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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Many startup CEOs hire COOs or launch companies with a co-founder carrying the title. When should founders hire one? Do you need highly skilled functional managers or do you need a true partner? someone to be that true partner). This is why I encourage almost every startup founder to find a partner or a cofounder.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

That said, we tend to be very flexible on syndication to bring on great partners, and have collaborated with terrific partners like our most frequent co-investors Founder Collective, Accomplice, LHV, Softech, and others. We try to alleviate some of this stress through our various talent initiatives and our own time and effort.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

My partner Rob has previously written some thoughts on how to approach that conversation. The former can include expected burn and runway, guideposts on hiring, and resource allocation. What not to include is directly stating valuation expectations.

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MAY 31, 2019

My partners and I most often talk about defying gravity in the context of fundraising. But the ability to defy gravity can manifest itself in other places too, like in selling product to customers (ahead of what full vision of the product is actually built), or in recruiting additional hires.

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MAY 14, 2019

Their early hires are probably much stronger too, which allows for better execution as well. It’s a lot easier for the investor to tell their partners “things are headed in the right direction, it just takes time” vs “things aren’t working, they are going to start over”.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

This is pulled from NextView’s board deck resource, which was compiled using a combination of real startup board decks and input from NextView’s founding partners: Rob Go , David Beisel , and Lee Hower. Team: Hires, fires, departures, responsibility changes, major promotions, and your org chart.

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APRIL 30, 2015

Use good judgment, talk to your co-founders/investors/lawyers, and partner with a bank that values transparency and relationships such as SVB.]. And it’s that important because all companies will go through good times and tough times, and we’ll want to make sure we’ve got the right partner on the other side.

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JULY 21, 2022

Beyond offering disruptive and fair pricing, we’re becoming the go-to, trusted one-stop shop to discover and hire the talent clients always wanted, but didn’t know how to find and didn’t think they could afford. For creatives, we’re a premium, value-aligned partner to help grow their networks and portfolios, and monetize their passions.

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APRIL 5, 2016

NextView partner David Beisel recently published a comprehensive ebook for structuring your startup job search, intended for frontline operators and executives alike. Likewise, true grit is defined by so much more than company growth and valuations. As a community, we need more of these stories worth celebrating.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

We’ll need your contributions and your knowledge around categories like Product & Design , Marketing & Growth , Hiring & Talent , Fundraising , and more. – Pitch Decks (two styles + walk-throughs from the partners). – Board Decks (two styles + walk-throughs from the partners). – NextView blog.

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JULY 26, 2022

We help couples *get ready* to get pregnant, starting pre-pregnancy wellness testing for both partners. As we build and grow, I get a crash course in every domain of business – Product Development 101, Digital Marketing 101, Hiring 101 and so forth. Poplin was born to demystify the entire preconception process.

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JULY 13, 2020

This idea came up frequently as my partners and I were reflecting on our own personalities and what we thought would be important attributes of a young investor. I’ve been using the phrase “an explorer’s mind” quite a bit recently to describe the kind of person we are hoping to recruit to join our team at NextView.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Jason is generous with his storytelling and tactical tips for fundraising when VCs aren’t receptive, partnering with large players in your industry (as DraftKings was able to do with brands like Disney/ESPN, the MLB, the NHL, etc.), How young startups can partner with massive brands. Jason’s Twitter: @JasonDRobins.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Jason is generous with his storytelling and tactical tips for fundraising when VCs aren’t receptive, partnering with large players in your industry (as DraftKings was able to do with brands like Disney/ESPN, the MLB, the NHL, etc.), How young startups can partner with massive brands. Jason’s Twitter: @JasonDRobins.

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MARCH 16, 2016

These companies have a long way to go until global dominance in many cases, but they are all growing, hiring, and strengthening the local community right now. Most impressively, there seems to be a thriving startup of every flavor, with many more joining the list of Pillar Startups on the Guide in 2016 compared to 2015.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

Editor’s note: Today, NextView is excited to release this ebook from partner David Beisel. At NextView, we think a lot about hiring and talent placement , both informally through our networks and formally through systems we’ve developed to support our portfolio.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Investors and smart hires will always do appropriate diligence before investing money and time, but they won’t bother doing that unless they are excited about your story. In fact, in the very beginning, the story is the entirety of the company. That story is how you recruit employees, convince customers to give you a shot, and secure funding.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

A couple weeks ago, my partner Rob penned a blog post about the “shape of traction” which really resonated with a number of folks. The resulting question which my partners and I often hear in this context (and was asked for in the comments) is then: “How much traction do I need to raise a round of financing?” Go read his post here.

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APRIL 2, 2015

These all serve as doorways to different but important audiences that a founder needs to impress, ranging from investors to target customers or users to potential new hires. Something NextView partner Rob Go said the other day really stuck with me: “A little design goes a long way.” But not so fast.

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APRIL 16, 2015

The reason why hiring a technical co-founder or someone else in role X seems like a milestone is because investors might actually have questions about whether the team can be successful. But again, it’s not specifically the hiring of people that is the value inflection, it’s answering the question of confidence in the team.

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JULY 9, 2015

Be sure you have an honest and direct discussion with your lawyers, who should be viewed as true partners who understand these things. a product launch, hiring a key executive, a rebrand, an expansion of market focus, etc.). These are great data points for a VC to receive soon after partnering with an entrepreneur.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

And they tell us over and over again that they just care about four things: Hiring and developing a great team. For this reason, we’ve partnered with Guild members who have experience across different kinds of customers, business models, and distribution channels. Building a great product. Getting more customers.

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JULY 28, 2015

The best recent consumer success in Boston (Wayfair) bucks this trend by hiring tons of people with great raw horsepower but relatively little experience in a broad range of roles. On experience: As this post discusses, experience can be overrated, at least on the early-stage marketing side of a consumer business.

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MAY 29, 2019

Some funds have elaborate platforms or staff to support founders at this stage, but I’ve actually found that the most valuable asset for founders is the time, energy, and capabilities of their lead partner. Some funds have elevated or hired junior professionals to “partner” titles to try to address this.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

The best writer I ever hired at a startup wasn’t a former journalist. The best writer I ever hired at a startup didn’t have a resume. The best writer I ever hired at a startup is trying to work at your startup all the time, but 99 out of 100 times, you pass. Why We All Usually Botch This Hire.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

And while the NextView partners served as the editors and directors of the project to ensure its usefulness to founders, I wanted to share a few of the more surprising or alarming lessons and trends I witnessed after spending weeks of my life staring at actual pitch decks from dozens of startups to inform our templates.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

To help entrepreneurs, we launched a platform of resources as part of our new site, a 5-star-rated podcast specifically to discuss this topic, and several new internal systems and programs to better serve our entrepreneurs facing challenges like hiring or raising their next round. As a result, we hired Tim Devane to be our NY-based Principal.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

But I do think that if you want to find somebody who’s good at everything, and talked to a bunch of folks trying to hire product managers, it’s like ‘oh everybody’s missing something’. And if you find someone who’s a 10 out of 10 on all dimensions please hire them immediately because it’s very, very, rare.

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MAY 2, 2019

This could be through community (as in the Wing ), through training and continuing education (as with our portfolio company Strive ), or through more effective hiring and recruiting. This democratization is happening in the workplace, and we want to partner with founders who are looking to enable greater access and opportunity for everyone.

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APRIL 23, 2015

I believe this to be 100% true, and I know every partner at NextView feels the same way. You tend to hit goals you articulate, and everyone — from investors to co-founders to executives to new hires — want to know you’re setting clear (if ambitious) goals and thinking about this challenge.

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