Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

It is more remarkable for a large, well-known company that’s an actual operating business like Yahoo! First, Leader is an “operating business”, not an “IP holding company. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. link] Harry. Their legal teams will annihilate you!

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Also, we’d love to syndicate any articles you’ve written offering tactics or stories about going zero-to-N at your startup! ). – Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech (microsite). – Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech (microsite). Example Pillar Resources: – Traction podcast. – NextView blog.

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Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

Initially focused on dairy & livestock operations, Farmeron’s system takes in data from a myriad of sources from farm production systems (e.g. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. automated milking machines that spit out data) to veterinary data (e.g. feedstocks). Read More ».

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

We saw over time that our investor group, just like Angel List and most other angel groups, was good at syndication and not so good at leading rounds. As a result, we launched the Fast Track program, which helps VCs and active investors who are HBSAANY members to syndicate rounds with value-added members of our network.

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View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

As an operator, not an investor, I’m amazed at how many casual, throwaway comments that happen inside a VC’s office would be genuinely useful to entrepreneurs building their businesses. These things are surprisingly indicative of how a founder operates. Accidental VC is a series of short posts written by me, Jay Acunzo.

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

As many of you may know, we have a section on the NextView website called “Ethos” where we describe five key principles to how we operate. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Ethos: What ‘Blank Canvas’ Means to NextView. April 27, 2012. Read More ».

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Lots of us woke up this morning to an email from Reed Hastings about Netflix splitting it’s streaming and DVD-by-mail businesses into two separate operations (each w/ it’s own brand). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. September 19, 2011. Read More ».

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Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

2) Vast Human Capital Outside Our Walls - Rob, David, and I all try to draw on our experience as founders, operators, and investors in software & internet companies both in looking at new startups and forming investment themes. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. – All of Facebook’s ad revenue comes from the Facebook.com website. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA. Read More ».

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

That’s because intermediaries like bankers/brokers, and even internal cold-call sourcing operations, create more standardized access to and information about potential deals. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

Surprisingly few seed funds operate this way. We don’t invest in “syndicates A rounds” as our first point of entry into a company. Syndicates: We have a bias to lead rounds. We also have a pretty broad range of syndicates that we are a part of. Each investment matters. Seed rounds are what we do.

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Most companies in the IT sector are profitable at least on an operating or cashflow basis, though often not on a GAAP basis when non-cash expenses are taken into account. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Because there are no tests for new features (or operational alerts for the production code), the code that supports those new features could go bad at any moment. The team cant get permission from the business leaders to get "extra time" for fixing. Our profession is in trouble. krasicki April 3, 2009 7:19 AM control valves said.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Most startups operate close to themargin of failure, and the distraction of having to deal with clientscould be enough to put you over the edge. Some angel investors join together in syndicates. In Boston thebiggest is the CommonAngels. 3 ]If "near you" doesnt mean the Bay Area, Boston, or Seattle,consider moving.

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Canadian operator Rogers filed to become a bank last year. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Finally, carrier billing is thriving for games and digital content (maybe around 80% for most players like Boju, Payfone, mopay). Read More ».

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