Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

All of us at NextView extend our congratulations to founder Hardi Meybaum and the rest of the GrabCAD team. He was wrapping up GrabCAD’s participation in the Seedcamp accelerator program, and the Seedcamp startups were in the US to visit potential advisors and investors in Boston, New York, and SF.

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Boston Acquisition Estonia Viral 154

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 28, 2011

Boston has always been a great entrepreneurial community. When TechStars opened a Boston program in 2009 there was definitely new energy around the software / Internet startup scene in Boston and TechStars was excited to be part of. The Boston program, under the leadership of Katie Rae , has taken it up another notch!

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Boston Entrepreneur Community Venture Capital 138

Software By Rob

MAY 3, 2010

A Developer’s Guide to Launching a Startup&# → Catch Me at the 2010 Business of Software Conference in Boston Micropreneurship , Startups If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. I will be speaking at the 2010 Business of Software Conference in Boston this October. Look forward to seeing you there.

Boston 34

Boston Software Review Software RSS 34

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Leading global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has announced the opening of its first-ever Center for Business Excellence, right here in Singapore. It is also the 21 st century business gateway to Asia and the rest of the high growth markets.

Singapore 160

Singapore Boston Asia Leadership 160

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The rest have been companies with some early market validation. We have offices in New York and Boston, are quite active in the SF Bay area and see significant activity from the diaspora to and from these human capital centers. It’s where we believe our expertise can be most helpful to a young company, and it’s what we love to do.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Paul, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC. TaskRabbit is available in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami. By creating an original Gig that stands out from the rest you can get multiple orders, which means more money, for a small investment of your time.

Securities and Exchange Commission 263

Securities and Exchange Commission San Francisco Miami United Kingdom 263

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

Be conscious of the flow of data within your organization to make sure data is encrypted at rest and in transit. Hire qualified internal resources or outsource as needed for the required IT positions. Bring on a security-conscious CTO at the beginning. Detect anomalies during this phase to keep ahead of unauthorized access.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. All of us at NextView are psyched to support the company into it’s next phases of growth along with the rest of the investor syndicate.

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Community Estonia Syndicate Syndication 100

Andrew Payne

OCTOBER 1, 2016

During the legendary Boston winter of 2015, I pulled out of a downtown parking garage one evening and nearly rear-ended a dumpster. Truck drivers are under strict regulations regarding drive time vs rest time, and for most drivers, their truck isn’t moving (or earning!) when they’re resting or sleeping.

Boston 40

Boston Artificial Inteligence Restful Government 40

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 8, 2021

I always stress the importance of rest and work-life balance to all of my employees. After that, the rest of the day seems so much less challenging somehow. The juice from the workout helps give me the energy and motivation I need to get through the rest of my day. Thanks to Jason Akatiff, Boundery ! Photo Credit: Seb Hall. #11-

Entrepreneur 142

Entrepreneur Technical Review Wisconsin Restful 142

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

They face lots of competition and few barriers to entry so the future growth and profitability can legitimately be questioned, but still… what Andrew Mason and the rest of the team have built in such a short time is truly remarkable. But even in Boston & Chicago it remains above $20. Read More ».

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

The product is a wristband that you wear when you sleep and it tells you how restful or not your sleep was. It turns out that you’ll feel more restful if you wake up in a certain stage of sleep versus another and within a time band the WakeMate determines what time to wake you up on a daily basis.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Alabama Silicon Valley 278

Up and Running

JULY 25, 2014

If you’re older than 30 and even remotely aware of NBA history, you may remember that the NBA championships of the 1980s were dominated by the dueling dynasties of the Boston Celtics, led by Larry Bird, and the Los Angeles Lakers, led by Magic Johnson. The series was tied after four games, and Game 5 was headed back to the Boston Garden.

North Carolina 80

North Carolina Detroit Michigan Boston 80

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2011

As we know, this space is a very competitive one; Fetch Plus differentiates itself from the rest by targeting companies with holdings, focusing on developing tools necessary for these companies’ holdings to efficiently and effectively build and scale their social media footprint through different networks for engaging fans. .

Social Media 187

Social Media Media Management Application Development 187

Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2016

You must also understand the value the product provides customers (along with the rest of your business model.). It ultimately failed because she was focused on engineering the product, but didn’t validate the rest of her business model (product/market fit, distribution channel, customer acquisition, etc.).

Detroit 120

Detroit Baltimore Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs , a Harvard paper, noted that first-time entrepreneurs have an 18 percent chance for success, but by following these tips you can help increase those odds whether you plan to launch your startup in Edmonton , Vancouver, Boston or anywhere else.

Angel Investor 194

Angel Investor Boston Venture Capital Social Media 194

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

Read the rest of The Five Whys for Start-Ups. Read the rest of The Five Whys for Start-Ups. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

Technical Review 132

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 132

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

Read the rest of The Startups Rules of Speed - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review. Read the rest of The Startups Rules of Speed - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review. Will the addition of process kill our innovative culture? Well-functioning teams just dont make these kinds of mistakes, right? Amazon PostRank

Software Review 141

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 141

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Yet a study from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College found that plan administrators routinely make poor decisions, choosing mutual funds that lag comparable indexes. Just like the rest of us humans, they routinely chase returns. Target Date Fund Risks.

Boston 127

Boston New York Government Restful 127

Software By Rob

JUNE 29, 2010

The early bird registration discount for this year’s Business of Software in Boston expires on Friday. I hope to see you in Boston in October. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. If you are planning to go, sign up now to save $400 off the full price.

Software Review 34

Software Review Software Boston RSS 34

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2020

I crossed the Mass Ave bridge into Boston, had dinner by myself, and went to back to my assigned room in Baker House with three other guys, two of whom immediately got stoned and smoked pot for the rest of the evening (not my thing.). The next afternoon was the MIT Freshman picnic.

Boston 130

Boston Restful Technology Naming 130

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The rest have been companies with some early market validation. We have offices in New York and Boston, are quite active in the SF Bay area and see significant activity from the diaspora to and from these human capital centers. It’s where we believe our expertise can be most helpful to a young company, and it’s what we love to do.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Read the rest at The Conversation - Harvard Business Review. Read the rest at The Conversation - Harvard Business Review. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

San Francisco 119

San Francisco Management Continuous Deployment Lean 119

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. Those two things aren’t really the same. Angels can’t do it alone.

Community 172

Community Miami Portland Startup 172

YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2017

If you can convince yourself that you can do it, then the rest of the world will automatically be convinced. Educated at Georgia Tech, MIT, Oxford and the University of Sussex, he currently serves as president and CEO of Boston-based Zonopact Inc. Your confidence inspires others.

Georgia 145

Georgia Leadership Boston Restful 145

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s what makes you stand out from the rest. I also made several trips to New York & Boston. I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. Entrepreneurs are neurotic about it. They’re competitive.

China 333

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s what makes you stand out from the rest. I also made several trips to New York & Boston. I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. Entrepreneurs are neurotic about it. They’re competitive.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Editor’s Note: NextView recently kicked off a Boston-based workshop series on technical interviewing with Google. Portfolio companies can contact us to learn more.) This interview covers a wide range of topics also covered in our workshops. Saurya Velagapudi is a senior software engineer at Google, based in their Cambridge, Mass.,

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Engineer Software Review Founder 120

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

My argument is, and has never been, against Silicon Valley, but rather for the rest of the planet. When I reflect on where some of our investments are, they are in cities like Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Minneapolis, Boulder, Denver, Charlotte, Lexington, New York, and Boston. Don’t lose sight of that.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley San Francisco Oakland Los Angeles 120

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 6, 2018

Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. We knew that some places, like NYC, Boston, and Seattle, where we already had deep networks, would be common places for us to invest.

North Dakota 70

North Dakota Southern California San Diego Indianapolis 70

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

If you can just be friendly enough and get your users to party with you, the rest is really easy. Kayak is great Boston-area success story. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. There is a much better technique. It is to out friend. Enjoyed this post? Lots to learn from him. they have purchasing intent ).*.

Fractional CTO 248

Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

but rest assured they would be. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Take a look and let me know what you think. Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Software Review Technical Review Continuous Deployment 125

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

Read the rest. Come to TS in Boston! Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Weve got slides , video , audio and twitter commentary.

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

You can easily take from it whatever makes sense for your business, and leave the rest. You can easily take from it whatever makes sense for your business, and leave the rest. It does a great job of laying out general principles and suggesting specific, highly actionable tactics. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

I was an early investor in a company called Harmonics which ended creating Guitar Hero … that got bought by Activision and then the rest of the company got bought by MTV and they created RockBand. “. We just finished the second year in Boston. Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Read the rest here. Read the rest here. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Take a look and let me know what you think. Amazon PostRank

Hockey Stick 105

Hockey Stick San Francisco Entrepreneur Lean 105

Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Scott Kirsner of The Boston Globe called them the startup equivalent of the Justice League of America. None of these CEOs are resting on their laurels. Ironically, the panel was conducted a day before an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, where he indicated that if he were starting Facebook now, he would have stayed in Boston.

Technical Cofounder 45

Technical Cofounder Cofounder IPO Boston 45