Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 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. This will likely cause the stock market to contract.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . 1) Market fund.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Hologram is a leader in enabling large-scale connectivity of internet of things (IoT) devices, across the globe with 400+ wireless carriers, all through a robust but easy-to-use API. Hologram is also an example of a B2B platform company, of which we’ve invested in many over the years here at NextView.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Hologram is a leader in enabling large-scale connectivity of internet of things (IoT) devices, across the globe with 400+ wireless carriers, all through a robust but easy-to-use API. Hologram is also an example of a B2B platform company, of which we’ve invested in many over the years here at NextView.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Whether you are a property manager, real estate agent or property owner, a website is very crucial tool for marketing your property or business. Internet users are a very impatient bunch. Good photos are very important marketing tools for selling a home or getting tenants. Check out his portfolio and connect on LinkedIn.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Why if we can get a small machine to balance and adjust its center of gravity like this little fella, how long can it be until those flying cars finally go on the market? IdN Motion Gallery on Pratt Portfolios crowdspring.co/1OaQlOL. Logo for B2B buying group crowdspring.co/1UxyZgU. What other wonders could the world yet hold?

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View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

The narrative I often hear goes something like this: “Consumer companies are all about great marketing, and Boston doesn’t have enough great consumer marketers.”. I asked the former Director of Growth at LivingSocial — who also runs a large startup marketing meetup in New York — to recommend three rising stars in that city.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

In that same original blog post, we also outlined the unfortunate phenomenon that occurs when the market collapses: capital tends to flow towards founders with established VC relationships and away from folks who may be equally talented but are several steps removed from investor networks. Who we are. LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, Blue Apron).

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. Every day, Monetate ( www.monetate.com ) helps major online retailers like QVC, Casual Male, and Urban Outfitters, to make the most of their online marketing dollars. A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

This is why I’ve made a habit of profiling our portfolio quantitatively and why we write summaries announcing pretty much all of our new investments. So, here is our annual quantitative summary of our portfolio. A Stroll Through Our Portfolio. Type of Product and Business: Consumer vs. B2B. 5 are in other locations.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. 2) Market . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Online marketing has revolutionized consumer marketing by providing a clear return on each dollar spent and making the marketer accountable for results. Online marketing changed it. Cracking The Code.

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Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Thematic investing is where VCs research a macro trend or specific market, form a thesis around why this trend/market will serve as a good basis for building great startups, and then pursue as many exceptional investments in this theme as appropriate for the VC’s strategy.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 18, 2018

The Internet of Things has already seen some notable acquisitions, including SmartThings , Nest , and Dropcam. SkyBell, a fellow smart video doorbell, looks like it could be the next startup in this trend, thanks to its patent portfolio and strong B2B business. billion, CSRA is in a strong position to make a deal.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

For example AIDA is from the siloed lens of Marketing (and full disclosure, I humbly believe serves company's own selfish perspective). Most of the frameworks we have also don't optimally capture the complexity of digital marketing and measurement. We don't think about our marketing expansively enough.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 10, 2012

As the first wave of the internet has come into some level of maturity, we’ve seen that most of the opportunities that have gotten us excited have been in “High Friction Categories.” These are areas that have historically seen much slower adoption of technology and much less leverage from the internet.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 9, 2011

This means that they can’t hope to base a business on marketing cool, cutting-edge products, or towards the consumer market rather than the B2B (business-to-business) market. Will our buying psyches remain unscathed or will we always be doubtful of the stock market and the volcano that is the U.S. economic system?

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

about digital marketing and analytics. Strategy two… Book two hours with the senior most company leaders who will talk to you, and create the Digital Marketing and Measurement Model. Best Metrics For Digital Marketing: Rock Your Own And Rent Strategies 2. Fruition Internet Marketing. Joseph Boisseaux.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The Internet also seems to have gifted us with lower barriers to entry. This optimism is often offset by the fact that there’s so many small businesses and Startups in competitive markets. And this is where as a business owner, you should consider hiring a marketing communications agency. Get Integrated Solutions.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Examples of such companies in our portfolio include WHOOP , which delivers personalized health insights via a wearable device, Devoted Health , which assists seniors in accessing Medicare Advantage, and Mighty Health , which helps individuals find a healthier path through coaching. Further capitalizing the company for success.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Time to set real goals, iterate through real product pushes, craft real go-to-market strategies, make real introductions to downstream investors, the list goes on and on. However, participants are empowered to market to future funders that we are absolutely willing to do at least our pro-rata in the next round.

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View from Seed

JUNE 11, 2015

If you have a longer time to get to market and/or can get private feedback from potential customers, being stealthy can help. The drawback is of course that it’s difficult to get larger-scale customer feedback, potentially making it harder to get to product-market fit quickly.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

Internet-connected computing is an innovation wave on par with a few historical developments of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Conventional wisdom has it that the internet is towards the end of this cycle — and many VCs are on the hunt for the next platform, whether it be blockchain, or AI, or synthetic biology, or what have you.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

eld of marketing and sales for Ciba- Geigy Pharmaceuticals before co-founding Noven Pharmaceuticals in 1986. Sablotsky continued her professional career as Vice-President of Portfolio Development for Jacobs Investments, LLC. Make sure that your idea is innovative and has great market potential. Tell us your story.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

From B2C to B2B. Ready to take this expansive journey to not just win at performance marketing and brand marketing? B2C sites like Travelocity and Fry's have not cornered the market on this. From a marketing perspective we have been on a quest to figure out how to personalize the user experience on our sites.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

You might be able to build a reasonably successful business by spotting a hole in some market somewhere, but it’s much more likely that outlandish success will be won by founders (and, really, people ) who are authentically interested in solving a problem. Sector: B2B On-Demand. Sector: Insurance in the Internet Age.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

You might be able to build a reasonably successful business by spotting a hole in some market somewhere, but it’s much more likely that outlandish success will be won by founders (and, really, people ) who are authentically interested in solving a problem. Sector: B2B On-Demand. Sector: Insurance in the Internet Age.

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Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

Part of the reason is that even if you work for a multi-channel company you are likely in the "web," "interactive," "internet," or "digital" division. Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. They do everything.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Throw in Machine Learning and I weep at how many glorious sales, marketing, deep relationships initiatives are impossible because companies have not solved identity. These Marketers write articles and give conference keynotes that obsess about “viewable above-the-fold ads.” You, I’m talking about you!). It is not easy. winning #not.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

At NextView, we spend a substantial portion of our time trying to help our portfolio companies prepare for growth as “venture scale” businesses. 2) Demonstrable market size – Sometimes it’s obvious to potential investors your startup is pursuing a large market oppty (TAM measured in billions).

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Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

It’s some combination of great teams , attractive markets , and promising products. As a seed fund, we tend to layer in “ capital efficient beginnings ” to the mix given our investing model and belief about the best way to build internet and software businesses. But this time, I gave a different answer.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. Media & Marketing. Marketing & Strategy. He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. INTERNET BUSINESSES. Business Services (B2B). General Internet. - Computer And Internet. Internet Services.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Since there are hundreds of new apps coming on the market every year, we figured it was time for an update. GoToBilling – An online app that manages invoices and payments, marketing, customer relationship management and more. NetBooks – Marketing, sales, inventory and financial control in one place.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Investment theses are just hypotheses; the portfolio shows how accurate the hypothesis was. “Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. 3) Geography-defined funds.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. But in this context, how do you calibrate your sales and marketing investment and how do you know if these tradeoffs make sense and are ultimately “profitable”?

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

Moreover, the indicators that show founders are ready to take on new capital in order to progress to the next phase of company-building – be it hiring, expanding into a new market, launching a product or more – can vary from company to company. Reid Hoffman: “Sometimes the best evidence for that huge market isn’t current numbers.

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