View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You are intentional about developing a point of view on new sectors that we can learn from. 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. About NextView.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

If AT&T, IBM and Google acknowledge these courses as a viable way to train employees, I think the rest of us can too. When you complete your nanodegree(s) you have industry-recognized credentials and a portfolio of your completed projects. Do a little online search to look at your options. This is where nanodegrees shine.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

We average eight to 10 total new investments per year as a firm, so this frequency is a typical investment pace for us. Furthermore, one of our recent investments was in Silicon Valley, as all three of us have lived and worked there. Most often, when people talk about “network effects,” they’re referring to consumer-facing startups.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 24, 2019

You may recall that we opened a search for an associate last summer. Unfortunately, we didn’t find someone who was the right fit for us – and decided to take a short break from the search. Working with existing portfolio companies, including helping out with hiring, financial modeling, and research.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 5, 2021

Today, let me unpack the crucial differences between attribution and incrementality to empower you – and your Senior Leaders – to have intelligent discussions about the actual problems you need solved, and justify an investment in additional Analysis Ninjas. In English, this means if someone clicked on a Paid Search ad on Bing and converted.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

” Strangely, the best I’ve ever heard this exemplified is in Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential - which is really a book about startups as told through kitchen stories. How about asking, “If we hired Susan could you imagine considering coming with her?” In many ways that can be way more telling.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 2, 2018

We’re particularly proud and excited for this development, as it’s two portfolio companies joining forces! You can read more about the acquisition from Coinbase and on Wired. Outside of exchanges, CryptoKitties is the most-used smart contract in the history of blockchain. You can read more about it on the Coinbase blog.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is a big milestone for us, but really, it’s just the beginning of what will hopefully be a multi-decade endeavor for me individually, and perhaps a multi-generational endeavor for the firm. Why is this?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

We’re excited about the Metaverse at Remagine Ventures and the potential it has to bring people together. Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). of US social network users) according to Falcon.io’s 2021 digital marketing trends. credit App Annie. social media.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2024

Not for us. Whether you’re creating immersive virtual worlds, developing cutting-edge AI technologies, or advancing the gaming industry, we’re ready to learn about your vision. Drop us a line or slide into our DMs – we’re all ears! Are you building in this space?

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is a big milestone for us, but really, it’s just the beginning of what will hopefully be a multi-decade endeavor for me individually, and perhaps a multi-generational endeavor for the firm. Why is this?

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

So we think about scaling a lot. First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource. This allows a VC to put more capital to work in their past portfolio companies with relatively little extra effort. – Provide hands-on operational support for portfolio companies.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is a big milestone for us, but really, it’s just the beginning of what will hopefully be a multi-decade endeavor for me individually, and perhaps a multi-generational endeavor for the firm. Why is this?

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

We've also seen extensive use of technology and increased remote working. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the future trends they see in their industry and here are the responses. #1- 2- Growth of voice search. According to DVS Interactive, voice searches account for 20% of all smartphone searches.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 2, 2019

To get an insight into how successful start-ups approach team building, we spoke to Sylvain Utard, employee number 1 and VP of Engineering at Algolia, an Accel portfolio company. We asked Sylvain to share his secret tips with us. How do you attract talent as an enterprise start-up? The first is culture.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the companies they’re starting in 2023 and here are the responses. #1- The majority of new inquiries I've fielded for 2023 projects are about branding luxury residences that bridge the gap between a boutique hotel and Airbnb. Thanks to Sean Stevens, Immerse Education ! #8-

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 14, 2023

By late Friday, anyone who banked with SVB was concerned about … well … everything. Once it became clear that payroll accounts needed to be funded on Monday to make Wednesday’s payroll, we focused on the immediate short-term to ensure our portfolio companies’ thousands of employees got paid on time.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

I myself recently covered the topic when I spoke about why GRP Partners invested in Ad.ly. People feel angst about advertising in any form – I feel the same feeling about advertising as most consumers. John Batelle profiles this well in his book The Search. I feel it’s a necessary evil. Who decides?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Venture Capitalists who are serious about turning their firms into more than one-fund wonders may want to have their associates actually start and run a company for a year. Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). In surveying my VC friends, I was surprised about the strong and diverse opinions.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

There were many moments in each space when pioneers were funding startups and the press hadn’t written much about them and if you were a typical investor you were still funding the last trend while some VCs were trailblazing into new categories. Almost nobody believed and now look at it. Online education.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2019

Modern entrepreneurship began at the turn of this century with the observation that startups aren’t smaller versions of large companies – large companies at their core execute known business models, while startups search for scalable business models. However, they don’t help you figure out where to start the search for your new business.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

And with each new year, there brings a “newness” for lack of a better term where we are able to start fresh and change those things that went wrong or act on the things we have been thinking about doing. 2020 is all about making sensible decisions and taking a long-term view. Things haven't always been easy for us.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 7, 2021

Many organizations like Hacker Rank hosted a two-day online fair where candidates could connect with tech companies from across the US. ’ However, today when hiring the right talent is the ultimate goal, job titles and years of experience may restrict your search horizons. Think about your current scenario.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

However, it is important to check the portfolio of the program and see how many companies from your industry have participated. If there are only a few companies within your industry that completed the program, I recommend that you contact one of these startups directly and ask about their experience. Of course it made sense to us.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 13, 2011

How To Think About The Future. I often tell these entrepreneurs that I genuinely hope they prove us wrong, and are wildly successful with their startup. But what we can do is seek to make good decisions, and be very intentional about how we make those decisions. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. December 13, 2011.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

So today we’re talking about non-conventional entries into tech. I decided to make a career switch after a crappy promotion forced me to really think about my career and financial goals. I would get home from work around 6 PM, watch one of my tv shows while eating dinner, then study until about 1–2 AM. Job search Part 1.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Last week I had a chance to interview Kyle Stalzer, President at Tackk (a portfolio company of my firm, ff Venture Capital ), about an issue that’s top of mind for a lot of our companies: How to Recruit an A-Quality Designer for Your Company. Internet marketers help increase traffic to your site through search engine optimization.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Whilst 2020 will likely be remembered of a year full of tragedy and financial crisis, on an individual level some may come to remember it as a year of change and progress, even for those of us who just learn a bit more about the side hustle. Working as a tutor in the US, you can expect to earn anywhere between $15-$70 per hour.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

It was perhaps the best thing that sellers experienced after the legalization of weed in states across the US. Even before you start thinking about business, you must brush up on legal facts. Cannabis is legal in many states in the US, but there’s much more when you scratch the surface. Build an impressive product portfolio.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Portfolio companies can contact us to learn more.) For the company, he’s led multiple tech teams focused on products like voice and image search, Google Search for iOS, Google Glass, and Android Wear. I recently chatted with Saurya about how he approaches hiring engineers at Google and what founders can learn.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise. At the same time, they reduce the value of knowledge about people in your network; now anyone can find out who, for example, are the M&A decision-makers at Cisco. Our industry is highly noisy, and VCs use their networks to filter for signal amidst the noise.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise. At the same time, they reduce the value of knowledge about people in your network; now anyone can find out who, for example, are the M&A decision-makers at Cisco. Our industry is highly noisy, and VCs use their networks to filter for signal amidst the noise.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

How about any Nokia phones? Or if you used a paper map to find your way here? These questions and your answers lie at the heart of what I’d like to talk about with you today: the changing face of innovation and your role in it. Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Apple owned 0%.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

How To Think About The Future. Today one of our portfolio companies, GrabCAD, announced it’s Series A funding led by Matrix. I haven’t blogged about GrabCAD much here at AgileVC in the past, but we’re excited to be invesetors in the company. Thank you for your comment about my articles, much appreciated!

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

Sometimes I wonder if we should actually be all that excited about the insanely cool stuff if the sanely cool stuff remains unmastered. Before you log into Google Analytics it is really really helpful to get context about the company/client's business. Like everything in life, you want a balanced portfolio (left).

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

You want to think about “what your customers want to buy” and then adjust your pitch accordingly. These groups are investing in funds to get a good return, but perhaps more importantly, to be able to track their portfolios and be able to deploy more dollars in later rounds directly and with lower fees. Are they a principal or an agent?

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