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What Boston’s Top Consumer Tech Leaders Think About Boston’s Consumer Tech Struggles [#BostonB2C Recap]

View from Seed

Half our portfolio is consumer. “As an early stage investor I focus on whether the founders can build something that delights 100s of millions of people” @bijan #BostonB2C — Andy Cook (@AndyGCook) July 21, 2015. bijan : there’s a danger in leaning on pattern recognition. ” — @Bijan at #bostonb2c.

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A Journalist’s Perspective on How to Earn Press for Your Company

View from Seed

The media world is notoriously difficult to navigate from the outside, and working with PR agencies can be even more of a black box. Prior to NextView , I worked as a journalist at Quartz , where I regularly covered early-stage founders and companies with a focus on the intersections of gender, race, culture, and technology.

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Twitter Link Roundup #237 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

David vs. Goliath: Lean Startup Advantages | OpenView Blog – crowdspring.co/1x2JFtG. 10 Top Financial Tips for Early-Stage Startups | StartupCollective – crowdspring.co/1qWvaC4. 7 Rules of Perfect Portfolio Websites – crowdspring.co/1ytzvGO. Before the Startup – crowdspring.co/1rGYDDQ.

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

The major change Josh and his team recognized was that startup costs were dropping dramatically in post-crash early 2000s, and by investing in a larger # of smaller seed rounds at $250K-$1M, rather than fewer / later Series A rounds at $2-5M, they could capture more winners & success earlier in the funding lifecycle.

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Applied Venture and the inexorable rise of value-add VC

The Equity Kicker

Then from the mid 2000s, value add began moving beyond the partner to the firm as VCs began employing people who’s full time job was helping their portfolio. The most common strategies are to provide networking services and content to portfolio leaders so they can be more effective in their jobs. . Building platforms.

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8 Questions to Help Decide if You Should be Raising Money Now

Both Sides of the Table

This conversation seems to come up very frequently these days both with portfolio companies and with entrepreneurs just looking for mentorship. Are you in the “lean&# phase? I’m a very big believer in the “Lean Startup&# principles as espoused by Steve Blank and Eric Ries. They get the PR bump.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.