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Searching for the Kinect Killer App

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We at NextView have been thinking about and looking for investments in seed-stage startups which leverage the megatrend of transitioning computing away from a standard fixed-web PC world. Of course that includes “mobile-first” applications and companies which ride the adoption of tablet devices (more on those in upcoming posts).

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Searching for the Kinect Killer App

Genuine VC

We at NextView have been thinking about and looking for investments in seed-stage startups which leverage the megatrend of transitioning computing away from a standard fixed-web PC world. Of course that includes “mobile-first” applications and companies which ride the adoption of tablet devices (more on those in upcoming posts).

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Pull the Plug or Keep Searching for the Believer? When Fundraising is Tough.

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The energy that it takes persuading someone who starts with a bias not to invest is much better suited searching for additional prospects who want to believe in what you’re building. I’ve seen both outcomes in a prolonged “believer” search.

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The Shift Towards Universal Search

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There has been a lot of coverage this past week about the recent upgrading of search engines' user experiences to include other content-type results. Yahoo unveiled new enhancements on Tuesday , Microsoft launched refined Live Search last week , and Ask upgraded to its "3D" user interface back in June.

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Seed Stage Firms are Dead, Long Live Micro VCs

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But leveraged distribution via platforms (organic/paid search, social networks, mobile devices) and self-service monetization (ad networks, app stores, payments) is what has truly empowered startups to become real scalable businesses on very small amounts of initial capital.

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Authenticity is Experience

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Great ideas search for a great entrepreneur; great entrepreneurs don’t search for a great idea. It always baffles me when we see pitches from entrepreneurs who have some great deep-domain expertise in their backgrounds and they’ve deliberately decided to pursue something in a different space.

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How to Find the Perfect Startup Job: Part II "Sifting Through a Sea of Companies"

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My advice: search for heat, but don’t follow - evaluate. The right approach is to think broadly but network and search to ask specifically. DOs for a systematic rather than haphazard startup job search: Pick a specific vertical or theme (e.g. The good are interspersed with the bad and the ugly.

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