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The Great Retail Reinvention: How the Internet Is Reshaping the Way We Buy Clothing

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We are currently seeing the most rapid collapse of retail since the Great Recession, due to the internet changing consumer demand and purchasing patterns. Most apparel purchases are now in some way influenced by the internet. Apparel is currently one of the most fascinating categories within the Everyday Economy. Potential Challenges.

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Announcing NextView’s Entrepreneur Advisors: Part 1

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David Cancel – Co-founder/CEO of Driftt (Co-founder/CEO of Performable at the time he first joined our group of advisors, after which he became HubSpot’s Chief Product Officer following an acquisition of Performable). Mike Baker – CEO of DataXu. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures.

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Where We Are Investing in 2024

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For example, Facebook was an application enabled by the internet, but its social graph and reach became a platform for customer acquisition, personalization, and other applications that were built upon it. Generally, we have been largely application-focused investors at NextView.

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It’s Back & Better Than Ever! Announcing NextView’s Everyday Economy Virtual Accelerator

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Everyone in the NextView partnership has deep operating experience as founders and operators scaling high-growth internet companies (e.g. Our structured sessions will focus on fundraising, product, customer acquisition, as well as other important pre-seed topics. . Who we are. LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, Blue Apron).

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech: 2016 Update

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How about Jana , which brings internet access to the developing world and boasts 30 million global users? Put all that together, and consider that this is a company that thinks in decades or even centuries, and we’re bound to see both more jobs and more acquisitions. Want businesses with massive reach and international presence?

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New Year, New & Improved NextView Accelerator

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Everyone in the NextView partnership has deep operating experience as founders and operators scaling high-growth internet companies (e.g. Our structured sessions will focus on fundraising, product, customer acquisition, as well as other important pre-seed topics. Who We Are. LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, Blue Apron).

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Introducing NextView III and Our Focus on the Everyday Economy

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Internet-connected computing is an innovation wave on par with a few historical developments of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Conventional wisdom has it that the internet is towards the end of this cycle — and many VCs are on the hunt for the next platform, whether it be blockchain, or AI, or synthetic biology, or what have you.