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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

In this comprehensive template and guide we break down each of the nine core sections in the deck: intro , team , what do you do , is it working , why does it matter (market) , can you be the best in the world (product, growth, financial metrics) , where are you going , what do you want (the ask) , and appendix. ” (Rob Go).

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Gradient Works Raises $2 Million in Funding

SiliconHills

Gradient Works, a sales tech startup based in Austin, announced this week it has raised $2 million in seed-stage funding. The company is founded by Hayes Davis and Jenn Deering Davis, previously founders of Union Metrics, a social media analytics company that merged with TrendKite in 2018.

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

Version One Ventures

And lastly, most business metrics, which are rich in information, are kept private (and this leads to unavailable data). At later stages, there’s more access to private data that they can benchmark against their own successful portfolio. So, what do we do at the seed stage? 2) Does success = a $1B unicorn? .

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For Micro VCs, Quick Diligence Is Not Less Diligence

Genuine VC

During the seed stage where Micro VCs invest, there are three primary diligence factors: Team and individuals – The information discovery here involves conversations with former coworkers, cofounders, partners, investors, and customers. Quicker diligence is not lesser diligence at the seed stage for Micro VCs. ?

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

Most importantly, it’s now possible to have detailed analytics on exactly what’s happening to messages and ideas as they flow through word-of-mouth channels. Despite all the energy invested in talking to authors about the size of their platform, very few gatekeepers have a rigorous set of metrics for measuring it.

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How to Raise Money – It’s a Journey Not An Event

Steve Blank

What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. Pre-seed Round of Funding. In the pre-seed stage, a startup is searching for product/market fit. Funding: Startups typically raise anywhere from $100K to $750,000 in pre-seed.

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Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Mucker Lab

For example, Amplitude is a product analytics software. Hila Qu: When you don't have anything and you don't have this motion set up, your first success metric is to get to the first self service conversion or generate the first PQL. You're giving away this product, you’re removing all the hurdles to access the product.

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