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Harvard’s Big Moves to Improve Its Startup Spirit: An HBS Student’s Take

View from Seed

Along those lines, I’m excited to work with the NextView Ventures team over the next and final six months of my time at HBS to examine more of the data and help build institutional seed-stage funding into the fabric of the emerging Harvard tech cluster. Boston’s talent pool is unparalleled.

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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

Almost two years ago, in a private/closed meeting with K9 Ventures’ LPs only, I claimed that: What was being referred to in the press as the “Series A Crunch” was not because fewer Series A deals were being done, but because there were too many Seed deals being done. The risk here is what I refer to as the curse of over-capitalization.

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I Stared at Startup Pitch Decks for 3 Straight Weeks – Here’s What I Learned

View from Seed

A few weeks ago, we launched two startup pitch deck templates for raising seed capital — part of NextView’s platform of exclusive startup resources. In sharing them, I hope you can create a deck that’s better informed, more compelling, and more effective at raising capital for your venture.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. and Path Intelligence. Seedups Hi Jeremy.