View from Seed
JULY 31, 2014
And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like? Furthermore, one of our recent investments was in Silicon Valley, as all three of us have lived and worked there. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B).
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 7, 2016
With countless roadblocks along the way, it’s not uncommon for a startup to falter to the point of folding before it has ever reached even the simplest of business goals. The rub is that a startup likely has the ideas to take it straight to the top, but it’s also likely that the company lacks the business skills to make it truly successful.
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 23, 2023
For me, personally : People in the senior ranks at startups usually call themselves operators. I also took an advisory role with another startup working on national security technology, QuSecure. You can get wealthy with the right startup, but many startups fail, so it’s a long shot. They need you. Where should you go?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
If you haven’t raised any money or if you raised a small round from angels or friends & family I would suggest you avoid setting up a formal board unless the people who would join your board are deeply experienced at sitting on startup boards. especially at the earliest stages but if you can avoid it I would recommend it. —?just
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2015
If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. But not many others.
Mucker Lab
AUGUST 27, 2014
As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).
Agile VC
DECEMBER 13, 2011
How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I often tell these entrepreneurs that I genuinely hope they prove us wrong, and are wildly successful with their startup. In NextView’s case that’s seed stage internet and software companies. How To Think About The Future.
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