Genuine VC

AUGUST 3, 2012

One Jackson is a new online children’s clothing retailer which is surprisingly fresh – all of its designs were created by independent designers and then curated with love from its community of parents. And as a new parent myself, I have first-hand experienced the consumer opportunity for great clothes with fresh designs.

Seed Stage 199

Seed Stage Cofounder Portfolio Curation 199

Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

In other words, for a company looking to compete across the entire marketplace in a specific industry, it must either develop a unique product offering (along the lines of brand, design, features) or more-efficiently produce the product to outcompete on price.

Seed Stage 191

Seed Stage Belgium Differentiation LP 191

Genuine VC

MARCH 4, 2013

The endless scroll of Pinterest , Polyvore , The Fancy , Behance , Tumblr , are just a few mainstream examples of a broader trend towards graphically-rich design , but this aesthetic carries to longer-tail sites like foodgawker which have embraced this paradigm.

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Cofounder 124

Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Even for consumer-facing online services, UI and product design is about selling users on what actions you’d like them to take. Everything in startups is selling. Selling to financiers. Selling to customers.

Startup 123

Startup Cofounder Employee Hiring 123

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

Rather, we’ve heard time and again just how difficult it is to find exceptional operators — those all-important “doers” that are integral to making things really happen — a senior front-end engineer, a tactical online acquisition marketer, a phenomenal designer, and so on. These great people are in our network.

Portfolio 100

Portfolio Startup Boston Seed Stage 100

Genuine VC

JULY 10, 2012

The board seat dance at the seed stage can be challenge on either direction, with occasionally no firms wanting to designate someone’s time for the role and sometimes more than one looking for an official board role that isn’t a fit at this stage. This dimension moves in similar direction as the previous point of partner involvement (i.e.

Syndicate 207

Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Portfolio 207

Genuine VC

JUNE 22, 2011

So rather than coming to an office just to sit in a room by oneself, we wanted a space that fostered interaction by design. Lee, Rob, and I have found that when we’re extremely proximate, natural collaboration flows and ideas are exchanged much more frequently and easily. Room for entrepreneurs.

Seed Stage 123

Seed Stage Boston Incubator Portfolio 123