B2B

10 statements across 10 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Aug 7, 2022 by Ryan Hoover · across every show →

Everything said about B2B, oldest first

Aug 7, 2022 positive
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Hoover: More B2B companies do well on Product Hunt than B2C
“Some people, they ask me, hey, like, I don't know, is Product Hunt, like, Do B to B companies do well there? And I'm like, yeah, like probably more B to B companies than B to C companies actually.”
Ryan Hoover Aug 7, 2022 ▶ 28:48 How to launch and grow your product | Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt and Weekend Fund
Jan 12, 2023 positive
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Ionita: Free individual tiers pay off if upmarket expansion paths exist
“If you know that you have a bridge to move up market, then giving up the long tail of individual users can be very worthwhile.”
Naomi Ionita Jan 12, 2023 ▶ 32:41 How to price your product | Naomi Ionita (Menlo Ventures)
Jan 22, 2023 positive
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Dunford: The only valid test of B2B positioning is pitching qualified prospects
“The true test of whether the positioning is working or not is if I'm sitting across from a qualified prospect and I tell the story, does the prospect get excited and want to buy something? That's the real test of it.”
April Dunford Jan 22, 2023 ▶ 21:19 How to nail your product positioning | April Dunford (Obviously Awesome)
Feb 19, 2023
Assertion Supported
Campbell: CAC increased 110% to 220% across software markets over 10 years
“CAC and B to B is up about a 110% over the past 10 years. Consumer it's up a 145%. If you're selling sales and marketing software, it's up 220% because there's just so much sales and marketing software doing sales and marketing things in the market.”
Patrick Campbell Feb 19, 2023 ▶ 48:11 10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
Jun 25, 2023
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Batchu: B2B testing requires maximizing treatment effect due to low sample sizes
“At the end of the day, there's only two, two ways to, you know, make an experiment successful. Either you have a very large N or you have a very significant treatment, which is like, you know, what you're doing in the experiment itself. And, you know, in B to …”
Sri Batchu Jun 25, 2023 ▶ 52:58 Lessons from scaling Ramp | Sri Batchu (Ramp, Instacart, Opendoor)
Oct 22, 2023
Assertion Supported
Dunford: A typical B2B purchase process involves 5 to 7 people
“In B to B typical purchase process, we have five to seven people involved in making the deal happen.”
April Dunford Oct 22, 2023 ▶ 31:05 A step-by-step guide to crafting a sales pitch that wins | April Dunford (author of Sales Pitch)
Feb 18, 2024 negative
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Lemkin: First B2B sales hires need several years of experience
“I think you will regret it if you don't hire these first couple sales reps that have a couple years of experience. If you're in B to B with B to B sales, they need a couple of years of experience and they need a certain amount of maturity.”
Jason Lemkin Feb 18, 2024 ▶ 26:11 Building a world-class sales org | Jason Lemkin (SaaStr)
Apr 11, 2024
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Jackson: Sales-led B2B is more science than bottom-up or consumer products
“I think bottom up is its own kind of world. It's closer to consumer product development in my mind. And I have done, you know, consumer products, consumer product. I think there is a little bit more alchemy involved. It's about, you know, having great taste an…”
Todd Jackson Apr 11, 2024 ▶ 11:16 A framework for finding product-market fit | Todd Jackson (First Round Capital)
Sep 14, 2025 bullish
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Smith: High-LTV B2B video content offers major AEO opportunity
“YouTube, Vimeo, other video sites, the kinds of things people make videos for are food, traveling, fun, beauty. There's not that many Videos about AI powered payment processing APIs as interesting as that is, but it's a great money turn. So if you make a video…”
Ethan Smith Sep 14, 2025 ▶ 31:06 The ultimate guide to AEO: How to get ChatGPT to recommend your product | Ethan Smith (Graphite)
Dec 18, 2025
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Verna: B2B organic marketing has shifted entirely from SEO to social
“If you ask me what's your organic marketing strategy right now, to me, it's all about social, which is what is my CEO posting? What is my team posting? What is my LinkedIn? What is my creator economy doing? Influencer marketing. And across all of the social pl…”
Elena Verna Dec 18, 2025 ▶ 29:59 The new AI growth playbook for 2026 | How Lovable hit $200M ARR in one year
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