mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Early-stage seed and angel investors all realize that a business will encounter a huge range of flux very rapidly. And that still doesn’t guarantee they’re going to fund your vision. Getting funded is hardly the end-all.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

One of the things I didn’t realize as an entrepreneur was that at the seed stage, *anyone* could potentially be an investor. I have friends who save $10k a year just to angel invest $1000 in 10 companies a year via syndicates on websites such as AngelList. The old adage of “Always be selling” definitely applies to fundraising.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

If a Big Bang type event (e.g. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

There’s lot of anecdotal evidence for this: Seed stage investors (including NextView and many of our peers) are seeing more startups progress from seed to Series A stage in 6-9 months rather than 12-18. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

NextView Ventures II is $40M, twice the size of our first fund, and we continue to be exclusively focused on seed-stage companies pursuing internet-enabled innovation. We’ve often explained to entrepreneurs that the second fund of a venture firm is very much like the series A for an early stage company. Twitter ).

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In almost all of these cases, these smaller investors were included into a syndicate because they “added value” either through domain or functional expertise or through their network. I find that almost all seed stage companies start out sending updates to investors. Second, send updates.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

Yes, most venues will actually do a substantial amount of event marketing for the company participants. Louis Vuitton Outlet Store , successful attendees know that getting the word out themselves will help ensure that visitors to the event are actually there specifically to check out them out. Also, had no idea Yelp was that large!

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

But all the peaks in usage occur during sporting events, celebrity awards shows, and breaking news. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. In this sense Twitter’s real-time content is truly unparalleled in terms of not only reach but also depth. Read More ».

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

food trucks, farmers market vendors, small retailers, event organizers, etc), most of whom previously didn’t accept credit cards. food trucks, farmers market vendors, small retailers, event organizers, etc), most of whom previously didn’t accept credit cards.” Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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