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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

In this post I’ll focus on benchmarking resources for seed and series A in the following three categories: SaaS B2C / Consumer apps Deep tech. Top-line metrics are indicators of success, not the one bar to clear to raise funding for your startup. 500 Startups created a helpful primer on key B2C metrics.

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Don’t Sleep on Consumer Tech: AI is Changing Everything

VC Cafe

Mention that you do “Consumer tech” as a startup founder and you’d be limiting your funding options to one third of the venture capital funds (in Israel that figure is probably closer to 10%). But change seems to be brewing in the B2C space, powered by the fast advancements in AI and generative AI.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

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.

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Traction is the new IP

Version One Ventures

In today’s web landscape, word of mouth drives adoption and can lead to “winner takes all” (or almost all) in both B2C and B2B markets. If traction is the new IP, the question still remains if your startup should file a patent if you see an opportunity. Most startups have either been acquired by then or are in the deadpool.

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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Pricing Strategy for Your SaaS Startup

Up and Running

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.

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

ReadWriteStart

TikTok and Influencers One viral video on TikTok can reach 1.5 In 2023, personalization will remain a critical aspect of e-commerce trends, whether you are B2B or B2C. Most startups are driven by high-end technology, innovations, and agile testing, with the help of which new trends are being born.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

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?