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.
Rob Go
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
Boston is a great place to start and build a company. There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large population each year.
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View from Seed
MARCH 22, 2016
This is for the early-stage companies — the entrepreneurs with great ideas and tireless work ethics who feel like they’ve emailed half of the country’s news outlets with nothing but the rare “thanks, but not interested” reply to show for it. And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup. The irony hurts.
View from Seed
MAY 11, 2016
A few years ago, a friend of mine who was coming off an EIR gig at a well-known venture fund in Boston ended up joining one of my portfolio companies part-time as a technical advisor / interim CTO. They assemble what looks like a dream team — but one that ends up moving surprisingly slowly in the early stages.
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.
View from Seed
MARCH 3, 2015
Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. Initially, we promoted it to a list that we’d already developed through Website Grader, the free app our CTO Dharmesh Shah had built before we even had a product. Where do you land on that spectrum?
Rob Go
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
For example: - Having any more “C’s” than the CEO and CTO. Most of the time, one becomes a VP because they’ve excelled and have progressed to the point where they are leading a team. Seed and early stage companies are in need of people who like hand-to-hand combat. Check out the team at ThredUp.
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