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JULY 19, 2019

Like other investors, we at NextView have a number of frameworks which we use to evaluate decisions on making new investments. All early stage venture firms essentially look at some weighting of team, market, product, and traction. In the past, we’ve created and published a flowchart on how we think through these factors.

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APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. On Launching and Finding Early Traction. It can help you be a strong athlete, which makes you an attractive early-stage player.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

After graduation, I spent the next 9 years working at a bank, an early-stage b2b fintech startup, and a growth-stage mortgage startup. I had heard of machines replacing humans, and this was my first of many times experiencing it in real life. .

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The three-question framework goes as such: Q: How much tech-related market cap will be created in the next 10-20 years? For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ).

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JULY 31, 2019

I found it helpful to be armed with information and had a general framework in mind, but we quickly learned that it’s best to observe and iterate based on the needs of your unique child. . As a founder, you always want to have a plan of attack – around your product, go-to-market strategy, and team building.

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APRIL 8, 2020

He helps early-stage startups with sales, marketing, and general “go to market” topics. After talking to your champion, you should have a good understanding of the decision-making framework they’re working with. He has experience in B2B, supply chain, robotics, SaaS, and IoT spaces.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

But here’s some examples or frameworks to consider. But even as a concept stage company there are ways to show progress with your business. A) Pre-Product Companies. You’re obviously not showing charts of user growth, number of customers, or revenue.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

The vision for Pattern brands fits together with that framework and ethos so well that it’s extraordinary. With this relaunch, Pattern is uniquely an early stage startup again, even after a ten years of creation.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

All things being equal, seed and early stage startups are not usually well suited to take strategic investments. Startups at this stage are still seeking PMF and scalable growth, so their long-run strategic fit with a corporate VC is often still in flux. 2) Is now the right time for us?

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For most of my career, I’ve served startups and early-stage companies as an operating executive or advisor. I’d suggest using these questions as part of a framework or decision matrix with three other major dimensions: Skills and Experience. When should founders hire one? Based on what criteria?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

This is a common challenge for companies of all sizes/stages, but the tradeoff could be especially tricky for early-stage startups given the extremely limited engineering resources. I’ve previously written about a general framework for product prioritization, so I won’t take up too much space here rehashing.

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