View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Depending on the composition of the founding team, you might or might not have near-term holes in certain functions at the exec level – e.g. you’ll most likely need to bring on a CTO/VP of Engineering shortly after the seed round if you don’t have a technical co-founder.

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Part-Time VPE Seed Stage CTO Hire Forecast 195

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2018

Startups also can become extremely habitual for a smaller subset of business end-users. In our portfolio, Code Climate is a perfect example of this, as its software becomes embedded within an engineering team’s daily workflow. Impact First, Business Models Second. Alignable ).

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B2B B2C Vertical Portfolio 120

View from Seed

JUNE 23, 2022

So in college, I studied aerospace engineering, joined Air Force ROTC, and eventually was accepted by the Air Force to go to flight school upon graduation. So in college, I studied aerospace engineering, joined Air Force ROTC, and eventually was accepted by the Air Force to go to flight school upon graduation. DC: What’s the same.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

When you have extremely limited engineering resources, it’s even more critical to stay focused and clearly set your priorities. They could look quite different based on whether you’re pre- or post-PMF: Pre-PMF: Key hypotheses of the business you want to prove/disprove?—?they Post-PMF: Key milestones the business needs to hit (e.g.

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Hiring Bandwidth Product Early Stage 120