Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Chad is the CEO of thoughtbot, a consulting firm that makes web + mobile apps for early-stage startups. In the three years since launching the business, they’ve become the clear market leader in SaaS static analysis. The post The Market Is Hot for Code Climate, NextView’s Newest Investment appeared first on GenuineVC.'

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Genuine VC

JUNE 18, 2013

Mobile is changing the world. Not just in our “mobile-first” companies, but all of them. However, the consistent challenge which we’re observing in the mobile ecosystem is acquiring customer distribution. However, the consistent challenge which we’re observing in the mobile ecosystem is acquiring customer distribution.

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Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

a new segment of the institutional venture market is emerging. Both super-angels are institutionalizing “up” and formerly traditional VCs shifting “down” to fill a market opportunity. During an initial seed round, companies are able to test and validate live product/market theses.

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Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

Genuine VC

JUNE 10, 2013

It isn’t a secret that there is a huge platform shift underway as consumers transition from the desktop web to mobile + tablet devices. Mobile is literally eating the world. native app vs. mobile web) which weren’t issues on the previous generation’s platform. And it’s further exasperated by technical obstacles (e.g.

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Cofounder Mobile Web Finance 103

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

For example, it’s much more prevalent today in 2012 to have been a tactical internet marketer for the past five years whereas in in 2007 is just wasn’t. With real clusters of strength in areas like mobile, marketing, and consumerized B2B SaaS – Boston is entering a golden age of internet entrepreneurs positioned for the future.

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Boston Internet Entrepreneur .Net 206

Genuine VC

JULY 23, 2007

Influence and word-of-mouth marketing facilitated by online social software. Marketers are increasingly concerned about truly engaging with consumers as the effectiveness of traditional advertising erodes. Domestically, we have a growing population of youth who have never known life without internet and mobile phone.

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Genuine VC

JULY 1, 2014

This closeness of the entire team allowed for the company to rapidly react (see next point) in fast moving ad-tech space, empowering them to hone on product-market fit and begin scaling much more quickly than I’d ever seen before. Within a matter of months, a retention marketing service, namely mobile retargeting, was launched.

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