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Can You Build a Business with $100 or Less? Yes … and Here’s How

StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

10 Best Website Builders for Service Businesses Prioritize social media for marketing Let’s face it—after setting up a paid domain and website, you won’t have that much money left on business promotion (~$50). Note: Fines can definitely cost you more than your startup budget of $100. No “dark” practices! In 2024, it generated $6.7

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How to Build an Online Presence for Your Small Business

American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Invest in Online Advertising While organic reach is valuable, paid advertising can accelerate growth. LinkedIn Ads Effective for B2B marketing. Consider: Google Ads Appear at the top of search results for relevant queries. Facebook & Instagram Ads Highly targeted ads to specific demographics.

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Listen Up! Why Revolution Ventures is Investing in Indianapolis-based Casted

Revolution

APRIL 6, 2021

As short-form media consumption and the effectiveness of influencer-style marketing have increased, and as enterprises continue to search for better customer acquisition and engagement channels, podcasting has been fueled to a multi-billion-dollar category with nearly 2M shows hosted in 2020¹.

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EduMe raises $20M to scale its corporate learning platform targeting gig workers and other ‘deskless’ employees

TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

“Deskless” workers have become a big focus for tech companies looking for new opportunities in the B2B market, and today a startup targeting this segment with e-learning tools is announcing a round of funding to fuel its own growth.

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YC-backed Amenli raises $2.3M to provide insurance to Egyptian consumers

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The insurance market is still one of the industries least disrupted by technology on the continent. Recently, some startups such as Lami , Ctrl and Naked have sought to take on each regional market by storm, armed with the necessary capital to scale. This YC Summer batch features the largest group of African startups yet.

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Wire grabs fresh funding for secure messaging tech that’s big with G7 governments

TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Duric says the plan for the Series C is to accelerate Wire’s penetration and scale in markets “where we had a pretty good start” — such as in sectors like government and the military — as well as looking to expand its focus on regulated markets, like financial services. .”

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Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

That market driver has now led to a significant growth round for a startup that is helping the larger of these businesses, including those targeting the B2B market, build out their digital sales operations with more agile, responsive e-commerce solutions.

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

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 2) Market . An example of a tech-enabled VC is Corl.

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

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 2) Market . Betterfront.io

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10 growth marketing experts share their 2022 predictions and New Year’s resolutions

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

We reached out to 10 growth marketing experts to find how they were preparing for 2022 and to ask they had any New Year’s resolutions to share. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups. The pandemic has accelerated people watching even more content from influencers on various channels.

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B2B social management platform Oktopost raises $20M growth round with Expedition

TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

Oktopost’s schtick is that it is an enterprise-grade platform for B2B marketers to curate content, organize, and manage campaigns for corporate social media accounts, employee advocacy and social selling. It can also handle social listening and analytics.

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VertoFX picks up $10M for cross-border payments play in emerging markets

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The case is particularly problematic in emerging markets like Africa, where local currencies are less liquid than those in developed markets. . Meanwhile, the B2B market, accounting for 30% of the world’s global imports and 45% of total employment in emerging markets — is largely untouched.

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E-bike subscription service Dance adds new cities and mopeds

TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

After raising nearly $20 million a few months ago, Berlin-based startup Dance is expanding its electric bike subscription service to a handful of new cities. The startup doesn’t plan to stop at e-bikes though. The company’s goal is to accelerate urban mobility changes with a complete offering.

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How Typewise got into YC after pivoting to B2B productivity

TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Typewise won a spot in YC (and its standard $500,000 backing) after pivoting to fully focus on the B2B market — aiming to serve demand for typing productivity gains in areas like customer service and sales, per co-founder David Eberle. “Last year we realized where this makes most sense,” he tells TechCrunch.

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How to Build an Online Presence for Your Small Business

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Listen Up! Why Revolution Ventures is Investing in Indianapolis-based Casted

EduMe raises $20M to scale its corporate learning platform targeting gig workers and other ‘deskless’ employees

YC-backed Amenli raises $2.3M to provide insurance to Egyptian consumers

Wire grabs fresh funding for secure messaging tech that’s big with G7 governments

Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools

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

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

10 growth marketing experts share their 2022 predictions and New Year’s resolutions

B2B social management platform Oktopost raises $20M growth round with Expedition

VertoFX picks up $10M for cross-border payments play in emerging markets

E-bike subscription service Dance adds new cities and mopeds

How Typewise got into YC after pivoting to B2B productivity

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