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Content management platform Contentful breaks into beta and secures seed round funding

The Next Web

There were also a number of smaller investments from angels that as part of the agreement now form a part of the company’s shiny new advisory board. Before founding Contentful I developed many apps for clients. So what happens to StorageRoom and its customers? Entrepreneur Insider'

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Best of Breed

thebarefootvc

When I invested in enterprise software in the late 1990′s, I saw a proliferation of “best of breed” solutions. These vertical solutions would focus on specific pain pain points in the enterprise, such as logistics or customer relationship management. Or at least get some of them on your advisory board.

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boldstart in 2017, enterprise tech in 2018

BeyondVC

We built out our CXO advisory board and further cemented our Fortune 500 relationships to help our portfolio cos scale from “founder-market” fit to product market fit in an accelerated timeframe ( meet our advisors ). The talent base is improving, the customers are here, and the west coast VCs are paying attention.

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The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

The Lean Startup is a practical approach for creating and managing a new breed of company that excels in low-cost experimentation, rapid iteration, and true customer insight. It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, I would love to be on your advisory board.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. November 25, 2009 9:54 AM Danny Wong said.