Genuine VC

DECEMBER 3, 2014

This entrepreneurial HubSpot spirit has — and will continue to have — a ripple effect throughout the Boston early stage startup ecosystem.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place. And it’s not always easy to recognize the pros and cons of taking money from individual investors, or how to even seek them out in the first place.

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Genuine VC

JULY 17, 2012

For VCs (including myself), instead of saying “I’m looking for innovative early-stage startup investment opportunities,” rather these days I am saying “I’m proactively seeking seed-stage investments in both ad tech and those which leverage the trend towards ubiquitous computing through device proliferation.”.

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

When you compromise on terms in the early stages, you will have to pay the price in the later stages. As a seed stage investor here at NextView seeing our companies progress down fundraising paths, I think it’s extremely important to highlight that terms in early rounds do set precedent for terms going forward.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Early-Stage. Plus, at an early stage, the risk-adjusted outcome of that equity is rather low. Late-Stage. The following matrix lays out a general strategy of which dimension to push during a negotiation – keep in mind the grays in the in-between. Senior-level position. Junior-level position.

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 17, 2011

And given dynamics in the digital media space, we think that (especially along the Boston to New York corridor) there is a market need for a funding source like ours for early stage entrepreneurs. We’ve clearly articulated our motivations for starting the firm on a dedicated page.

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Genuine VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

You’re able to spend time with the company during its early stage to do some interesting work, explore if there’s a good fit for you there in the long run, and be compensated for the efforts which you’re putting in. My email response to his question was: On your questions below, it sounds like a good situation.

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 5, 2010

Some VCs prefer very early stage; some VCs prefer to see more traction and invest later. Some VCs are thesis driven and deliberate in their investments; some prefer to be flexible in their approach because, after all, real opportunities are just that - opportunistic.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2010

I had coffee with an entrepreneur friend the other day who is in the early stages of putting a company together, and he recounted how his informal conversations with a venture capitalist had quickly escalated into a full partner pitch in just a few weeks.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2010

I had coffee with an entrepreneur friend the other day who is in the early stages of putting a company together, and he recounted how his informal conversations with a venture capitalist had quickly escalated into a full partner pitch in just a few weeks.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

And because of that fact, pinpointing an entrepreneur’s one truly stand-out quality is a great litmus test for potential early stage investors to use as a screen when selecting among dozens of projects. So to prospective founders I ask: what’s your founding superpower?

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 5, 2010

Some VCs prefer very early stage; some VCs prefer to see more traction and invest later. Some VCs are thesis driven and deliberate in their investments; some prefer to be flexible in their approach because, after all, real opportunities are just that - opportunistic.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

And because of that fact, pinpointing an entrepreneur’s one truly stand-out quality is a great litmus test for potential early stage investors to use as a screen when selecting among dozens of projects. So to prospective founders I ask: what’s your founding superpower?

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Once you’ve figured out whether you want to find a very early stage startup or a late stage one (the topic of my first post in this series ), the real hard work begins.

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

However, for the past couple years, the metrics of “success” with early-stage digital media startups (especially consumer-facing ones) have clearly focused on distribution, as opposed to monetization. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

However, for the past couple years, the metrics of “success” with early-stage digital media startups (especially consumer-facing ones) have clearly focused on distribution, as opposed to monetization. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

The other intersection of this construct, with the online video adoption trend, indicates we’re still just in the early stages of being comfortable with the video format. Almost all of the video we watch online is in receiving mode.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

The other intersection of this construct, with the online video adoption trend, indicates we’re still just in the early stages of being comfortable with the video format. Almost all of the video we watch online is in receiving mode.

Web 100

Web Widget Philadelphia Social Network 100