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Second Startups: Why Founders Often Struggle to Find Their Second Act

View from Seed

The last time they were starting a company at the raw, pre-product/market fit stage may have been quite a few years ago. The context of starting business may have changed, and some of the tools and practices (especially around early product development and go-to-market) might look very different.

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” ” Below are our favorite pieces from the past few years, divided in to a few key categories: fundraising, company building, product development, industry trends, and the life of a VC. ” (David Beisel). ” (David Beisel).

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Of Birchbox and Bricks

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Of course, I fully appreciate that all these social networking things are very, very different from the wishful days of the 90s, when “aggregated eyeballs” were as good as currency (until the tech crash came). And after everyone on the planet joins it, a monetization scheme will emerge, certainly. Nonetheless….

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Great for visualizing work of product development. List of Angel/SuperAngel Investors for entrepreneurs. Venture Hacks Angel List â?? raise money with angel investors. Guide to Super Angels - Chubby Brain. aggregation. project management visually see and interact with your work.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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Tony P great, though meebo’s place as a “successful&# start up is still open to debate – from consumer IM aggregator to white label IM, still not making big $$. This is the blog post I needed to read. niners.boi Do you think we can ever take [link] mainstream? link] Hazem Awad An excellent and very practical article.