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NextView’s Greatest Hits

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” Below are our favorite pieces from the past few years, divided in to a few key categories: fundraising, company building, product development, industry trends, and the life of a VC. Hiring Your Team. So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” ” (Rob Go). ” (Melody Koh).

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Accelerator Spotlight: Caesar Sustainability

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One hour I’m deep into product development, the next I’m thinking about our hiring needs and recruiting, to the next on a sales call. My favorite part is how many different hats I wear. I’ve learned and grown more as a leader than I ever could have imagined.

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NextView’s Early Stage Startup Guide: Product

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This guide will help you figure out how to navigate building a product people will love prior to hiring a full time PM, and figuring out when the right time to bring someone on is. we’ll cover the following topics: Challenges of Product Development. Thoughtful & Clever Product Experiences.

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An Alternative to Board Decks Some Seed VCs Actually Prefer

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Team: Hires, fires, departures, responsibility changes, major promotions, and your org chart. Hiring is also essential and may appear regularly, though it will fluctuate in volume and urgency. Thus, one of the major focus areas for the startup and the board will likely be product development.

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Accelerator Spotlight: Poplin

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AD: I once heard someone say, “if you want the best personal development seminar on the planet, start a business” and that is one of the best summaries of what I find so intriguing and fulfilling about being a founder. There are both hard and soft skills that coincide with each of these areas and it’s a whirlwind to keep pace.

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How to Build a Great Product Before Hiring Your First PM

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Most startups don’t have the luxury of hiring an experienced PM early in their journey. Many founders have to turn to brute force to figure it out, even when they themselves don’t have practitioner product management experience. The post How to Build a Great Product Before Hiring Your First PM appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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