View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Editor’s Note: NextView recently kicked off a Boston-based workshop series on technical interviewing with Google. For the company, he’s led multiple tech teams focused on products like voice and image search, Google Search for iOS, Google Glass, and Android Wear. Portfolio companies can contact us to learn more.)

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Summer is always the time when large numbers of new participants in the tech ecosystem arrive and start to get their bearings. Boston is a great place to start and build a company. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large number each year. HBS Startup Tribe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

These authors speak from their own wealth of experience in creating and growing technology startups, marketing, and fundraising. Book smarts represent your current depth of understanding of technology and business concepts. If you need venture capital, maybe you need to spend more time in Silicon Valley or Boston.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The biggest challenge for every entrepreneur and every startup today is to get noticed and remembered in today’s information overload. Every one of these probably has a unique story, but in my years as a startup advisor I only remember hearing a few who capitalized on their story. Place where it happened.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Embrace technical debt Financial debt plays an important and positive role in our economy under normal conditions. Technical debt works the same way, and has the same perils. I won’t pretend that there aren’t teams that take on technical debt for bad reasons.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

This week, I want to take a local lens and analyze these special companies that have been created in Boston. We looked at the companies in New England (call them "Boston and surrounding") that had exited in the last 10 years (2003-2013) with greater than $500 million in market valuation. We found 43 such companies. 2004), Kayak ($1.8B/2004)

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

For those of us that have been working in the startup and technology space for at least the past 10 years, these addresses mean two things. Second: These addresses are some of the most exciting places to visit in tech because upon arriving, one can instantly see what true scale looks like in action. Matching Algorithms.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

As a startup hub, Amsterdam grabs the same amount of attention as the girl with braces at the high school dance. Slowly but surely, however, we have a quietly emerging ‘ecosystem’ (as it is often called in tech lingo). So is the Dutch tech startup story sold short? Not in my view. So let’s take stock: What do we offer?

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Welcome to the future of work where employees may reside anywhere from Bali to Boston or Barcelona – how can you tap into this global talent pool to create your own successful enterprise with remote workers? As Tony Stark brought unique technological skills to his business, so should your employees. So wear those pajamas proudly!

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? But I dont think most startups really have a need for someone to do that on a full time basis. So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?"

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like? Lastly, given our Boston location, it isn’t surprising that seven investments were Boston-based. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B). Network Effect B2B.

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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. Angels invest in one out of every forty deals they review (2.5%) versus the one out of 400 by VC’s (0.25%). 16 Tips on Raising Startup Funding from Unlikely Angels.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large population each year. It’s also surprisingly difficult for students to get plugged-in to everything that is happening in the local tech ecosystem. HBS Startup Tribe.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2017

Buying the latest in trendy tech gifts can seem impossible. Below is a simple list of budget-friendly tech gifts you or a loved one will love. With a nearly 5-star review by users on Amazon, Fire TV allows you to cut the cable cord for good without missing your favorite media entertainment. Tech gifts are always welcome.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur&# and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. ——— I’m getting ready to go overseas to teach , and I’ve spent the last week reviewing several countries’ ambitious attempts to kick-start entrepreneurship. Who’s an entrepreneur?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen.

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View from Seed

JUNE 22, 2016

Editor’s note: The NextView team periodically holds internal “shootarounds,” where we discuss a startup topic or trend and try to make sense of it for everyone involved: entrepreneurs, investors, and consumers. You can find another shootaround on voice tech here. We’ve decided to share these publicly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

-Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals , Give and Take , and OPTION B with Sheryl Sandberg Since The Startup Way came out on October 17th, I’ve had a great time traveling with the book, speaking to audiences, and meeting amazing people creating change in all types of organizations. Next stop on the book tour: London.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, June 2, 2010 The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review) I continue my series for Harvard Business Review with the Lean Startup technique called Five Whys. Techniques from lean manufacturing can be part of a startups innovation culture. Speed up or slow down?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2019

Image via Wikipedia From the advice I hear these days, if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, or one of the few other financial hubs around the world. Every ad, every review, or lack of one, tells a story about how much you care, and what customer experience one might expect.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

A few weeks ago, we launched two startup pitch deck templates for raising seed capital — part of NextView’s platform of exclusive startup resources. 5 Surprising Mistakes Found in Seed-Stage Startup Pitch Decks. #1: Some of these lessons might be useful because I’m not the founder who created those decks.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 19, 2019

Businesses all over the world – including startups – have sourced their product manufacturing in China for over a decade now. In this article, we will explain why that is, as well as help you understand what kind of Chinese manufacturers can you expect for your startup and how you can go about looking for one for your specific needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The biggest challenge for every entrepreneur and every startup today is to get noticed and remembered in today’s information overload. Every one of these probably has a unique story, but in my years as a startup advisor I only remember hearing a few who capitalized on their story. Place where it happened.

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View from Seed

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. . When we started the firm, we were also more narrowly focused geographically due to our smaller team and network.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Best startup city rankings have reflected this truth for a long time. Austin, TX. Boulder, CO.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Although we have companies that are leveraging all of these technologies, we’ve realized that the best companies tend not to be easily categorized and don’t necessarily fit the standard playbooks. Before startups, he created visual effects and animation tools at Pixar, with film credits on Finding Nemo, Cars, WALL-E, and Up.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

I’ve always been intrigued by the success of the ‘Startup Nation.’ That of a British startup which naively arrived for three months in Tel Aviv and hasn’t looked back since. The Israeli startup community is: “Pashut Magniv” (simply spectacular). The first two were prohibitive due to timezone difficulties.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

You can usually find 2-3 investors per location but it’s not uncommon to see VCs in: Boston, NY, Connecticut, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. And when VCs look to fund startups they know that if they miss a deal that deal is highly unlikely to come back if they raise funds from another firm so you have a rather binary decision.

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VC Adventure

JULY 1, 2021

The demographic shift is due to the growing diversity of our country, but also reflects some special conditions that make startup life and small business ownership especially appealing to women and people of color. It’s not clear yet but we believe there are innovations to be had in enabling more people to invest in startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Hes a new employee, and he was not properly trained in TDD So far, this isnt much different from the kind of analysis any competent operations team would conduct for a site outage. What started as a technical problem actually turned out to be a human and process problem. We didnt even practice TDD across our whole team.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. One partner takes on a business role and the other takes responsibility for technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. We just finished the second year in Boston. Brad on blogging.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve spoken our goal of funding more ambitious project before and we’ve enlisted the research help of a Principal in our firm – Kevin Zhang , who has an interest in Agtech (agriculture technology). Their vision is to create technology and products for a world where food is grown in and around where people live.

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View from Seed

MAY 14, 2015

For context, the reason a startup would look for an official office runs the gamut, from expanding headcount to serving enterprise clients and thus needing a decent space to wearing out your welcome at a shared spot and more. The entrance to NextView HQ – custom beer labels/bottles for each startup.

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