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Four Winning Strategies from Series Seed to Series A

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And in seeing that process unfold numerous times, I’ve picked up that there are really four main distinct playbooks which a Founder/CEO can run in the subsequent 12-18 months following a Seed round in preparation for the next round of financing. For B2B startups especially, revenue is the best signal of product-market fit.

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How to Find the Perfect Startup Job: Part I "Start with 'When'"

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Much of the VC blogosphere commentary about startups covers venture and angel financing with advice focused on company founders. But most people in the startup game aren’t VCs nor are they founders (yet)… but rather they’re employees of startups. Push yourself hard to ask why not a founder now?

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Our Investment in tapCommerce is the Real Deal

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Our latest investment at NextView Ventures , tapCommerce, is dedicated to helping mobile brands to deliver customers, revenue, and ROI across mobile devices. As we were spending more with the company, all three of us at NextView introduced Founder/CEO Brian Long to e-retailer contacts in our network to socialize their offering.

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What I Learned from the TapCommerce Founders

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In every single venture investment I’m involved with here at NextView Ventures, I learn a lot from the Founders of their company. It’s easy to say that you’ll prioritize strategic revenue, but it’s much much tougher to do in practice, especially at a startup.

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How to Find the Perfect Startup Job: Part II "Sifting Through a Sea of Companies"

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On the early side, it's repeat founders coming together again or early runaway traction in an early beta that generates buzz. For later-stage, it’s a high-priced financing round, tipping scales on widespread adoption, rapid hiring, or credible information on successive revenue-growth quarters.

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Our Second Rotation Investment

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In conjunction with this funding event, the board is expanding to include myself and Mike Tyrrell from Venrock, Austin Ligon (co-founder and former CEO of CarMax), Henry Vogel (Chief Revenue Officer at Quigo and a former eBay executive), and Ashton Peery (former CEO of Top Ten Media), along with both Rousseau Aurelien and Israel Ganot.

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Our Second Rotation Investment

Genuine VC

In conjunction with this funding event, the board is expanding to include myself and Mike Tyrrell from Venrock, Austin Ligon (co-founder and former CEO of CarMax), Henry Vogel (Chief Revenue Officer at Quigo and a former eBay executive), and Ashton Peery (former CEO of Top Ten Media), along with both Rousseau Aurelien and Israel Ganot.