View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. My partners will tell you that I am an incredibly impatient person. You want someone who will challenge you and be an intellectual sparring partner.

IRR 156

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 156

View from Seed

MAY 14, 2015

Lastly, some companies do have close ties to individuals they trust that help them search, which was the experience I had at a Series A startup a few years ago. You should start actively searching for space 3-4 months out. To do so, the partners started their search in earnest in March and finalized paperwork in June.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Startup Cofounder Technical Review 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2011

Even experienced entrepreneurs need a partner to strengthen their position. The question is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. First, I will admit there is no magic formula here, just like in real life when trying to find a relationship partner. Start the search with business networking. Take your time.

Partner 231

Partner Cofounder Silicon Valley Non-Compete 231

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. What They Do: Travel search engine. Search Statistics: 2010 Queries: 634 million. Revenue Per Query: $269 RPM (revenue per 1,000 searches). Founding Date: 2004.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

A friend calls me up from: Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, wherever and says, “I’m thinking about moving to Los Angeles (or SF, NY, etc) and I’d love to start interviewing. Get your partner or family bedded down and comfortable with the place without the stress of your new work hours. I’ve had this conversation many times.

Search 150

Search Los Angeles Chicago San Francisco 150

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. My partners will tell you that I am an incredibly impatient person. You want someone who will challenge you and be an intellectual sparring partner.

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

Agile VC

DECEMBER 13, 2011

My partners and I would be thrilled to support this founder in general, but we don’t have enough conviction about the market opportunity he and his co-founders are pursuing to proceed with an investment. My partners and I at NextView know we’ll be wrong a decent chunk of the time, especially as seed stage investors.

Seed Stage 185

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 185

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

has announced that it is partnering search giant Google to support the startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States and around the world. Media and event company Women 2.0

San Francisco 182

San Francisco San Diego Partner Mexico 182

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. Friday, February 27, 2009.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

Community 100

Community Estonia Syndicate Syndication 100

View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

Many second-time founders take a more deliberate, academic approach to searching for a problem. A few years ago, a friend of mine who was coming off an EIR gig at a well-known venture fund in Boston ended up joining one of my portfolio companies part-time as a technical advisor / interim CTO. 2: Fleeing from the familiar.

Founder 159

Founder Cofounder CTO Hire Early Stage 159

Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2010

The key things I want students to take from the class are: Understand that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a profitable business model. Having a teaching partner makes life a lot easier and the class improves. After Stanford, Ann joined Mike Maples’ Venture Capital firm Floodgate as a partner.

Business Model 235

Business Model Silicon Valley California Engineer 235

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. The folks at Yipit did a detailed analyis of the Boston data and concluded Groupon’s model is deteriorating there. Read More ».

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ». Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

IPO 100

IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Private Equity 100

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

GrabCAD has used search optimization to drive the bulk of it’s user acquisition, very similar to the way Yelp and others did. I hate indulging in wanton portfolio self-promotion, but my partners & I are incredibly excited about these companies and will undoubtedly continue to make more investments in this vein. Read More ».

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ». Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

Java 170

Java Flash Software Azure 170

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Most founders don’t know where to begin the search, who to look for – not to mention how to bring a data scientist on board so he or she can make valuable contributions to the company. Partner with companies like Insight. Because, let’s face it: data scientists aren’t necessarily easy to find.

Hiring 60

Hiring SQL Artificial Inteligence Engineer 60

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Even experienced entrepreneurs need a partner to back up each other and improve fundability. The question is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. First, I will admit there is no magic formula here, just like in real life when trying to find a relationship partner. Start the search with business networking.

Cofounder 239

Cofounder Silicon Valley Non-Compete Startup 239

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Investors worry about a single entrepreneur getting overloaded, disabled or led astray, with no balancing and supporting partner. The challenge is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. Don’t expect someone else to find the partner for you, since it’s really very much like finding a life partner.

Partner 249

Partner Cofounder Silicon Valley Kansas 249

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2018

The challenge is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. As a mentor to aspiring business owners, I often get asked to find that partner for them, since founders are usually too busy with their solution. In fact, your ideal partner may also be an investor. Explore matchmaking sites for business partners.

Partner 139

Partner Cofounder Silicon Valley Kansas 139

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Our Cities ▾ Boston ›. View More in Boston ›. Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. Our Events ▾ 6/14/12 · Boston. Boston Events ›. Amazingly, nobody has aggregated this data before,” says Coats, who was previously a managing partner at San Diego’s Hamilton Bioventures. New York ›.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

” Transitioning from partners in an informal collaboration to co-owners of an actual business may seem like a big step, but it is a necessary one that every successful startup eventually must take. 1) You and your partners have developed IP critical to your business. Sign in here or Create your free account! The Feed Blog.

IP 40

IP Intellectual Property Limited Liability Company Boston 40

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.

Boston 120

Boston Marketing Early Stage Startup 120

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. My partner Kara wrote a great post on the topic that you should read. 8% of VC partnerships, for example).

Founder 256

Founder San Francisco Deal Flow Los Angeles 256

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Highland Capital did a systematic search for who could build a stand-alone contextual ad search company and met with six or seven companies including Mike. Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. A lot of the traffic comes from search. 16:35-19:35). 41:30-42:00).

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The terms and valuation for both offers were comparable and when the team debated which path to choose, we all agreed both firms would have made good partners. We three partners are working hard. Great to see you had such a good partner to start with. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

I am not talking about wooing potential partners at fancy lunches, or drinks with clients after work, or even the whiteboard sessions that can fill our days. On these sites an employer can post openings and search for a good match with relative ease and at a low cost. The everyday grind of running a business can be tough.

Small Business 102

Small Business Utah Startup Software Review 102

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Ive been talking to the folks at [a very good VC firm] about helping them with a new venture. Amazon PostRank

Customer Development 131

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Dont keep banging your head against the wall - if you cant convince your potential partners that your startup is printing money, try to figure out why. Experiment with different narratives. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time). Come to TS in Boston!

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

Gust

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Even experienced entrepreneurs need a partner to back up each other and improve fundability. The question is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. First, I will admit there is no magic formula here, just like in real life when trying to find a relationship partner. Start the search with business networking.

Cofounder 170

Cofounder Silicon Valley Non-Compete Startup 170

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

property over the years, but certainly frequented not just search but also News, Yahoo! I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. I remember when Yahoo! was my browser home page, easily my most frequently used site.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

When the Army Futures Command was searching for the location to launch their new headquarters, there were also focused on talent… but they knew they didn’t want to be in Silicon Valley. After an exhaustive search, they narrowed it down to three finalist cities: Austin, Boston and Raleigh. Why Army Futures Command?

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Austin Texas Raleigh 100

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. Make the effort to test your assumptions.

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. It’s easy to overestimate the impact of this kind of traffic because it just feels good to have your name and company featured. It strokes your ego.

Audience 119

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Lightspeed Venture Partners

AUGUST 18, 2014

Their customers such as Boston Scientific have implemented Comprehend’s SaaS service in less than a month and thereafter the system keeps up as the data and needs for analysis change. Comprehend has developed a next generation data analytics platform that readily adapts to all this change.

Analytics 123

Analytics Boston B2B Cofounder 123

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2010

Even experienced entrepreneurs need a partner to strengthen their position. The question is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. First, I will admit there is no magic formula here, just like in real life when trying to find a relationship partner. Start the search with business networking. Take your time.

Cofounder 135

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Startup 135