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The Startup Offsite

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Instead, a startup’s offsite provides the leaders of a startup with the opportunity – and excused absence from one day’s operational details – to review where the company has been and point it in the right direction for the future given that context. The benefits of an offsite for a startup include: Challenging assumptions. That’s their job.

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Searching for the Kinect Killer App

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Although early versions of the mouse as an input device appeared in the early 60’s , it wasn’t until twenty years later in 1984 with its inclusion in the Apple Macintosh box did it really hit the mainstream – and it’s largely due to that the GUI utilized a mouse in a way that was integrated into how the entire operating system worked.

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A Beer Drinker's View of the Venture Industry

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But during that decade, the microbrewery phenomenon emerged. All of these companies instead competed with a segmentation strategy – focusing in specific region coupled with concentration on a specific style or type of craft beer. But during that decade, the microbrewery phenomenon emerged.

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Searching for the Kinect Killer App

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Although early versions of the mouse as an input device appeared in the early 60’s , it wasn’t until twenty years later in 1984 with its inclusion in the Apple Macintosh box did it really hit the mainstream – and it’s largely due to that the GUI utilized a mouse in a way that was integrated into how the entire operating system worked.

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Seed Stage Firms are Dead, Long Live Micro VCs

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These results are based on actual usage of product by early users, with resulting operating metrics which more than just validate a hypothesis. During an initial seed round, companies are able to test and validate live product/market theses. Seed-stage firms and super-angels institutionalizing are now more appropriately called Micro VCs.

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Introducing the NextView Talent Exchange: Connecting Top Talent to Startups

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Rather, we’ve heard time and again just how difficult it is to find exceptional operators — those all-important “doers” that are integral to making things really happen — a senior front-end engineer, a tactical online acquisition marketer, a phenomenal designer, and so on.

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Director of Platform & Community

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Strategize new project initiatives based on top-level firm goals, set priorities, and manage towards operational completion. Experience involving business operations and/or project management a plus. Execute effective social media strategy and broader targeted outreach (including writing and managing multiple social media presences).

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