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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like? The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. The “Internet of Things”. Empowering Content Creators. Step-Function Ad Tech.

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Google Engineer: How We Interview, How I’d Beat Us for Talent, & How Non-Technical Founders Should Approach Devs

View from Seed

Saurya Velagapudi is a senior software engineer at Google, based in their Cambridge, Mass., I recently chatted with Saurya about how he approaches hiring engineers at Google and what founders can learn. NV: What are some basics you’d recommend to anyone hiring an engineer? office, right in the heart of MIT.

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The 7 Traits of Super Founders

VC Cafe

The company has built a team of world-class engineers who are passionate about solving complex security challenges, and this team has been instrumental in Checkmarx’s success. Israeli startup Wix , the Internet’s most popular website builder, is an excellent example of a company that exhibits outstanding leadership.

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The End of ?Internet? Companies ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The End of “Internet” Companies. Al Gore's 2012 Induction to the Internet Hall of Fame. I’m not sure whether it’s 10 years from now or 50 years from now, but at some point in the medium to long term future we’ll cease talking about “internet” companies in any meaningful sense.

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Should You Consider Replacing Yourself as CEO?

Both Sides of the Table

I have a very public seed stage investment policy and awe.sm We knew we had a valuable product that an acquiring company would gain greatly from and a world-class engineering and product team that would be valued by a buyer. The decisions were endless, the choices not obvious and the VC involved a pain in the ass.

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Link Building: A Mission-Critical Component of SEO with Eric Carrell at DoFollow.io

Mucker Lab

The Importance of Links in Ranking Links are often considered the infrastructure of the internet. Their significance in SEO is immense, acting as pathways that help search engines discover and prioritize content. Without links, attaining a high rank on search engine result pages becomes not just difficult, but often impossible.

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Revenue = Product Market Fit

Agile VC

We invest in internet enabled companies at NextView and our portfolio is roughly equally split between consumer and B2B businesses. You will be benchmarked on revenue and paying customers when you seek Series A funding… conceivably even at seed stage. But B2B startups need to take a different tack.

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