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

TechCrunch

And these providers focus on the B2B market because they lack the tools to access the mass retail market. In this segment is a middle-income pool of about 50 million adults; that’s the market Amenli is after, El Tohfa says. However , it was difficult to achieve, CTO Nauman said.

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15 Business Leaders Share Their Experiences and Insights on Getting Through COVID-19

StartupNation

For example, our company, which was built for a B2B market and selling directly to enterprises, is now looking into shifting the strategy to B2C and the home office market instead.”. However, while facing an event like COVID-19, businesses need to accept that pivoting decisions and strategies will be necessary.

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

David Teten VC

I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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

David Teten VC

I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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Big corporations are just slow to act.

Berkonomics

This week, David Steakley returns for another bite at the corporate apple, with just the right amount of tart comments that will keep this document legal for now. If your company’s market is huge corporations, how do you convince investors you can crack the market, and how do you deliver? By David Steakley.