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Japan’s B2B ordering and supply platform CADDi raises $73 million Series B funding

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CADDi, a Tokyo-based B2B ordering and supply platform in the manufacturing and procurement industry, helps both procurement (demand side) and manufacturing facilities (supply side) by aggregating and rebalancing supply and demand via its automated calculation system for manufacturing costs and databases of fabrication facilities across Japan.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Singapore’s fintech buzz, SaaS slump, amplified marketing strategies

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Enterprise reporter Ron Miller looked back at Taylor’s career to better understand how a one-time Google product manager ended up co-leading one of the world’s most valuable companies. How to execute an amplified marketing strategy. How to execute an amplified marketing strategy. Let’s talk about the SaaS selloff.

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In freemium marketing, product analytics are the difference between conversion and confusion

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Jeremy Levy is CEO and co-founder of Indicative , a product analytics platform for product managers, marketers and data analysts. The freemium marketing approach has become commonplace among B2C and B2B software providers alike. More posts by this contributor.

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How to acquire customer research that shapes your go-to-market strategy

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Lucy Heskins is an early-stage startup marketing adviser and the creator of Oh, Blimey , a marketing resource for first-time founders and their teams. She focuses primarily on B2B SaaS as well as product-led startups in the HR and people tech spaces. What triggers your customer to decide your product is the one?

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The Problem with Product Market Fit (and What to Use Instead)

Speaker: Daniel Elizalde - Product Executive and Advisor

There is a big problem with the term "product market fit." Launching successful products requires a rare combination of market understanding, iterative development, and a lot of luck. Our role as Product Managers is to eliminate confusion, not add to it.

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Extra Crunch roundup: B2B marketplaces, edtech M&A, breaking into the $1M ARR club

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B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups. Marketplaces created for B2B activity are surging in popularity. Even so, according to Merritt Hummer, a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, “B2B marketplaces cannot simply remain stagnant, serving as simple transactional platforms.” Details here.

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Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia backs cross-border payments startup Tazapay

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The rise in open banking and payment services like India’s UPI and Singapore’s PayNow means lower costs for businesses, as well as new payment options for hundreds of millions of customers in emerging markets who don’t own credit cards. Some of the startup’s customers include B2B marketplace IndiaMART, which claims more than 7.4

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