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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have 5-10 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, and/or investor. You have a deep desire to hone your skills as a venture capitalist and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. You have a strong network in the NYC startup ecosystem that is additive to our team. You are hungry. A Final Note.

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Technical Review North America Seed Stage Bandwidth 156

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AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. This one is controversial.

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IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 205

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JANUARY 27, 2021

You will also spearhead internal initiatives to help support the success of our 100+ exciting existing portfolio companies. We are proud seed investors of over 100 portfolio companies over the last decade, including TripleLift, Grove Collaborative, Skillz, Attentive, Whoop, Dia&Co, MealPal, Parsec, and Code Climate. . A Final Note.

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Operations Hiring Seed Stage Software Review 227

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MAY 24, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. Who Are We Looking For. You are a native of NYC tech with a strong network. You act as an “ invited guest.”.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 120

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AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. This one is controversial.

IRR 156

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 156

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JANUARY 5, 2016

At the beginning, a startup team is typically just a couple of co-founders. What we suggest at this juncture is that founders get acclimated to the tactics of scaling beyond the founding team. What to Address During Genesis Team Building: How do we divide and conquer responsibilities as co-founders? Below, I take a look at each.

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Founder Cofounder Startup Early Stage 120

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

One or two of the best companies may continue to appreciate, but most of a VC’s portfolio has probably been realized, written off, or has maxed out its value. The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. That 10% might start to look more like 12% or 15%.

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LP IRR Distribution Portfolio 256

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Portfolio companies can contact us to learn more.) I recently chatted with Saurya about how he approaches hiring engineers at Google and what founders can learn. We also talked about how he’d want to be interviewed if approached by a non-technical startup founder. (I’ve office, right in the heart of MIT.

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Technical Review Engineer Software Review Founder 120

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

We’re excited and feel incredibly lucky to have them back on board: Niraj Shah and Steven Conine – Co-founders of Wayfair. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures. So if they’re not just names on a page, how are these entrepreneur advisors involved with us at NextView and our portfolio companies?

Software Review 120

Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur Due Diligence 120

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AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. This one is controversial.

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

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JULY 31, 2014

More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. The above outline opens a window into the ideas crossing multiple investments within our recent portfolio, as well as where some of the next additions will likely originate. Recent Investment Themes.

Seed Stage 272

Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Dear Brightly (a NextView portfolio company) provides a telemedicine-powered ecommerce experience for prescription-grade retinoids so consumers no longer need to take time off work to go see a dermatologist for 10 minutes just to obtain a prescription for the serum. appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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Vertical Software Review Portfolio Demand 156

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MARCH 11, 2020

When a founder is raising money, he/she should expect that any serious investor will conduct some level of due diligence before getting to yes. They tend to have some sort of framework in their mind with a hierarchy of conviction and hierarchy of pain they are willing to put founders through.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Seed Stage 279

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Are present with founders. Read materials ahead of a meeting, particularly with portfolio companies. Don’t’ share private information or gossip about founders and companies. Treat founder’s time as costly, not costless. Pro Founders: Are always recruiting, selling, and raising capital. Don’t ghost.

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Cap Table Florida Portfolio Founder 166

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Although Ginny is new to the team, she has many connections to the NextView family, as she started her career at our portfolio company Shareaholic , and worked closely with both Jay Acunzo (our first head of platform) and Joe Chernov (the VP of Marketing at our portfolio company Insight Squared ). Establishing an excellent early team.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Boston Early Stage Portfolio 120

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Although Ginny is new to the team, she has many connections to the NextView family, as she started her career at our portfolio company Shareaholic , and worked closely with both Jay Acunzo (our first head of platform) and Joe Chernov (the VP of Marketing at our portfolio company Insight Squared ). Establishing an excellent early team.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Boston Early Stage Portfolio 120

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Given the heritage of our firm, fintech has been part of our investment portfolio from the beginning, from our investments in Upserve and Plastiq as well as our more recent investments in companies like Lula and Carefull.

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New York Portfolio Founder Operations 317

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

On the positive side for a founder, directly stating a high valuation expectation up front can anchor the negotiations to a higher level, assuming that an investor takes the leap of faith to invest. After angels, larger venture firms are probably next in terms of how variable they are when reacting to seed pricing asks by founders.

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Valuation Founder Seed Stage Angel Investor 336

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

It showcases our personality, while simultaneously showcasing the accomplishments of our portfolio. For new founder friends who are popping in to check us out for the first time, for old industry friends who are circling back around to catch up after a while… regardless of where you fall, we are so glad you’re here!

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Seed Stage Portfolio Curation Vertical 296

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

They are disciplined about their time, their strategy, the way they engage with founders, and the way they fight to develop an independent point of view. Seek high-slope founders with great FMF (Founder/Market fit) and FGTMF (Founder/GoToMarket fit). But the best investors I find are not dogmatic.

Early Stage 120

Early Stage Florida Deal Flow Venture Capital 120

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JUNE 24, 2020

After operating quietly for the past year, our portfolio company Jumbo made a couple big announcements yesterday, including the launch of Jumbo 2 as well as their $8M series A financing led by Balderton Capital.

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Portfolio Internet Business Model Finance 227

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Given the heritage of our firm, fintech has been part of our investment portfolio from the beginning, from our investments in Upserve and Plastiq as well as our more recent investments in companies like Lula and Carefull.

New York 223

New York Portfolio Founder Operations 223

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

It’s often a good idea for founders to find a way to build something and get some early market validation before raising outside capital. Is there founder/market fit? How authentic is this idea to the founder’s experience? I’ll dig into this a bit further… Founder/Market Fit.

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Product Startup Early Stage Seed Capital 120

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

It showcases our personality, while simultaneously showcasing the accomplishments of our portfolio. For new founder friends who are popping in to check us out for the first time, for old industry friends who are circling back around to catch up after a while… regardless of where you fall, we are so glad you’re here!

Seed Stage 194

Seed Stage Portfolio Curation Vertical 194

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JANUARY 11, 2021

The sudden arrival of the global pandemic has shifted the playbook for founders and venture capitalists. As high-conviction, seed stage investors, we are inherently relationship-driven, and we value meeting exceptional founders face-to-face. The majority had dedicated more time to guiding the portfolio companies through the pandemic.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Early Stage Seed Stage 350

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AUGUST 3, 2021

As seed stage investors here at NextView Ventures , we have the privilege of working with a wide profile of founders at the company conception stage — from early-career first time entrepreneurs , to seasoned execs turned founders , to repeat successful entrepreneurs.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder Seed Stage Portfolio Revenue 156

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MARCH 5, 2015

But I do think it’s pretty successful to pattern-match based on founders. When an investor has success with a particular profile of founder, they tend to be enamored by founders of a similar ilk. For me personally, I tend to be obsessed with what I would call deterministic, design-focused product founders.

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Founder Matching Portfolio eCommerce 120

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JUNE 16, 2015

I’d argue that successful founders must actually possess a superpower to make the nearly impossible task of getting a startup off the ground become a reality. Yet despite their differences, each of these powers give founders the ability to perform superhuman tasks. Heat-Seeking (Enhanced Senses). Superspeed.

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Founder Entrepreneur Early Stage Portfolio 120

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Given the heritage of our firm, fintech has been part of our investment portfolio from the beginning, from our investments in Upserve and Plastiq as well as our more recent investments in companies like Lula and Carefull.

New York 156

New York Portfolio Founder Operations 156

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JULY 17, 2019

Although you still hear stories of investors that require founders to move to SF, it’s more likely these days that investors see a winning business outside of the Bay Area as a positive, given the costs and competitive pressure in that local market. How should a founder go about it? But doing this takes extra work.

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San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

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APRIL 2, 2024

At the time, this metaphor really rang true and resonated with both founders and LPs. VC’s across the board have generally upped their game and are much more involved in the startup ecosystem and with their portfolios. In the subsequent years, we moved away from this metaphor for a variety of reasons.

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Merger Non-Compete Early Stage Venture Capital 343

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JULY 21, 2022

Founders: Ingrid Hung & Emily Persky . For creatives, we’re a premium, value-aligned partner to help grow their networks and portfolios, and monetize their passions. We call this the Creative Gig Economy and it is made up of creative service providers who need tools to hone their craft, book jobs, and build their portfolios.

Early Stage 156

Early Stage San Francisco Michigan Portfolio 156

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

I know many VC’s that are amazing partners to founders in thick and thin. But their reputation with founders that pitch them is mixed. Time is an investor’s scarce resources, and by definition, that time needs to be split between supporting existing portfolio companies and meeting with new founders.

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Founder Lead Investor Portfolio Reputation 280

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JULY 24, 2015

The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. Half our portfolio is consumer. On Tuesday, July 21, we hosted the first-ever Boston Consumer Tech Summit.

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Boston Cofounder B2C PR 120

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AUGUST 3, 2021

As seed stage investors here at NextView Ventures , we have the privilege of working with a wide profile of founders at the company conception stage — from early-career first time entrepreneurs , to seasoned execs turned founders , to repeat successful entrepreneurs.

Cofounder 136

Cofounder Seed Stage Portfolio Revenue 136

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AUGUST 3, 2021

As seed stage investors here at NextView Ventures , we have the privilege of working with a wide profile of founders at the company conception stage — from early-career first time entrepreneurs , to seasoned execs turned founders , to repeat successful entrepreneurs.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder Seed Stage Revenue Acquisition 156

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Last year, NextView co-founder and partner David Beisel asked our portfolio startups which service providers they use to make up the nuts and bolts of their businesses, which he published as the first edition of a potentially recurring resource. This resource represents the responses submitted to NextView in a poll of our portfolio.

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Boston Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder 331