over 1.1 John Jantsch (08:58): Well, and I think that's probably true of all technology. million followers to his LinkedIn blog. So buckle up.

Customer 77

Customer Generative AI ChatGPT Cloud 77