Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. Some people are too independent to be partner material.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Although we had a busy summer, I was fortunate enough to take a bit of time off as well, and to step back for a moment and reflect on Nextview’s strategy and market position going forward. . It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Turkana is home to Kakuma refugee camp, one of the largest refugee camps in the world, with over 200,000 residents and where we have been operating since October. Our CTO and Co-founder Majd Chaaya and colleague Hella Bennani are representing us there at the end of January. I joined in March 2017.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Although we had a busy summer, I was fortunate enough to take a bit of time off as well, and to step back for a moment and reflect on Nextview’s strategy and market position going forward. . It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Some examples: AI will be the new mobile. Billion in VC funding. Logz.io (2014) – Logz.io

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally. Stephen is a Capital Factory Mentor, serial entrepreneur and former General Partner at Austin Ventures. Jennifer Aldoretta (@JAldoretta) | Twitter Joseph Beard Partner Perot Jain, L.P.

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