Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

GrabCAD & Professional Communities. In addition to compelling founders, we were drawn to the company by their vision for a professional community for mechanical engineers and designers. GrabCAD continues to grow like a weed with over 70,000 mechanical engineers who have downloaded CAD models from the community over 1.2

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

It was still early days for the company then, at the time we invested in GrabCAD’s seed round in the spring of 2011 they had around 3,000 engineers in their community. But my partners and I saw the potential for the community to grow virally, just as LinkedIn did, and to be monetized with a variety of products built on top of this community.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 19, 2013

2) Gain Market Insight – Another reason to invest in early stage tech startups is to gain additional market insight and connections to the entrepreneurial community. This can include learning more about technologies, markets, and people that may be impactful to the angel’s other endeavors.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. . We’ve had a supportive board and encouraging metrics and a helpful climate for our community news notion (now 51 sites in 3 states). We’re just a little start-up with a big, big dream…We’ve just launched [link] in December 2010.

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Agile VC

MAY 15, 2014

Our goal is for these Growth Guides to be useful not only to the startups we invest in here at NextView, but for the broader startup community. This growth guide draws upon not only our collective experience but also what we’ve learned from running workshops and talking with a range of startups across stage and industry.

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

The reality is a startup career path entails a variety of sacrifices, but I don’t believe it should preclude a rich family life, involvement in one’s community, or otherwise seeking a well-rounded human existence.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

But at NextView we try to be as deeply engaged in the entrepreneurial community in a variety of different ways (mentorship, accelerators, demo events , etc). As I’ve stated before, I’m a big believer in being deliberate and explicit in startup fundraising.

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