Cloud Cofounder Early Stage Vertical 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Founder’s perspective. You’ll get empathy. Experience. Relationships.
David Teten
JANUARY 9, 2018
Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation. That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. This model certainly makes sense.
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David Teten
JANUARY 9, 2018
Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation. That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. This model certainly makes sense.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service. In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2010
We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; 406 Ventures. Read more: TechCrunch.
Reid Hoffman
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Early product-market fit can sometimes be illusory or limited in scope to a small pool of early adopters. Sometimes your technology platform changes, and you need to pivot from on-premise to the cloud. It’s easier (but still hard) when you’re running a small, early-stage organization.
View from Seed
AUGUST 2, 2017
Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. For this reason, we’re excited to announce that we have closed on NextView’s $50M third fund, with a mission to champion founders who are redesigning the Everyday Economy. . Improvement is linear and incremental.
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