View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

For those of us that have been working in the startup and technology space for at least the past 10 years, these addresses mean two things. Despite that data, we don’t compete in one of the largest opportunities (in terms of sheer number of people using the product) that the startup and technology world has to offer. 1 Hacker Way.

Social Media 185

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. What are you working on now?

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Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups.

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Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

LinkedIn video ads: tech specs, targeting, metrics, and cost. Nielsen data on a B2C campaign found that native ads are more effective in driving “brand consideration”: ( Image source ). LinkedIn video ad metrics. Compared to the B2C world, B2B attribution faces two challenges: Sales often take place offline. The takeaway?

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

In 2023, personalization will remain a critical aspect of e-commerce trends, whether you are B2B or B2C. 3 Watch out for Startups and Emerging Markets Analyzing competitors’ activity in the market is essential, but businesses should think outside the box and keep track of startups and emerging markets.

eCommerce 185

eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Analytics 185

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

Google I/O: It’s a startup world. To achieve the trifecta of startup success (money, talent, ideas), a vibrant startup community can make the difference between success and failure. It created awesome companies, but the army doesn’t do ecommerce, or much mobile, which are now the biggest growth engines in startups.

Pakistan 113

Pakistan Israel Community Bulgaria 113

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Based on my own experience working for two different startup companies, Keteka and onlineresume.us , I will break down several important pieces of advice in order to help you better navigate the application process, what to do in case you are not accepted, and how to successfully prepare for participation in these kinds of programs.

Programming 124

Programming Chile B2B B2C 124

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

You can have all traction in the world—acquire, activate, and retain users, but until your startup earns money, you are doing charity work, not running a business. Even if you are just starting to consider building a SaaS startup , you’ve probably used products with either freemium pricing or a free trial. Choose wisely. Youtube ads.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. Below, she shares lessons learned from the earliest days of marketing the company and how this has translated to her second startup role as VP of Marketing at Toast. Where do you start?

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Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

Business to Consumer (B2C) – It is the most common type of business model. Particularly, monitor core metrics like average time taken for delivering a courier, daily active users, and monthly active users. Various business models in an on-demand courier delivery app.

Technical Review 163

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Demand Social Media 163

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 10, 2020

Here is why online startups cannot afford to overlook visual merchandising. The key factors that boost several metrics via visual merchandising are as follows: Engagement and time-on-site. Urging not only startups but, more importantly, small and medium enterprises to get on board with visual merchandising.

Startup 78

Startup eCommerce B2C Metrics 78

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

These 6 KRIs are The CHICAGO MetricsR and are the result of an aggregation algorithm based on any number of tactical metrics. Since basis of the company was to create, track, and report out on metrics it fit with the theme and the name, hence, CHICAGO MetricsR. I’ve recently launched a startup with a few friends named Fonz Music.

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Naming India Chicago Entrepreneur 152

ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

We had built the world’s largest open-data community but—like so many startups—didn’t have a clear product-market fit. . It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. But since we were still a young startup, we deferred customer expansion tracking. . Honorable mention: SiriusDecisions Demand Unit Waterfall (2017).

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2022

” No one questions the importance of revenue, but asking the question enabled us to start thinking on what would be the right metric. Did you know that companies like Airbnb, Spotify and Netflix purposely avoid setting revenue as their North Star Metric? Why is revenue not a good ‘North Star’ Metric?

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Metrics Revenue B2C Portfolio 179

Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Hila Qu joined Mucker’s Tony Yang for an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) conversation about Product-Led Growth (PLG) for Startups to kickoff the 2023 Mucker Growth Series. Hila Qu has been the Head of Growth or VP of Growth at a number of different companies and startups, most notably Acorns and GitLab. Just get it to work.

Product 78

Product CTO Hire Startup Fractional CTO 78

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. You can click here to learn more.

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Lean San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment 60

Brandanew

OCTOBER 13, 2015

So, if you’re a Startup, small business or a large company with a relatively new content team, take note! > 66% B2B and 60% B2C “best in class” content marketers had a documented Content Marketing Strategy according to the Content Marketing Institute. . > Write down your Content Marketing Strategy. >

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Social Media Marketing SEO B2B 100

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

.” Rahul Vohra, founder of Superhuman Getting your first 1,000 users is an important early milestone for any B2C startup. What are the most effective strategies for early B2C growth? This post is about how to get to your first 1,000 users, and how to get to know your users better, in particular for B2C startups.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. I think any SaaS startup would be wise to identify if their B2B market has a natural network effect to tap into.

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Networking Fractional CTO CTO Hire B2C 48

YFS Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2019

Whether you run a B2B or B2C small business, these four metrics will shed light on the strength of your marketing efforts.

Metrics 99

Metrics B2C B2B Marketing 99

VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Israeli B2C – Let’s start with the high level picture.

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Israel B2C Generative AI Artificial Inteligence 148

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The early startup phase of your business is a very exciting time because there is an immense amount of opportunity and success to be had. In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase.

Metrics 133

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 133

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. For more on gathering data and using it to assess companies, see How to Assess Startups Using Machine Learning. 2) Market .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

The Next Web

APRIL 26, 2017

Growth Story is a new four-question format we’re doing about startups finding and influencing a defining metric that helped really grow their company. This week the CEO and co-founder of Blinkist, Holger Seim, shares valuable insights into growing a subscription-based B2C service.

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Europe B2C Cofounder Metrics 124

OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Short of declaring failure and shutting down your company, laying off employees is the worst thing you may have to do as a startup CEO. In situations like this, it’s also a good idea to share metrics. In a B2C organization, you’re likely either going to do something public like a short, empathetic blog post, or nothing at all.

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Salary Vesting Employee B2C 62

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

As we have seen with the recent speed bumps at highfliers like Groupon and Zynga, taking “lean startups” from foundation to creating sustainable, scalable, profitable business models is a very rare and special task. Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. As I mentioned in my post last week , scaling is hard.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The early startup phase of your business is a very exciting time because there is an immense amount of opportunity and success to be had. In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase.

Metrics 100

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 100

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. to motivate their angel community to support their startups. 6) Negotiate deal.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Startups have long varied in the gaps and challenges they solve and the solutions they offer. They can, however, consistently be grouped into three: (1) Business to Business (B2B) startups, (2) Business to Consumer (B2C) startups, and (3) Business to Business to Consumer. But what do these B2B2C tech startups look like?

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Startup B2C Acquisition Finance 120

YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2017

Similarly, there are bases that you need to cover before you actually launch your startup in the market amidst steady competition. In this post we take you through the series of steps that you need to keep in mind before your startup goes live: Invest time studying your competitors. For B2C your metrics are: Signups.

Marketing 133

Marketing Social Media B2C B2B 133

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

Whether you’re interested in selling a website you built from scratch, or want to sell your Amazon-based B2C brand, there are many different baseline factors that go into determining an appropriate website valuation number. but we do cover the rudimentary metrics (along with tips for improving your own site’s value).

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eCommerce Valuation B2C Revenue 120

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, modern PR firms employ various tools and metrics to track the effectiveness of their strategies, from media impressions and social media engagement to changes in customer sentiment and brand perception. Whether it’s B2B or B2C, tech or retail, the right PR approach can make a significant difference in how your business is perceived.

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PR Public Relations Reputation B2C 146

Austin Startup

MAY 12, 2020

While growth marketing has gained a lot of recent attention, it can be hard to know the potential it has for your specific startup organization. Growth marketing can also be used for two seemingly opposite organization types: startups and long-established companies. Growth hacking, on the other hand, is not a marketing strategy.

B2B 96

B2B Marketing B2C Startup 96

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

One of our portfolio investments, a B2B SaaS company, was a pre-product startup at the time of the seed round. If in the long run your B2C business is likely to have an ad-based revenue model, the ability to acquire a large number of users at zero or extraordinarily low cost is critical. Once you cross the chasm of launching v1.0,

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Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

The first time I wrote about startup benchmarks was in 2019 and it became one of the most popular posts on VC Cafe. Key Metrics for B2B SaaS Startups: Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Definition: ARR is the yearly value of a company’s recurring revenue from subscription-based services.

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B2B Burn Rate Generative AI Retention 97

View from Seed

JUNE 5, 2018

Intense discussion on what are the right metrics to track around recruiting. Metrics, metrics, and metrics! Without metrics you cannot manage (and improve). It was a jam-packed day with content covering topics from branding to diversity recruiting to the interview and offer process.

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Hiring Portfolio Metrics B2C 120

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As we established in my post ‘ In Q4 2022 founders face tough choices ‘, we are currently going through a rough patch for many startup founders. As I covered in my post ‘ Advice for startups in a downturn ‘, the common practice advice for this time is pretty straightforward: do what you need to survive.

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B2C B2B Security Metrics 109