Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

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).

Search 100

Search Boston Seed Stage Seattle 100

Genuine VC

MARCH 4, 2013

The web has become increasingly visual. Of course the same broadband penetration trends which catapulted the rise of online video over the previous decade also empowered delivery of image-heavy web pages. With this investment, everyone around the table is excited about transforming marketing on the web as we know it.

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Cofounder 124

Genuine VC

JANUARY 15, 2010

For the past five years, I’ve been organizing a regular event here in Boston called the Web Innovators Group (aka “WebInno”). Every couple months, 700-1000 web & mobile entrepreneurs, techies, startup junkies, and investors gather for one big meetup of the community. The web is your friend.

Silicon Valley 208

Silicon Valley Boston DC Cofounder 208

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

We rode the bubble wave to a successful outcome in 2000 , and after moving away for a few years which included a stint at business school , I returned back to Boston in 2004, and it felt like the web entrepreneurial community had almost entirely scattered after the crash. Instead, they had fled to other industries and those other geographies.

Boston 206

Boston Internet Entrepreneur .Net 206

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

We’re now at a point where the average consumer is not only comfortable buying all sorts of things over the web – they’re happy to tell their friends about it too. Selling high-consideration goods online is not just about publishing a web product catalog with features, specs, and reviews.

Web 134

Web Portfolio Security Engineer 134

Genuine VC

JANUARY 22, 2014

Requirements: A “digital native” with an established personal web presence and a strong interest in new technology. Include pointers to your LinkedIn profile and other professional web presences.' Strategize new project initiatives based on top-level firm goals, set priorities, and manage towards operational completion.

Community 113

Community Boston Seed Stage Venture Capital 113

Genuine VC

JUNE 10, 2013

It isn’t a secret that there is a huge platform shift underway as consumers transition from the desktop web to mobile + tablet devices. native app vs. mobile web) which weren’t issues on the previous generation’s platform. So consequently for retailers, attracting and retaining customers is an inherently different challenge.

Cofounder 103

Cofounder Mobile Web Finance 103

Genuine VC

MAY 1, 2014

Back in those Web 1.0 Over the course of a couple short years, we grew that property to more than 5 million members and 250 retailer relationships, profitably selling the company to About.com. days, we quickly learned the power of email in driving real consumer engagement and purchasing events.

Cofounder 118

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Social Network 118

Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

In many cases, there were already cases of these types of products already being purchased online, but given a new wave of innovation and greater acceptance, I think we’re at an inflection point where an increasing number of high-ticket, larger, enduring goods will be bought on the web.

Syndicate 100

Syndicate Syndication Lead Generation Acquisition 100

Genuine VC

JANUARY 15, 2010

For the past five years, I’ve been organizing a regular event here in Boston called the Web Innovators Group (aka “WebInno”). Every couple months, 700-1000 web & mobile entrepreneurs, techies, startup junkies, and investors gather for one big meetup of the community. The web is your friend.

Silicon Valley 103

Silicon Valley Boston DC Cofounder 103

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Lastly, we at NextView consider ourselves to be part of a greater Tribe within the entrepreneurial web and mobile community. It’s been enriching to see multiple instances where portfolio companies have assisted each other in the pursuit of good for the entire NextView Tribe.

Portfolio 114

Portfolio Seed Stage Venture Capital Partner 114

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Lastly, we at NextView consider ourselves to be part of a greater Tribe within the entrepreneurial web and mobile community. It’s been enriching to see multiple instances where portfolio companies have assisted each other in the pursuit of good for the entire NextView Tribe.

Portfolio 100

Portfolio Seed Stage Venture Capital Partner 100

Genuine VC

JULY 8, 2010

In addition, I will also continue to independently operate the Web Innovators Group. I believe that the company is dramatically changing the face of women’s-focused media with an authentic & powerful community of bloggers, and I am happy to continue to be a part of that endeavor as it grows.

Silicon Valley 154

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Cofounder Venture Capital 154

Genuine VC

APRIL 12, 2012

That perspective goes a very long way into creating a service which can be truly transformative yet integrated in how people inherently interact with the web. Younger entrepreneurs are “digital natives,” having had the unique background of growing up entirely with the internet as a presence in their lives.

Vertical 144

Vertical Portfolio Search Internet 144

Genuine VC

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Often you can fund this information on the web (like on Crunchbase) anyway, but sometimes, and especially with seed investments from larger firms, not always. The better question to ask is: “When was the most recent new investment your firm made which had the size & shape of the one which we’re seeking?”

Venture Capital 196

Venture Capital Conversion Search Entrepreneur 196

Genuine VC

APRIL 12, 2012

That perspective goes a very long way into creating a service which can be truly transformative yet integrated in how people inherently interact with the web. Younger entrepreneurs are “digital natives,” having had the unique background of growing up entirely with the internet as a presence in their lives.

Vertical 109

Vertical Portfolio Search Internet 109

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The old playbook six years ago was that the web distribution could be bought for a price with Google Adwords. is a progression in thinking.

Distribution 103

Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 103

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The old playbook six years ago was that the web distribution could be bought for a price with Google Adwords. is a progression in thinking.

Distribution 100

Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 100

Genuine VC

JANUARY 23, 2012

If a web service provides content which helps a person or organization learn more about what and how to buy, then it becomes a trusted source for later in the buying process. Attract would-be buyers with research/learning about purchasing … suppliers will follow.

Engineer 201

Engineer Vertical Portfolio Seed Stage 201

Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

In a decade in which we saw the web become increasingly distributed with a proliferation websites and content, this acquisition served as a foundation to empower Google to move beyond their core search Adwords product.

Acquisition 115

Acquisition Semantic Distribution Advertising 115

Genuine VC

JANUARY 17, 2011

For me individually, I’ve strived to fully foster the local Boston community through my independent organization of the Web Innovators Group , as a member of the Board of Directors at the MIT Enterprise Forum , as a TechStars mentor , among many other activities.

Seed Stage 125

Seed Stage Boston Early Stage New York 125

Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

In a decade in which we saw the web become increasingly distributed with a proliferation websites and content, this acquisition served as a foundation to empower Google to move beyond their core search Adwords product.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Semantic Distribution Advertising 100

Genuine VC

JULY 23, 2007

With concern over the environment becoming a progressively more relevant issue, the web provides a natural vehicle for connecting people to resources and services which lessen impact of individuals on environment. We’re moving to a world where every web page, every device, every screen will be have some type of video content.

Green 100

Green Bandwidth Startup Venture Capital 100

Genuine VC

JULY 14, 2008

This open question has inhibited the shift in video consumption past its original portal through to the distributed net – where the rest of web content consumption occurs. Herein lies the problem – how do you find good video without going to YouTube?

Video 100

Video .Net Distribution Aggregator 100

Genuine VC

JULY 14, 2008

This open question has inhibited the shift in video consumption past its original portal through to the distributed net – where the rest of web content consumption occurs. Herein lies the problem – how do you find good video without going to YouTube?

Video 100

Video .Net Distribution Aggregator 100

Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2010

At the recent March Web Innovators Group event, I invited a panel of serial entrepreneurs to talk about their founding stories, during which David Cancel said that “one of the most unproductive things new founders do is talk to investors too early… I test all my ideas on the web.”

Early Stage 123

Early Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Conversion 123

Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2010

At the recent March Web Innovators Group event, I invited a panel of serial entrepreneurs to talk about their founding stories, during which David Cancel said that “one of the most unproductive things new founders do is talk to investors too early… I test all my ideas on the web.”

Early Stage 121

Early Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Conversion 121

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

For example here locally in Boston, dedicated startup job boards are actually fairly fruitful: VentureFizz , Greenhorn Connect , and Web Innovators Group. Look for specific roles in specific outlets for general opportunity. If these companies are actively posting positions, there are good things happening at the startup.

Startup 148

Startup Portfolio Later Stage Hiring 148

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

There are numerous places on the web where you can benchmark the amount of cash and equity compensation for any given function, level, and startup stage. So the number of shares you receive (e.g. 10,000) is irrelevant (regardless of how big that number is) without knowing other numbers which they (likely) won’t tell you unless you ask.

Startup 121

Startup Equity Vesting Salary 121

Genuine VC

OCTOBER 3, 2007

Of course, Google announced its "Universal Search" all the way back in May, touted by Marissa Mayer on their blog "to blend content from Images, Maps, Books, Video, and News into our web results.".

Search 100

Search San Jose SEO Engineer 100

Genuine VC

JANUARY 29, 2008

As I noted in my post last fall about “ Seven Coming Digital Uber-trends which Are Ripe for Startup Opportunities ,” consumers have an progressively heightened awareness around living green, and the web provides a natural vehicle for connecting people to resources and services which lessen impact of individuals on environment.

Technical Cofounder 101

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Angel Investor 101

Genuine VC

JANUARY 29, 2008

As I noted in my post last fall about “ Seven Coming Digital Uber-trends which Are Ripe for Startup Opportunities ,” consumers have an progressively heightened awareness around living green, and the web provides a natural vehicle for connecting people to resources and services which lessen impact of individuals on environment.

Technical Cofounder 100

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Angel Investor 100

Genuine VC

DECEMBER 23, 2009

” If you were to count off the major trends on the web today, fragmentation (both publisher and resulting audience traffic) would be near the top of the list. Because not only has the world changed in towards a more distributed web over the past ten years as AOL has declined, it has also become a more social one.

Arkansas 100

Arkansas Algorithm Advertising Audience 100

Genuine VC

DECEMBER 23, 2009

” If you were to count off the major trends on the web today, fragmentation (both publisher and resulting audience traffic) would be near the top of the list. Because not only has the world changed in towards a more distributed web over the past ten years as AOL has declined, it has also become a more social one.

Arkansas 100

Arkansas Algorithm Advertising Audience 100