Genuine VC

JANUARY 23, 2012

At NextView Ventures, we have a number of companies in our portfolio which are “marketplace” businesses, where buyers and sellers meet to exchange a good or service. But the most difficult challenge is starting the marketplace engine in the first place, which can be sparked with one of the techniques above.

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Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

I shared a link to Code Climate with a number of CTOs/VPs of Engineering in my network, both inside and outside the NextView portfolio, just asking for their quick opinion. Chad Pytel at thoughtbot, many of the NextView portfolio companies, tens of thousands of developers, and I are already believers.

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Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

Today, I’m thrilled to publicly announce NextView’s Talent Exchange, a program helping both top talent and NextView-backed startups connect with each other more easily, beginning with Boston companies (which make up just over half our portfolio). Below, I’ll quickly explain the genesis of this initiative and share a few more key details.

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Genuine VC

AUGUST 3, 2012

For us, the investment is certainly fresh and newest in our portfolio, but it also feels familiar. And Board Member James Reinhart is already part of the NextView family, as CEO of portfolio company, thredUP. Similarly at GrabCAD , where CAD engineers collaborate and create in a community, the collective output has been remarkable.

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Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Your developed skillset won’t be much different from your immediate classmates’, but it certainly will be from someone in engineering or computer science. Business schools are very insular islands, but they’re surrounded by an ocean of students in all disciplines. Recruit” your co-founders there; it’s more difficult, but that’s the point.

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

From the initial humble beginnings of simply selling books online, to shopping/pricing comparison engines for electronic and other feature-laden items, to this current wave of “ social commerce ” which includes local merchants’ deals propagated by friends’ recommendation-driven purchases.

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