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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. Keep in mind Yipit is an indirect competitor in the daily deals space (essentially a meta aggregator of deals sites), but the analysis is sound IMO.

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Introducing the NextView Talent Exchange: Connecting Top Talent to Startups

Genuine VC

Today, I’m thrilled to publicly announce NextView’s Talent Exchange, a program helping both top talent and NextView-backed startups connect with each other more easily, beginning with Boston companies (which make up just over half our portfolio). And, above all else, we knew this program could feel more human than other existing solutions.

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Your Total Addressable Market Stat Is Probably a Lie

Hunter Walker

For me, at seed stage, there are so many more important questions about a market’s attractiveness than its current overestimated size. Yes there are lots of retail stores which could benefit from your commerce and loyalty program solution but where do the first 1,000 customers come from?

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

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. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

The Amazon AWS-led revolution of startup innovation has led to a massive increase in the aggregate number of startups. Tomorrow’s post will focus on the coming brick wall that I see in Venture Capital caused by a massive increase in seed-stage & angel deals couple with a reduction in the number of VCs by 2/3rds.

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NextView Investment Themes: A Search for Authenticity

View from Seed

At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. Maybe you struggled with something in a former job or as a consumer. Where will people watch?

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NextView Investment Themes: A Search for Authenticity

View from Seed

At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. Maybe you struggled with something in a former job or as a consumer. Where will people watch?

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