Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

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Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

I talked to Adam Hempenstall, founder and CEO at BetterProposals , who has been using freemium for three years for his SaaS product: “Honestly, I think it was a mistake. It’s mostly popular with B2C markets. Solving the equation of value and revenue for your SaaS product is not easy. Youtube ads. $1 1 freemium.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, here’s how we’d describe a segment of the app development agency’s audience: Existing Startup Founder: Sometimes, founders will already have an MVP or prototype. Agency founders and marketers race for sales appointments before establishing a relationship. How content fits into outreach and business development.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. You’re a startup founder. You start fighting with your co-founder whom you thought you understood. This is part of my startup advice series. This post isn’t going to be popular. I’m sure of that.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

by Meng Weng Wong, co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia. But they’ll sit up and pay attention when you talk about the customers and revenues of the business. Some founders stay at hostels. Each founder who owns shares in the startup and has attended JFDI will be invited. ii.actual REVENUE?

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Asia Singapore Cofounder Incubator 207

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

We make a point of keeping our records updated in the major data-trackers tracking the VC industry, e.g., CB Insights , Crunchbase , Dow Jones , Mattermark , Palico , Preqin , Pitchbook , and ThomsonReuters , since they are a source of data to LPs and to potential co-investors interested in us. . Pitchbot.vc 3) Originate investments.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Israel was historically known for semiconductors and cybersecurity but it’s now punching above its weight in consumer (B2C), gaming and commerce. What is less obvious is the growing number of Unicorns that grew in the consumer space in Israel and how diverse they are: consumer health, consumer insurance, media, music, gaming etc.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

We often talk about online conversion optimization without mentioning that many businesses, especially B2B, rely on offline sales to produce revenue. Sales enablement is the act of enabling salespeople to help them close more deals/bring in more revenue/hit their quota. The two aren’t disconnected, though. Image Source.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As a co-founder of TACK and author of B2B Influencer Marketing: Work With Creators to Generate Authentic and Effective Marketing , Bennett reveals the transformative power of authentic creator partnerships in today’s competitive business landscape. Yeah, so I think in B2B, it's a little bit different than B2C.

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B2B Marketing B2C Social Media 73

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

At NextView we invest across the spectrum of seed stage companies so roughly 1/3rd of the companies we invest in are pre-product, roughly 1/3rd are post-product but pre-revenue, and perhaps 1/3rd have some very early revenue. You’re obviously not showing charts of user growth, number of customers, or revenue.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2018

Whether you’re B2B or B2C, your customers are your lifeblood. Watching demand spike along with your revenues can lead to major temptations to expand your startup, but don’t jump just yet. Think long and hard before you hire a dozen new teams and move to that luxury co-working space across town. Keep Your Customers in Mind.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2015

Neil Patel , founder of QuickSprout , uses a short-form case study from Ben Huh , a widely recognized name in tech, to encourage conversions. This type of social proof is most effective for B2C products and services, but that doesn’t mean it never works for B2B. Use this if you’re marketing B2B software, agency services, etc.

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Technical Review Software Review Social Media Conversion 48

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle. 5000 list , which lists private American companies based on three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019.

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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. it’s really a software business, not liquidity driven) and that B2C marketplaces could not be built under the giant momentum of eBay’s “ network effect.

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B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 16, 2020

As a co-founder myself, I have come to realize a few points where most of the mistakes are made while building a startup. In today’s date, we can see a lot of startups providing identical services and competing with each other, especially in the B2C domain. This eventually creates a lot of options for consumers to choose from.

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 30, 2013

and The Coca-Cola Co., While Atlanta has B2C “operational talent” — evident by the city’s cluster of major media and marketing companies — it lacks B2C “entrepreneurial talent,” Cummings said. “We We just need more successful B2C companies to take advantage of the talent,” he said. Dragon Army launches.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 21, 2012

And while there are plenty of companies that have a slower start to their lives that later become great successes, that early success (and here I’m talking about customer and revenue success, not funding or “user” success) often portends really good things to come.

B2C 80

B2C Cofounder B2B Advertising 80

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 21, 2012

And while there are plenty of companies that have a slower start to their lives that later become great successes, that early success (and here I’m talking about customer and revenue success, not funding or “user” success) often portends really good things to come.

B2C 48

B2C Cofounder B2B Advertising 48

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 1, 2013

Are you more of a B2C type or a B2B type? Your co-workers in one start-up become your co-founders in another. If you are a risk-taker and enjoy the challenges and roller-coaster ride, then the jungle phase is for you and you should bias towards seed funded or recently Series A funded companies that are pre-revenue.

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Boston B2C Salary Cofounder 52

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

I had dinner with my good friend and Bazaarvoice co-founder, Brant Barton, on Tuesday at the new Sway in West Lake Hills (yummy) and we talked about lessons learned in angel investing. It doesn’t mean you won’t be able to help other companies, and we are in many B2C startups, for example. 5 from 4–5pm CT (you can sign up here ).

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Consumer Services (B2C). Replay the event.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

The number of visitors directly correlates to revenue – whatever business you are in. On the other hand, Easytobook , a B2C company, had 1.5 It seems that B2C companies might benefit far more from social login than B2Bbut even that seems to depend on a company’s expectations. million monthly unique visitors but low engagement.

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Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We were witnessing, firsthand, the dramatic shifts in B2C e-commerce, and the resulting incredible experiences and benefits brands were delivering their retail consumers. The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering! increase not only brand share but also revenue. 14- A number of reasons.

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Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The only thing that seemed to be consistent about my growth was that my revenue was relatively flat while my user base kept growing. I asked CrazyEgg co-founder Hiten Shah why they decided to drop their free plan back then. This turned out to be a good move since it doubled their revenue that month.

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Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

I encourage startup founders or anyone interested in social commerce to read it: [link] When you think about Big Data Applications (a term coined in 2012 by Raj De Datta in this TechCrunch article ), Bazaarvoice is one as Raj points out in his article. B2C startups we’ve invested in like ROIKOI and Thread are tapping into network effects?—?and

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VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

For founders reading this, hope its help you better understand how investors think and address it in your pitch. Metaverse – it has both B2B and B2C applications. Yuga Labs Pitch Deck: BAYC founders project $455M NFT revenue (2022) from Pitch Decks. Metaverse goes beyond just virtual worlds and gaming.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). OpenVC is a new, open-source initiative to collect and analyze all publicly available VC theses, to help founders more efficiently find the right investors, and vice-versa. Technical founders .

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