Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large number each year. This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. The Grand-daddy. MIT Start Lab.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

On Tuesday, July 21, we hosted the first-ever Boston Consumer Tech Summit. The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

As she recalls, "once we as a team and ecosystem of stakeholders got our plan together--and a big part of that was our incredible school partners, who said, 'We are going to feed as many kids and families as we can,'-- within a week, we were building at light speed what would be the next iteration of Revolution Foods and our feeding system."

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

by Nick Candito, cofounder and Chief Executive Officer at Progressly. Companies today are hindered with difficult to use, siloed business systems that fail to simplify communication around processes and improve how businesses operate. Every year, companies lose 20 to 30 percent in revenue due to inefficiencies.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. It is rare to find somebody who matches exactly what I’m looking for in a partner so when you find it you act: Academic rigor (Princeton undergrad, Stanford MBA).

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

What was your approach to picking co-founders, and what advice would you give entrepreneurs on this? I think having a co-founder is very important. You need close partners in that journey and you get many sorts of partners - investors, employees etc. - The co-founder / marriage analogy is apt.

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View from Seed

MAY 14, 2015

As an operator, not an investor, I’m amazed at how many casual, throwaway comments that happen inside a VC’s office would be genuinely useful to entrepreneurs building their businesses. But since almost every founder goes through this, I feel it’s a necessary one. You should start actively searching for space 3-4 months out.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 2, 2022

“Adding NatureBox to the HUNGRY platform enables us to provide our clients with exclusive access to NatureBox-branded snacks,” said HUNGRY co-founder and CEO Jeff Grass. and has rapidly growing operations in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

of teams’ online pitch decks and recorded videos, as well as loved the dozens of second-round video conversations which we had with Founders working on quite compelling startups. Many of these Founders we wouldn’t have had an opportunity to connect with if we hadn’t launched this program.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. It was originally called Romotive, and I still remember founder Keller Rinaudo just crushing it at demo day that year. These are sorted by the year that we funded them.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. Startup Insights From Paul English, Co-Founder of Kayak - OnStartups , May 10, 2010 I’m just wrapping up several weeks of attending conferences across both coasts. Kayak is great Boston-area success story. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

I worked throughout different areas in Cybersecurity/Identity and Access Management and in 2013 I took the big step and moved to the Boston area. I started Good Dog Labs in early 2014 and a year later I officially became a co-founder with the on-boarding of my brother Dino in 2015. New England has been good to me?—?I

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David Cohen

JANUARY 12, 2021

We’ve seen it over and over again in our own investment portfolio – and helped to mentor our founders through these strategic decisions and transitions. As such, we decided to bring in an experienced operator who has seen growth from our scale to more than 10x our scale to lead us through this phase. It’s all part of the journey.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. The folks at Yipit did a detailed analyis of the Boston data and concluded Groupon’s model is deteriorating there.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. With KOYA, you can easily treat your co-worker to a class at their favorite yoga studio in New York or surprise your partner with a personal message at the park where you first met. Thanks to David Tile, Article-Writing Co ! #23-

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate , a seed-stage VC firm. She’s also a founding member of All Raise, a non-profit committed to improving diversity in both funders and founders. I was in Boston, working for the first time in venture capital as an analyst for this guy who was incredible and an amazing mentor.

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David Teten

JANUARY 17, 2013

It’s hosted by: Harvard Alumni Association, Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs, Harvard Venture Partners, Social Innovation Collaborative, and Aspiring Minority Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (AMBLE). Francisco Aguilar ’05, MPP ’12—Founder, Bounce Imaging. John West, MBA ’95—Founder and President, The Whistle. What’s Next?

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Answers Ask Entrepreneur Home Business Operations Business Opportunities Sales & Marketing Advertising & PR Finance & Accounting Franchises Home Business Human Resources Internet/E-Commerce Legal Issues Starting Up Technology Most Recent Answers How Can I Streamline My E-Commerce Operation? Then, start thinking about the numbers.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

But a new class of life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space is another. Testing hypotheses with doctors, patients, payers, providers, purchasing departments, strategic partners is hard. Scheduling time to look over a surgeon’s shoulder in an operating room is tough.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. Connect with our partners, e.g., Derek Holt. We’re not just focused on NY/Boston/Silicon Valley. There are 1.4m-1.6m

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. The reality today is that capital is more available than ever and entrepreneurs have become more sophisticated, so founders are looking for more than just cash from their venture backers.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2023

Mary is also the co-creator of a new course with Reforge and hosts the popular Women In Product Marketing podcast. Her new book The Pocket Guide to Product Launches: Get Confident, Go to Market, and Win, is a quick-start guide to nailing your first product launch, whether you are a product marketer, product manager, or founder.

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Product Framework Technical Review Cofounder 60

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

While the startup environment in Boston has vastly improved over the last several years , I continue to hear the sentiment that it’s really tough to build a great consumer startup in Boston. This is expressed by people outside of Boston, but it often comes from those within our community too. A very particular culture.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. We selected this benchmark because it reflects the phase in which companies have proven product viability, achieved initial product/market fit, and are now expanding sales and growing more complex operations.

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Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

NextView is thrilled to have co-led this round along with our friends at SoftTech VC and Farmeron’s existing investors 500 Startups, Seedcamp, and TAG. I first met Matija Kopic, Farmeron’s co-founder & CEO, a few months ago. Thanks Andy, we’re excited to partner with and help the company.

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View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

As an operator, not an investor, I’m amazed at how many casual, throwaway comments that happen inside a VC’s office would be genuinely useful to entrepreneurs building their businesses. Be sure you have an honest and direct discussion with your lawyers, who should be viewed as true partners who understand these things.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

There is a lot happening in the Boston restaurant landscape. Some say it’s the ridiculous and ever-escalating Boston rents, some say Millennials are to blame, but in either case – complaining never pays the bills. Not only are they requisite for the guest experience, but they are highly effective for the operator as well.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

AUGUST 18, 2014

We are thrilled to back co-founders Rick Morrison and Jud Gardner and their team as they continue their mission to use next generation data analytics to help life science companies transform the way they bring products to market. Our freshly minted investment in Comprehend ( www.comprehend.com ) was announced today.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. Thanks to Dean Cycon, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co. ! #19 From that life altering event, Ella Bing was born as a family owned and operated business in 2012. Image Credit: Nancy D.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Brown was one of the four co-founders of Techstars (with Cohen, me, and Jared Polis). A little over a year ago, he joined Techstars full time as one of the three managing partners – the other two being David Cohen and Mark Solon. Pinpoint was a self-funded company that was their first entrepreneurial endeavor.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Successful founders believe anything is possible but they build strong founding teams to achieve their startup dreams. Joining me at the Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco were: Liz Powers , co-founder of ArtLifting , a for-profit online art gallery that features the work of homeless and disabled artists. Liz Powers.

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

As many of you may know, we have a section on the NextView website called “Ethos” where we describe five key principles to how we operate. My partners and I have blogged about some of these including Invited Guest , Golazo , Authentic , and Tribe. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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