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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

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*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. Some quick highlights include: The Role of a Seed Stage VC.

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The Difference Between Apple & Facebook ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Windows Mobile has been a disappointment to date but Azure (an outgrowth of the.NET framework) is growing as a force on the cloud/server side. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Microsoft has two huge ones in the Windows OS and Xbox. Adobe has done it with Flash and PDF. Read More ยป.

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

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The classic delineations of web products for business and consumer (“enterprise” direct selling, on premise vs cloud, etc) are only getting blurrier. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Pingback: silver philharmonic. Pingback: swtor swtor sith warrior abilities.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

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On the IT side of VC investing, we’ve seen countless waves crest and fall… mainframes to minicomputer/workstation, workstation to PC, copper to optical networking, client/server software to cloud, the fabless semiconductor model, magnetic tape to hard drive, etc. Can’t wait for the next part. Read More ยป.

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Hardware, IoT, and the Long Arc of the Internet

Agile VC

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. The internet as we know it is 20ish years old.

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Hardware, IoT, and the Long Arc of the Internet

Agile VC

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. The internet as we know it is 20ish years old.

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Objective Logistics & Keeping Things in Perspective ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Part lives in the cloud and part is embedded in point of sale (POS) software systems. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. We’re psyched to help in whatever small ways we can. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.