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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C. Furthermore, one of our recent investments was in Silicon Valley, as all three of us have lived and worked there. Recent Investment Themes. Physical-World Ecommerce.

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What Boston’s Top Consumer Tech Leaders Think About Boston’s Consumer Tech Struggles [#BostonB2C Recap]

View from Seed

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. Here’s Mike’s comment: Boston’s B2C problem is one of values. To become a truly special consumer tech community, Boston needs more pillar B2C companies. At NextView, we invest across the US.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. and also to local advertisements. Graduated with a BS/MS in bio from Stanford.)

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

Using examples drawn from his own experiences in the startup hub of Silicon Valley, Eric Ries unravels the myths and misconceptions that guide most startups, and paints a picture of a new way forward for the industry. We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C. May 14, 2009 5:23 AM David said. It was a disaster.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. So instead of selling advertising, which is how all search engines have been funded for decades now, you actually provide a subscription to secure a private search.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. So instead of selling advertising, which is how all search engines have been funded for decades now, you actually provide a subscription to secure a private search.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

No-brainer for B2B companies but also for B2C companies (making special advertising deals for example) Reply steveblank , on June 8, 2011 at 9:05 am said: Martin, Any suggestions? Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Let me know what “stuff&# is old, and I’ll update it. startupcto