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We are Adding a Principal to Our Investment Team

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You will be based in the NYC office but will be able to pursue investments across North America. While you will be exposed to a broad range of companies, you are expected to develop your own specialization and areas of focus within the firm. We will work together to leverage the firm’s platform to help you thrive. About NextView.

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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

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Because of this, we are a multi-geography firm, and will invest in all the core innovation centers in North America. Indeed, this trend is happening across the world, but for now, we are primarily focused on North America. Belief #4: The Best Way to Spot Outliers is to be Thematic.

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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

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Fun Tidbit 1: Europe and North America are of similar importance in terms of revenue (40% EMEA / 41% N. America in 2019) though in terms of nights booked Europe was 43% and N. America was only 29% –> so per booking North America generates roughly 50% higher revenue than Europe.

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Off to the Races with Team Nextview

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Finally, while my home base is San Francisco, I am investing across North America along with the rest of our team as we believe great ideas and inspiring founders transcend geography. It is an honor and a privilege to do work I absolutely love with humble, high-integrity teammates who have welcomed me as an equal in their partnership.

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20/20/20 – Harley Earl: Design Icon, Seer of Our Autonomous Vehicle Future

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In an era when corporate America wasn’t exactly the most progressive, Earl was among the first to employ female and openly gay designers at GM in the 1950s. But he was also a forward thinker in other notable ways. He realized that creativity and excellence aren’t just the purview of some.

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Startup Shootaround: Making Sense of Voice Technology

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The second is probably most crucial at least in America and that’s these changing social barriers. In no particular order: The first one is the international opportunity, especially countries where it’s actually more laborious to input things via keyboard due to their language and their characters.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

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Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. A few stats to consider on the market opportunity in North America alone: 28 million SMBs in North America, with roughly 60 million employees. The truth is, you’re right.