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APRIL 30, 2019

All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. I don’t follow the Chinese startup market as closely as I follow the US, but Alibaba’s 2014 IPO was a similar watershed moment. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies.

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IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 180

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MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. We started with a general webinar about how to turn your website into a marketing machine, then we went on to SEO, then blogging, then social media. NVV: How did you adjust?

Marketing 120

Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Nicole most recently comes to us from SmartBear Software , where she was responsible for the launch and marketing for an entire product: overseeing activities like PR, creative, content creation, and social media engagement. So we’re glad to have her (back) on board.

Portfolio 120

Portfolio Boston PR Social Media 120

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

One aspect is demand-side: when the number of seed financings peaked in 2014–2015 timeframe , a new seed round stopped becoming “news,” and so it became less interesting for the press to actually report on these events. and hopefully media coverage?—?by What’s going on? Instead, following PR 101 to get the most bang?—?and

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Since January 2014, $155M in seed dollars invested in such companies. ” Media & Publishing Spurred by M&A Players: $326M invested into media/publishing startups in 2015. ” Media & Publishing Spurred by M&A Players: $326M invested into media/publishing startups in 2015.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage New York New York City Startup 120

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AUGUST 30, 2016

Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. The post How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style appeared first on NextView Ventures.

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

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APRIL 2, 2015

Though I never planned it, I somehow wound up working in VC in 2014 as NextView’s head of platform. The same debate around pitch deck design also extends to other important touchpoints: a company’s homepage, careers page, product pages, social media profiles, business cards, and so on.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Design Startup Early Stage 120