View from Seed

APRIL 18, 2018

The silver lining is that we are actively recruiting for a new role for the NextView team: Venture Associate – Platform and Network. as well as developing new ways for us to proactively engage with the founder community. This role will be based in either our New York or Boston office. Collaborative, humble, and hungry.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

(And at NextView Ventures, we’ve funded both young entrepreneurs out of college as well as veteran executives in their forties, along with a range in between.) Two years ago Jeff Bussgang lamented about “Lost Generation” of entrepreneurs which I think is especially acute here in Boston. Today the landscape is very different from 2004.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Combined, these factors point to available money for business owners to invest in their ventures. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

According to the Angel Capital Association: Angels (private money) invest in 55,000 startups each year versus 1,500 companies by VC (venture capital) funding. It doesn’t have to be at a formal networking event. Look for community supporters and ask around about space. I’m not your average angel.

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 22, 2014

My partner Rob wrote bit more on his blog about our motivations for adding our first new team member at NextView Ventures — a Director of Platform and Community. Active contributor to the Boston entrepreneurial community with extensive network across technology startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. What is venture capital, really? And what does a venture capital firm do?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5 To some extent – of course they are. It is different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2018

For m­any years, conventional wisdom held that a promising startup needed to be located in a traditional venture capital hub like Silicon Valley, San Francisco or New York to be successful. In fact, many venture capital firms in those areas would routinely require their portfolio companies to relocate. Be strategic.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I know we romanticize the LGBT entrepreneur making an app for the LGBT community, but too many of our ideas are “ghettoized” and not seen as “big ideas”. While people think a Southern drawl is smooth, and a Boston accent is “so Boston”, unfortunately you’re going to be judged harshly (and quietly) based on how you speak.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

brevsin : CEO of CampusLive.com Boris Revsin discusses the startup life and his love for Boston. brian_wong : Follow Brian Wong, founder and CEO of Kipp, a rewards network for virtual achievements. corbett3000 : Peter Corbett, CEO of iStrategyLabs discusses engaging communities through innovation on @corbett3000.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Combined, these factors point to available money for business owners to invest in their ventures. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

We believe it’s important to have our partners all based in one location so our starting point is wanting our partners to be based in LA and be committed to making this city a vibrant startup community that is now the third largest in the country. As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Plus, Austin is far cheaper than other big names on the list, such as San Francisco, Boston, or New York. Prove has been overshadowed by Salt Lake City, its northern neighbor, mostly because it’s the state’s capital, it has its team in the NBA, a bigger population, and probably more attractions.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Time: 12:30PM?—?1:30PM Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Come network with your friends and share your secret parties, plan your conference sessions, and discuss whose undiscovered indy band is cooler. Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston. Thinking about moving here?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

Meanwhile, Philly quietly chugs away drawing entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC) dollars. Philly welcomes startups with a growing network of coworking facilities, incubators, and accelerators. An Abundance of Entertainment, Community, and Recreation. Boston and Pittsburgh are both slightly over 300 miles from Philly.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

With ~1,500 startups, the Capital Factory community will be all over SXSW! Check out these Capital Factory companies pitching during SXSW. All of Austin is getting ready for SXSW- and that means us too! Find out what our members at these official panels during Austin’s biggest week in tech. Austin, we have a problem.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

They, however, are both professional investors and technologists, and deeply networked into the core U.S. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country. Follow me on Twitter Join my network on LinkedIn read more.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

They, however, are both professional investors and technologists, and deeply networked into the core U.S. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country. Follow me on Twitter Join my network on LinkedIn read more.

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Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

cities to start a business in for 2016 ), you will need to focus more on access to angel and venture capital funding, business incubators and accelerators, and a climate that is supportive of startups. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Chamber of Commerce Foundation ranked Boston first among U.S. Boston Startups Guide.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

However, in this moment, I think one''s career in venture capital depends on changing your perspective. If you are a venture capital investor and you''re not preparing yourself to succeed in a more diverse ecosystem of entrepreneurs, you''re just going to get left behind. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community. An edited version of this piece originally appeared in the Boston Sunday Globe.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In the valley or in Boston, lawyers will often *defer* up to $25K until funding in return for 0.5%-1.0% you should be able to find many options for an ad sales network. Go direct and network your way to the people you need to meet or find them directly in the local community. PR/Marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. I grant you, it’s not like Coupa Cafe in Palo Alto – but there is a burgeoning tech community much as you’d find in NYC these days. Communities outside the Valley have matured.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

Klein, CEO of On Grid Ventures , will serve as the new Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater NY. I will continue to work closely with the group, while continuing to serve as a Partner at ff Venture Capital. To date, 11 companies have been approved for Fast Track, and 8 have raised capital from our members.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2014

Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything. It’s the end of Demo Day, an annual ritual for Techstars Boston, where Rae is the managing director. Think of it as a cross between a landlord, summer camp, and venture-capital firm.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Back in early 2017, I worked with ABANA (network of financial professionals with ties to the Middle East/North Africa); Harvard Arab Alumni Association ; and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY (which I founded) to launch an annual Tech Summit in New York focused on the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”). Takwin Labs.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. The same applies to cities.

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A Crowded Space

AUGUST 4, 2011

I’m your host, Marcus, and today we’re talking to Josh Breinlinger, who currently works as a senior associate at Sigma Partners, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park. It’s a management and engineering consulting company in Boston. But I think the biggest positive is really just the learning and the network.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 3, 2010

The program has been designed with the aim of building on and benefiting from a network of high-class professionals with only one similarity – entrepreneurial vigor. Individuals would benefit from both high quality of the educational program as well as networking with their peers and the Battery Israeli team.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

He’s been programming since he was a kid running some of the first online communities and networked games. Bob invented Ethernet, founded 3Com (revenues of $5.7B), was the Editor of InfoWorld magazine, and was a venture capitalist at Polaris in Boston.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

of partners at venture capital firms in Canada are women , which more than double the US rate of 6%. The significantly lower cost of R&D, compared with other major startup cities like Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston, makes Toronto an alluring choice. Refunds can be as high as 65% of the R&D cost. ” Montreal.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

You could literally get to know everyone in the local tech community at the time. Now, the community is orders of magnitude larger and the number of investors who invest here has grown significantly. Who''s the VC that everyone *isn''t* trying to network with. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The Unconference is a Boston-based technology conference put on by the MassTLC that has no agenda. Outsiders come to the conference knowing no one else, are often lingering awkwardly on the periphery during networking time and struggle to gracefully secure air time with the very people they came to the conference to meet.

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