View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

*This post is part of our “pitch deck” series where we dissect the seed stage pitch deck and discuss the ideal flow for a pitch. As a seed-stage company, it is understandable to have a nascent (or non-existent) product and a barebone team relative to the great ambition of the company. Now it’s time to discuss the “where”.

Part-Time VPE 195

Part-Time VPE Seed Stage CTO Hire Forecast 195

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

How to Sell Your Startup’s “Secret” Master Plan at the Seed Stage “Articulating and selling your long run vision is important, but trying to convince those that are deeply skeptical about it is simply a mutual waste of time.” Seed stage startups are now graded on a curve.”

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Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 178

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Emphasizing phone-based communication skills is pivotal due to significantly higher connect rates compared to email campaigns. Empathy and Relationship Building: SDRs should establish empathetic relationships, showing understanding over phone, email, or LinkedIn interactions.

Early Stage 78

Early Stage Sales Developer Development Team Review 78

View from Seed

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Whether an entrepreneur is raising a smaller (pre-)seed round entirely from individuals or she has a seed-stage or larger VC firm involved in (leading) the seed syndicate, it’s somewhere between necessary and optimal to have multiple individual angel investors involved. First and foremost, angels can provide capital.

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Angel Investor Boston Seed Stage Syndicate 332

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

*This post is part of our “pitch deck” series where we dissect the seed stage pitch deck and discuss the ideal flow for a pitch. Now it’s time to set the stage with the early traction you have. Seed stage VCs are realistic about how much traction a very raw company might have.

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Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 150

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

This recently came up for debate inside NextView HQ as we talked through the go-to-market plans of one of our unannounced seed investments. This particular company, as a B2B SaaS business, would definitely benefit from driving traffic to convert into subscribers or leads on their email list.

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Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

V2: Helping online marketers who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. V3: Helping directors of marketing at series B companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. All the investors whom I pitched who believed that email was dead didn’t invest.

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Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48