View from Seed
MARCH 24, 2021
So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” How to Sell Your Startup’s “Secret” Master Plan at the Seed Stage “Articulating and selling your long run vision is important, but trying to convince those that are deeply skeptical about it is simply a mutual waste of time.”
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
Traction is a biweekly podcast where founders share the creative or unusual things they did during the seed stage to make early progress. In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors).
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VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
“A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author – in other words, anyone producing works of art – needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living” Kevin Kelly, 1,000 True Fans. Gen Z and the 1% rule. Creators Platform Dependency. Source: Graphtreon.
Genuine VC
JULY 10, 2012
Board seat requirements – Partner involvement post seed financing can, but doesn’t always, require codification with a board seat. There are many ways that venture firms can help their portfolio seed CEOs in lieu of or in addition to partner involvement which can be a real plus but isn’t immediately obvious.
Genuine VC
MAY 5, 2015
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.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 24, 2009
Seed-stage investors are learning the metrics of traction, and are getting better at identifying those companies that are really achieving validated learning about customers. Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and what. We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it.
www.seriesseed.com
MARCH 2, 2010
I based these documents off a recent transaction where a company that had used the Series Seed Documents raised a Series A round. This level of investment in financing documentation made sense when the investments were $3 million to $5 million, but for these smaller seed stage rounds, it’s simply overkill.
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