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The Startup Marketing Playbook: Pre-Seed to Series B
15 min blog.readSuffix Jan 2026
Stage-appropriate marketing strategies for startups. What to do at each funding stage to build pipeline.
## Marketing by Funding Stage ### Pre-Seed: Validate - Focus: Product-market fit signals - Budget: $0-500/month - Goal: 10 design partners ### Seed: Build Pipeline - Channels: Cold email, LinkedIn, basic SEO - Budget: $2-5K/month - Goal: 30 qualified meetings/month ### Series A: Scale - Budget: $10-25K/month - Goal: Predictable pipeline metrics ### Series B: Dominate - Budget: $50K+/month - Goal: Category leadership Build your startup's growth engine.