View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

Editor’s note: Local tech media company BostInno (a division of the American City Business Journals) hosts an annual Boston State of Innovation conference. I was recently asked to sit on panel with my fellow VC peers and some top entrepreneurs from the Boston tech community.

Boston 120

Boston Syndicate Syndication eCommerce 120

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. But despite it’s tenuous merit, the timing of Yahoo!’s

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2016

Big brands spend millions each year on managing their presence in the media through public relations. Like no other form of marketing, editorial media coverage gives companies an implied third party endorsement that can drive recognition and sales. Even then, they are rarely effective at getting the media’s attention.

PR 100

PR Public Relations Denver Syndicate 100

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

were fairly active a few years ago though neither is as active today and big media conglomerates like Disney are fairly sporadic as they embrace web-based media. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. IAC and Yahoo! On the B2B SaaS side or enabling services (e.g. Read More ».

Acquisition 162

Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

And given my marketing background (Google, Dailybreak Media, HubSpot), I often get this question directly: When should startups announce seed funding? . They create a public record of your company and investor syndicate (in some cases) for sites like Crunchbase. You get the idea.

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

In the wake of the undue frenzy leading up to and now ex post recriminations about Facebook’s IPO, the mainstream media and normal folks keep wondering if the non-existent “bubble” for internet companies has now popped. The internet has already had meaningful impact on industries ranging from commerce to media to software.

Internet 182

Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The second order impacts to the entire technology industry are in their early innings… not just the complete digitization of consumer media, but also the “consumerization” of business software, the BYOD movement in corporate IT , the evolution of the computer/human interface. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 133

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 133

Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

That phrase means different things to different folks, but broadly speaking we’re now in an era where there’s vast amounts of data “exhaust” being generated by a wide range of activity… from consumer web browsing patterns to financial trading to social media content to purchasing behavior. Read More ».

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113

Agile VC

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Because consumers don’t want a portable touchscreen computer… they want a product that integrates content & media suite seamlessly with the hardware. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

Business Model 100

Business Model Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate 100

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

I have to say that I’m not a fan of the brand “Qwikster” for the DVD-by-mail service, though I think it’s good that group will expand into other media types like video games (a la Gamefly). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. They’re both right. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Private Equity Seed Stage Syndicate 100

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

The secondary wave of VC-backed IPOs has also come to fruition… both consumer facing (Yelp, Demand Media, Pandora, Carbonite, HomeAway, Angie’s List, et al) and B2B (Jive Software, Brightcove, Imperva, Responsys, etc). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook admits as much that the ad business, which again accounts for the vast majority of revenues (85%), has seasonality in line with the media industry generally with a strong Q4 and weak Q1. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100