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Four years at Version One & some thoughts on “Moneyball for VC”

Version One Ventures

Over the next two weeks, I set out to build my own Mattermark / CBInsights by aggregating the APIs of Crunchbase, AngelList, and Twitter, as well as any other relevant datasets I could get access to. At later stages, there’s more access to private data that they can benchmark against their own successful portfolio.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Founding Date: 2004. Author howerl. Read More ».

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The 5 Key Parts to Startup Landing Pages That Convert

View from Seed

Of course, it’d be nice to list some big numbers, but at the seed stage, that’s just not possible. In aggregate, he says, the conversion rates tend to go up. (He So, yes, you should decide who you’re targeting and where they’re at in the buyer’s journey BEFORE you launch a landing page.

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Should Startups Blog? An Essay (with Data) to Decide Once and For All

View from Seed

So the question needs to be asked: Should seed-stage startups even blog in the first place? Think of it this way: Even in the seed stage, before most companies find product-market fit, they understand the problems they’re trying to solve. It’s simply about solving problems.

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Introducing the NextView Talent Exchange: Connecting Top Talent to Startups

Genuine VC

One of my first mentors in venture capital explained to me that the key role of a VC is to “aggregate talent.” At NextView Ventures, we’re hyper-focused on the seed stage, and since starting the firm, we’ve heard repeatedly and consistently from founders that a primary challenge they face during that stage is hiring.

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A primer on convertible notes, convertible securities, and equity

Hippoland

Here’s a quick primer on how investments tend to work in startup companies at the seed stage. So, in the aggregate, it is possible that you may be required to pay as much as $30k-$50k to get an equity round done. But, all in all, this is probably my favorite format of raising money at the seed stage.

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Finding Companies in the Most Normal Places

Rob Go

At the time, I was thinking generally about the concept of aggregating demand for products and local services, and just hearing the word “Groupon” piqued my interest. It’s funny to think that it all started with a conversation I happened to overhear with our neighbor who is a high-school science teacher in a nearby town.