Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

I certainly bear no ill will to the various firms that ultimately passed on our fundraise… as a seed stage VC myself now I can appreciate how hard it is evaluating companies at the earliest stages of development. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

BOLDstart helps founders at the seed stage accelerate their growth from idea/ alpha phase to product market fit and successful Series A round. helps founders at the seed stage accelerate their growth from idea/ alpha phase to product market fit and successful Series A round”. The other big theme is one of big data.

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Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

The SBIR/STTR program made ~6,200 seed stage investments in 2014, dwarfing the seed investments made by venture capital. The SBIR/STTR program represents a critical source of seed funding for U.S. In fact, half of all seed stages in tech companies in the U.S. Eleven U.S. were funded by the SBIR program.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Pingback: silver philharmonic. Pingback: swtor swtor sith warrior abilities. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

You will be benchmarked on revenue and paying customers when you seek Series A funding… conceivably even at seed stage. Some potential customers won’t take your product seriously unless you’re charging for it.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. All of the above is my personal analysis and opinion, nothing here should be construed as investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell Kayak stock. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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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. 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. Expo SF (May.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

When a startup doesn’t match the stage where a particular investor focuses, founders may get a response along the lines of “This is interesting to us, but come back once you get from X phase to Y phase” That could be from seed stage to a larger Series A financing need, or to progress from pre-product to post-revenue.

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View from Seed

JUNE 17, 2015

We’re hearing more about people new to startups asking their seed stage company how many months of severance is included in their package. Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Lee’s personal blog, Agile VC. The post Playing Startup appeared first on The View From Seed.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. On the Leader case, I think I’ll just go against whomever the law says infringed, and cheer on whomever originated the technology, regardless of their size. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As many of you know, NextView is a seed-stage VC fund. We make initial investments of $250-500K in the seed rounds of software and internet startups and reserve capital for follow-on rounds. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Best of luck. PMarchetti. Congratulations!

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The potential for outsized investment return only comes with taking significant risk, especially when investing at the seed stage, so many of the companies we invest in will ultimately be unsuccessful. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Pingback: Iphone Android App. Pingback: Download $150 Make Money Secrets FREE. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

Note: This post also published at NextView’s blog for seed stage companies The View From Seed. The startup ecosystem is often full of hyperbole, which is perfectly understandable when you think about it.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

There’s lot of anecdotal evidence for this: Seed stage investors (including NextView and many of our peers) are seeing more startups progress from seed to Series A stage in 6-9 months rather than 12-18. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

At NextView we’ve intentionally taken an approach which combines both thematic and opportunistic investing for a couple reasons: 1) Our Overall Strategy is Highly Focused - We’re a dedicated seed VC fund, so we invest in startups exclusively at the seed stage. Pingback: watch inception online. Pingback: [link].

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 21, 2013

I’ve been hearing a similar lament recently from founders of seed stage companies. It goes something like this: “I thought seed funds would be faster at getting to a decision than large funds. This increased competitiveness has forced these funds to figure out how to be agile.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

So here at NextView we will be investing in them along with all the other forms of internet-enabled seed stage companies. Whether you apply the IoT label or not, internet enabled hardware businesses are a direct outgrowth of that early internet that began a couple decades ago.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

So here at NextView we will be investing in them along with all the other forms of internet-enabled seed stage companies. Whether you apply the IoT label or not, internet enabled hardware businesses are a direct outgrowth of that early internet that began a couple decades ago.

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

We’re hearing more about people new to startups asking their seed stage company how many months of severance is included in their package.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 2, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Democracy has no place in business. It is fight of will and determination and not of appeasing. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. I think the expanded universe of buyers will at worst help increase deal values for those that happen, and more likely will increase at least some the total # of acquisitions in this range. Pingback: this. Pingback: [link]. Read More ».

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

I’ve had a couple conversations with other investors recently around what a seed stage company needs to achieve to raise a series A. The early stage of a business is when everything is a blank canvas and you have maximum agility.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. We’re psyched to help in whatever small ways we can. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. But whether it be how we collaborate or seeking new/different ways to help our portfolio with technical recruiting, we aspire to constantly rethink how we might improve… each time starting with our own blank canvas. Author howerl. Read More ».

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Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Just be an killer product or an awesome service, and if you can succeed at that (a hard challenge itself) good things will likely happen. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. To Steve Jobs and the other innovators, we can only say thanks. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

Note: This post also published at NextView’s blog for seed stage companies The View From Seed. The startup ecosystem is often full of hyperbole, which is perfectly understandable when you think about it.

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Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. . “We capitalize “Internet” a lot less these days” wonderful phrase, thank you. link] leehower. Your welcome. . Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Turns out content is still king… Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

JANUARY 18, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Ironically once founders start building that vision, a whole other set of stuff starts to keep them up at night. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

We’re hearing more about people new to startups asking their seed stage company how many months of severance is included in their package.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. And presumably pay TV providers may step up their marketing efforts along these exact lines as they seek to avoid the “dumb pipe” fate. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. My digital media property is now inventing our own proprietary ad tech which is a case in point about the future of both tech and media becoming ever closer. . Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. We sometimes see startups engage in a process just with the VCs that contacted them inbound and regardless of what the outcome is, they’d usually be better off if they spoke with all of the potential firms on their target list simultaneously.

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. And even if your startup is unlikely to IPO someday, an aggregate increase in the number of public tech companies (coupled with large cash piles for big established ones) should make the M&A climate more favorable in coming years. Author howerl.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. I doubt Facebook has the appreciation potential of Google at their IPO, because so much of FB’s growth has occurred as a private company already. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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