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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

Two weeks ago, my partners and I here at NextView Ventures announced our second fund. As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. Examples include the current rise of native advertising and the fundamental platform shift to mobile.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 7 – Jack Shanahan

Steve Blank

Prior to the JAIC General Shanahan ran Project Maven, an unintentional dry-run for how the DOD and commercial companies could partner (or not) to build AI-enabled apps. Maven partnered with Google to build a computer vision tool for imagery analysts to automatically detect objects/targets. We started with a cross-functional team.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

Yokum Taku, Corporate and Securities Partner at the Palo Alto, California Office of Wilson Sonsini agrees, “I can’t think of a good reason not to shift early stage seed financings toward convertible equity away from convertible debt.”. Advertise Here. Advertise Here. next story » HP Launches The Beta Release Of Open WebOS.

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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. I’m a geek and software engineer from the former ­Soviet state of Belarus. They are not looking to benefit by partnering with your company. They’re looking to benefit by partnering with companies like yours.

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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

Austin Startup

Find out how startups and corporations can partner to achieve results that truly benefit both sides. This panel will help you get a better understanding of how Talent-Leadership-Culture drives ROI and how it can be achieved, with Wade Allen, CEO of Cendea, Jim Bledsoe, Senior Partner of Cendea, and KimGorsuch, CEO of Weeva.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community – August 2012

Rob Go

Topics have included “Leveraging Pinterest”, “Mobile Commerce”, and “Facebook Advertising” Future Forward and Nantucket Conference – Two high quality, invite only conferences for tech leaders and executives, both increasingly open to bringing in young blood. Hack/Reduce – Big Data Hackspace.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Topics have included “Leveraging Pinterest”, “Mobile Commerce”, and “Facebook Advertising”. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Clypd – Video Advertising (backed by Atlas, DataPoint, Boston Seed). Linkable Networks – Card-linked Advertising (backed by Bain and Kepha). Places to Hang.

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