View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have an edge in the highly competitive world of early stage investing that comes from some combination of your experience, industry knowledge, and personal network. NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm focused on the Everyday Economy with $500M+ of capital under management. You act as an “ invited guest.”.

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Technical Review North America Seed Stage Bandwidth 156

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

Then I got an email that asked: I'm leading the marketing efforts for an early-stage startup. The challenge is that LinkedIn is not that great with finding people who were at early-stage startups. An early-stage startup is a different animal. For me, I'd use LinkedIn. Most of us are not Google.

Startup 259

Startup Early Stage Incubator Los Angeles 259

The Next Web

JUNE 8, 2014

The keys are maintaining capital efficiency, launching early versions to the SMB market and constantly applying customer development methods. However, we argue that in the long run, B2B companies can be more capital efficient than B2C companies, achieving maximum traction at minimal investment. And more importantly, B2B companies.

B2C 132

B2C B2B IP Technical Review 132

View from Seed

APRIL 8, 2020

He has experience in B2B, supply chain, robotics, SaaS, and IoT spaces. He helps early-stage startups with sales, marketing, and general “go to market” topics. The post Rob Stevens & Rob Go B2B GTM AMA Recap appeared first on NextView Ventures. This is your chance to walk the walk. .

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B2B Angel Investor Vertical Early Stage 156

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It occurred to me that although we mentioned our new thematic approach when we raised our last fund in 2017, we haven’t really shared a broader manifesto about how we are approaching the early stage market. It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

E-commerce (DTC and infrastructure), fin tech (lending, payments), healthcare and B2B marketplaces are some of the verticals that have seen tremendous growth. Micro VC’s, dedicated seed funds, domestic funds and a domestic LP ecosystem are all still in the early stages of development.

India 87

India LP Silicon Valley Vertical 87

View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

Trying to be transparent has always been a core value of NextView, and we hope that this will help founders and our co-investors better understand how we intend to operate in the early stage ecosystem in the next several years. . Number of Investments.

Cofounder 194

Cofounder Software Review Portfolio Technical Review 194

YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2020

In doing so, it then ensures you will deliver an MVP that not only captures your market but saves you time and money in the long run by not building features that don’t appeal to your target customer or are not necessary for early-stage launch. How is it done? What is their size, industry and location?

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Product Cofounder Audience Product Development 264

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

Early-stage startups might want to consider local opportunities first before plunging into national awards! Dedicated to early-stage companies, there were over 15 categories to choose from in the 2018 edition, including, inter alia: B2B Business of the Year, Crowdfunded Business of the Year and Export Business of the Year.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Startup Balance Sheet Early Stage 147

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups. Today they released the first Startup Genome Report — a 67 page in-depth analysis on what makes early-stage Internet startups successful. They tend to lose the battle early on by getting ahead of themselves. Congratulations.

Technical Cofounder 333

Technical Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 333

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Dispense is a B2B software company, focused on transaction software specifically designed for the cannabis industry. She and her co-founder, Tim Officer, launched the company in 2020, and even at this very early stage, Dispense has already helped a number of customers process more than $200M in GMV through their platform.

Cofounder 234

Cofounder B2B Early Stage Software 234

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. We do a lot of B2B and also have an "Early Stage Branding" practice for technology startups. Oh, and I forget to mention in my introduction about B2B. I've known Farida for quite a while.

Early Stage 150

Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. What parts Agile addresses and the big problems with Agile for early-stage startups?

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Fractional CTO CTO Hire Startup Social Network 175

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

A crucial factor when completing the early stages of your strategy is to carry out enough research so that you have a deep understanding of your target audience. Face-to-face – Selling in person is usually an extremely effective method, and often essential when it comes to B2B or high value sales. Research the Market.

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Sales Argentina Technical Review B2B 113

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

Chicago 177

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 177

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Dispense is a B2B software company, focused on transaction software specifically designed for the cannabis industry. She and her co-founder, Tim Officer, launched the company in 2020, and even at this very early stage, Dispense has already helped a number of customers process more than $200M in GMV through their platform.

Cofounder 202

Cofounder B2B Early Stage Software 202

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

Chicago 156

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 156

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Dispense is a B2B software company, focused on transaction software specifically designed for the cannabis industry. She and her co-founder, Tim Officer, launched the company in 2020, and even at this very early stage, Dispense has already helped a number of customers process more than $200M in GMV through their platform.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder B2B Early Stage Software 156

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

If this happens, the risk of having an unpleasant experience is much higher, as an early stage startup cannot afford 7 months off the correct path. Our business model back then was very complex, and it included a B2C as well as a B2B business model, that wasn’t being implemented yet. It was all hypothetical.

Programming 124

Programming Chile B2B B2C 124

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

Chicago 136

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 136

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It affects even B2B companies because ultimately most must sell to companies who sell to consumers and if they suffer they cut back on suppliers. So I believe that now is the perfect time to build a company and the perfect time for early-stage investors to bet on innovation. Consumer spending is where I’m dubious.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

See Beyond the Money: Best Practices of Venture Capitalists in Helping Early-Stage Companies Create Value and It’s the People: Improving Private Equity Portfolio Company Valuations by Working with Operating Executives. 10) Time, market, and exit investment. See my overview of sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

See Beyond the Money: Best Practices of Venture Capitalists in Helping Early-Stage Companies Create Value and It’s the People: Improving Private Equity Portfolio Company Valuations by Working with Operating Executives. 10) Time, market, and exit investment. See my overview of sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2021

It is too early to tell how the impact of these features will move the needle for us, but based on anecdotal feedback we’ve received, users are following their trophy growth. Gamification isn’t the domain of B2C or gaming sites alone. These shifts are not the only changes that we plan on making to our customer support strategy.

Email 151

Email Product Marketing Cofounder 151

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. 1) Market fund. Accompany focuses on this use case.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

This is the realm of the angel investor, who wants to own a piece of the new business, and probably knows how to run it and wants a seat on the Board.For B2B startups, every investor expects to see a proven business model, with a working prototype, and preferably a real customer or two. Crowdfunding is not the best platform here.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Angel Investor Bootstrapping SEC 299

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It occurred to me that although we mentioned our new thematic approach when we raised our last fund in 2017, we haven’t really shared a broader manifesto about how we are approaching the early stage market. It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

View from Seed

JANUARY 21, 2022

After graduation, I spent the next 9 years working at a bank, an early-stage b2b fintech startup, and a growth-stage mortgage startup. B2B vs. D2C, converting eyeballs to a human via a marketing machine. I had heard of machines replacing humans, and this was my first of many times experiencing it in real life. .

B2B 120

B2B Germany Stock Engineer 120

Austin Startup

JULY 6, 2018

Ask the Users Startup Accelerators: Bundled and Unbundled Over the past several years, accelerators have emerged as a powerful filtering and signaling mechanism in early-stage startup ecosystems, allowing high-potential young startups to connect with investors, advisors, and other strategic partners far faster and more efficiently than before.

Dilution 48

Dilution Startup Technical Review Equity 48

View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

I became a venture capitalist, specifically a seed investor, to provide early support to the dreamers and builders working to positively change how we live, work, learn, play, and care for our planet and each other.

North America 156

North America San Francisco Cap Table Cofounder 156

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Your company is likely both one step removed from many brand name B2B customers and a step removed from reporters and press that are excited to tell your story. One approach that we’ve seen work with a number of B2B businesses is to spend a disproportionate amount of effort in telling a momentum story about your company.

San Francisco 243

San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

View from Seed

JULY 19, 2019

All early stage venture firms essentially look at some weighting of team, market, product, and traction. Like other investors, we at NextView have a number of frameworks which we use to evaluate decisions on making new investments. In the past, we’ve created and published a flowchart on how we think through these factors.

Boston 149

Boston B2B Early Stage Portfolio 149

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies. How did you do that?

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Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Pre-launch customer development data is another way, sometimes in the form of user surveys for consumer companies or interviews with potential beta customers for B2B businesses. One of our portfolio investments, a B2B SaaS company, was a pre-product startup at the time of the seed round.

Seed Stage 149

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

Genuine VC

DECEMBER 3, 2014

This entrepreneurial HubSpot spirit has — and will continue to have — a ripple effect throughout the Boston early stage startup ecosystem. I’m not just talking about B2B SaaS companies that feel similar to HubSpot either. Here’s Rick’s take on HubSpot’s company DNA.)

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Boston IPO B2B Cofounder 279

Rob Go

JANUARY 12, 2015

As an early stage investor, should you pay up for team or traction? When you are thinking about joining an early stage company, how should you be evaluating the risk of the overall company? How should you be weighing the presence of a great founding team vs. early signs of traction? The Founders Perspective.

B2B 28

B2B Early Stage Distribution Software Review 28

View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

EM: When you’re at an early stage, you don’t know what that buyer path looks like yet, so you should be trying all different strategies to get data and figure out the playbook. Even identifying as a demand-gen marketer or branding or B2B or B2C leaves a lot of decisions still on the table to actually execute.

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Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120