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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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Blogging is one of the best ways to do this and build a brand, even before you have a product or service. Thus I recommend that every entrepreneur start blogging in parallel with solution development for the following benefits: Get customer idea feedback before you commit resources. Develop an efficient and effective writing style.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

There are many additional variables that the inexperienced marketer may not even think to consider: competition and positioning strategies, budgeting, match types, search and content syndication, and ad copy testing, as well developing the best ad wording and layouts. Tracking and performance reporting.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

Take AVC.com, the blog by Fred Wilson. He wrote a blog post that always stuck with me about how there are regulars on his blog who hang out there a bit like “Cheers&# just having a chat with a metaphorical beer in hand. I picked questions that I had already covered in depth on my blog and answered them in shorter form.

Silicon Valley 301

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Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

My business started from a simple blog where I wrote about marketing topics as a way to stay current on marketing trends. When I started the blog 8 years ago I was working at a company where I didn't feel valued, so blogging was a way for me to build confidence. I figured it would be easier to do that through a blog site.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Jordan 141

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

I haven’t blogged about GrabCAD much here at AgileVC in the past, but we’re excited to be invesetors in the company. All of us at NextView are psyched to support the company into it’s next phases of growth along with the rest of the investor syndicate. You can also look at my blog — there is much more there. .

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in a major media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog. The mailings are just roundups of recent blog posts, so don’t require extra work. Linkedin.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

This tells us its social media team, blog content writers, website copywriters, and everyone else, are aligned on their task execution. If the goal is to raise awareness, they might be social media content and blog posts. For example, if your goal is to generate leads , assets might be webinars, landing pages , and emails.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

In turn, some funds have a more friendly posture towards us and try to structure deals that incentive syndicate investors in a way that doesn’t massively disadvantage the seed investors. We help surface seed companies to them and typically don’t compete against them for new rounds or for follow-on dollars.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2014

It wasn’t that long ago that web-savvy marketers were touting the advances in technology that allowed anyone to build a website, publish a blog, or embark on a social media campaign. by Scott Hirsch, f ounder and CEO of Appsbar. The advent of mobile platforms has rendered all of those tools passé.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Mass Relevance today announced that it has been selected by Twitter (blog post) as the first curation partner officially licensed to re-syndicate Twitter content.

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View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. Today, we are seeing less syndication of seed rounds and sharper elbows among many of the funds in the market. Instead of broadly syndicated rounds, we are seeing much more competition for fewer slots. Why Is Seed Investing Becoming More Sharp Elbowed?

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. I break the process down into 10 steps: 1) Launch.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. I break the process down into 10 steps: 1) Launch.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

Early Growth Financial Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Gene Marks Gene is the leading expert on small businesses, with an active readership across multiple syndication platforms. Gene’s blog on the New York Times is a great digest of the most significant political, economic, financial, and technological trends that affect business management. Small Business 1.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Catapulted into a web of murder and intrigue involving the Chinese Ministry of State Security, a powerful Asian crime syndicate, the CIA, and a beautiful Thai princess, Samira and Kit don’t know who they can trust. I expect many readers of this blog know Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. Three Laws Lethal was even more delicious.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

Pros: Industry-insider who serves as a validator for the rest of the investment syndicate, extremely helpful advice and network connections. Having someone who the founder or founding team has worked with before can be a good validator to other syndicate investors and future investors that they all work well together.

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

However, in our conversations over the past few weeks with both Founder applicants and others in the ecosystem (like co-investors), it became apparent that some of the assumptions about what an accelerator is and how ours is different wasn’t fully appreciated from our original Accelerator blog post.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

A marketer should attempt a combination of writing on a personal blog, writing for an employer’s blog and for third-party publications through guest blogging and syndication to get the most reach. She also occasionally contributes content on other industry blogs like Buffer’s blog or Fast Company.

Leadership 146

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

4:32] Is that was that the initial vision was to just make it easier to get those shows syndicated? [5:48] Is that, was that the initial vision was to just make it easier to get those shows syndicated. When blogs first started, they were really almost typically an individual's journal almost.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With the help of onsite blog posts, offsite guest authored posts, social media updates, and other forms of content, brands can generate much more visibility and a better reputation—all for a relatively low cost of entry. Content is relatively inexpensive to produce and syndicate, but it can have incredibly powerful effects.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Startups with large, lifecycle VCs included in the seed round syndicate did not reach Series A faster than those who did not. If a lifecycle VC was involved in the seed investor syndicate, the Series A was noticeably larger, at a $5.9M Roughly four different “philosophies” exist to reach Series A, each with pros and cons. They are: 1.

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Startup 333

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

It''s also not the best way to create a helpful syndicate of investors that share the founder''s vision for the company. You might be surprised that I don''t get more inbound deals given all the work that I put into my blog, Twitter, and newsletter. Actually, these things play an important role, but not in the way that you might think.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. Across our partnership we will do 10-12 deals per year and with 5.5

Software Review 150

Software Review Turkey Portfolio Syndicate 150

Haystack

JULY 15, 2018

Recently on this blog, I’ve been attempting to unpack how an investor can sort through deal flow and potential investment opportunities. Occasionally here, I’ll make a smaller investment to start and help syndicate. So, now, what happens in the actual meeting?

Founder 60

Founder Syndicate Syndication Deal Flow 60

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2019

You’ll need tons of well-written onsite blog posts, a diverse array of inbound links, and plenty of time to measure, analyze, and adapt your approach. Some SEO strategies can be done even with minimal expertise, such as drafting onsite blog posts or improving your site speed. SEO is a long-term strategy that takes time to develop.

SEO 186

SEO Marketing Startup Syndicate 186

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2018

It’s unlikely that you’ve got the budget for nationally syndicated ads or a commercial during the Super Bowl. Entrepreneur and marketing guru Seth Godin’s blog is another great resource for marketing wisdom. Tim Ferriss, the author of the best-seller The 4-Hour Work Week , has a blog and podcast , too.

Small Business 63

Small Business Marketing Social Media Lead Generation 63

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

About 10-15% of the 1,000 active venture capitalists blog, according to Jeff Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners. ffVC has an active blog and I keep a personal one at teten.com. Become open and transparent. Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy very discreet.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2010

They also couldn’t have asked for a better syndicate of investors. I’ve always believed in small, private groups—dating back to when I first started blogging. I acknowledged that most blogs were private and only read by a handful people—like on Live Journal and MySpace.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2019

how much the company is raising, valuation expectations, round/syndicate dynamics, etc.). During the debrief, we would discuss not only aspects of the company (i.e. team, market, product, stage/traction) but also the potential deal itself (i.e.

Pre-Money Valuation 174

Pre-Money Valuation Syndicate Syndication Valuation 174

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

It’s no surprise to me that fast-forward a few months later, along with some seed capital from NextView and our syndicate partner Underscore to accelerate their efforts, the team has grown the service to reach dozens of companies and employees of all stripes, as featured in today’s Scott Kirsner Globe article.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Next Annette McClellan presented DaisyClip , a non-surgical contraception device for women that she is in the process of syndicating a $1.8 I advised her to become a value added reseller of SuccessFactors, a company that I have an in-depth case study about on my blog. My recommendation to Hardika is to study the FDBI project.

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Genuine VC

JULY 8, 2014

This is an excerpt from the original post, found on NextView’s blog, The View From Seed , launched this week. While there has been much discussion about the variances on syndicate composition and structure, and of course pricing variance, but essentially the “deal” is becoming fairly standard for all parties.

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VC Adventure

JANUARY 19, 2024

We just made public over on the Foundry blog that our 2022 fund will be our last Foundry fund. I wanted to add a few personal thoughts here. When we started Foundry, we were very open about our intention to eventually wind our operations down rather than try to build a generational firm.

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Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Cofounder 72

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

Once objectives are identified and prioritized, your podcasting plan should outline strategies and tactics, which include format, frequency, duration, host/s, point of view, guests, research, syndication, and marketing. podcast directories) pick up and syndicate your podcasts for free via RSS feeds. From there, podcatchers (i.e.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

As the company stated in a blog post : Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. Try using an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) tool to stay in touch with important thought leaders speaking to your audience. HubSpot’s Blog Topic Generator : Need a blog post idea?

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Mobile Design Technical Review RSS 48

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage. As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction.

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