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You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers

Austin Startup

And there are definitely some good guys out there – like Prefinery , BatchBlue , Beanstalk , Chargify , Freshbooks , and Harvest , that make open data a commitment, not just a buzzword, and are growing quickly as a result. Get smart about how your data is used, and demand fair means by which to contribute.

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B2B Websites: 10 Best Practices for UX and Design

ConversionXL

This post applies Jakob Nielson’s 10 Usability Heuristics to B2B websites that focus on lead generation (as well as “high consideration” B2C sites that lack any transactional functionality). Massey Ferguson’s website, a leader in tractors and global harvesting, exemplifies consistency. Websites are not puzzles.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

HOF Capital has experimented with using services for targeting institutional LPs ( e.g., CEPRES , Drooms Dealflow , Harvest Exchange , Palico , Trusted Insight ). The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. 6) Negotiate deal.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

I’ve also experimented with using services which are marketplaces between LPs and GPs: CEPRES , DiligenceVault , FundVeil , Harvest Exchange , and Palico. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. Deer Isle Group has built the D.I.G.

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How to Master PPC Targeting and Choose the Right Ad Platform

ConversionXL

Sometimes your product or offer is so new that there’s no search demand out there for you to easily harvest. LinkedIn (not great for B2C). Whether you’re B2B or B2C, if there’s already demand out there, the search networks will make it easy to capture it. AdWords Display (sheer publisher size). Corporate Ladder.

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10 Best Practices for Better B2B Website Experience

ConversionXL

Here are some ideas about of how you can apply 10 Jakob Nielsen Usability Heuristics to lead generation websites in the B2B or high consideration B2C realm, where there isn’t necessarily any transactional functionality, e.g. e-commerce, user registrations, etc. That’s an important distinction. Image Credit.

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

Ended in Week 10 as autonomous button mushroom harvesting. Ended in Week 10 as a B2C platform for scheduling on-demand at-home senior care. If you can’t see the EdgeAI video click here. If you can’t see the EdgeAI slides, click here. Team MushroomX. Started on Week 1 as Drone pollination of crops. Team TakeCare.

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