View from Seed

APRIL 6, 2021

With the news of our most recent $100M fund , NextView is looking to add a new member of our investment team based in New York. If you or someone that you know might be a great fit for this role, please apply here. Since we first opened our New York office back in 2015, we have steadily increased our presence over the years. Roughly 40% of our investments are in the region, including Triplelift (recent $1.4B buyout announced by Vista), Attentive (recent $470M series E), and Parsec (recent

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 6, 2021

One of the most important things that you need to do for your business is to streamline it. Things should run smoothly in your day to day business operations, and running a business is not the easiest thing in the world! Businesses grow through rapid growth phases, and you have to be ahead of this. A business has to be efficient to run smoothly, and you should remain as competitive as possible.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 6, 2021

Looking to launch a music industry career? Deborah Fairchild, president of VEVA Sound shares some fundamentals she's used on the road to success. The post Interested In A Music Industry Career? Be Prepared To Pay Your Dues appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Where to Play

APRIL 6, 2021

On early 2019, we accompanied a young EPFL spin-off called CompPair, and wrote a post about their initial efforts to uncover promising market opportunities for their unique self-healing composites. 18 months later, we decided to go back and see how they are progressing with setting their strategic focus. We wanted to share insights from their learning and validation process, and how it can be.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 6, 2021

Luke Hyde, Founder of Drive Digital Advertising shares three industry secrets for optimizing your small business's online presence. The post Three Secrets For Small Businesses To Optimize Their Online Presence In 2021 appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 6, 2021

Despite the obvious challenges, we ended 2020 on a strong note and, so far, our portfolio family has been riding a huge momentum wave. 2021 is proving to be an incredible year across our portfolio – from big funding announcements to significant product developments. We’re so proud of what everyone has been able to accomplish and are looking forward to spring – and more widespread vaccine availability so that we can all be together again soon!

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 6, 2021

Making decisions is one of the most important parts of being a business owner. You can’t own a business without needing to make decisions, sometimes even several times daily. Here, we have some quick ways you can make effective business decisions. Your decisions may not always seem like the right decision, but dwelling over your mistakes won’t help.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 6, 2021

Artificial intelligence can help a business in several ways, including achieving its goals by analyzing data properly, keeping good communication with the staff and clients, and much more. The post How Does AI Helps In Business Intelligence? appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 6, 2021

Everybody goes through a phase where they discuss startup ideas with their peers and want to quit their job and rule the business world. And then there are two kinds of people in that category. One who just dreams and the other who works day and night to make those dreams come true. This article focuses upon the people who fall into the latter category.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 6, 2021

Getting your employees to trust you is a vital process. If people in your organization feel like they can’t approach you, employee turnover will rise and teams will become less cohesive. The post Proven Strategies To Get Your Employees To Trust You appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Up and Running

APRIL 6, 2021

Social media is a Customer Success Manager’s dream tool. As customers become more aware, leveraging the growth of SaaS , marketing professionals need to keep up. While obviously, building brand awareness and acquiring new customers is crucial, what businesses fail to do is pay attention to the churn. And this is a colossal slip both in terms of branding and finance because 32% of the customers don’t return after one bad experience.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 6, 2021

I sort of took a Q1 Vacation last week. 2021 didn’t really feel like it started for me until January 21st. Yeah, I took a company public on January 4th, but then January 6th happened. It was a cold, dark, and anxious stretch where January felt like it had about 51 days in it. Then I was deep in SPACland and lots of deals and financings. I definitely had some “I just need to get to March 26th, and then I get a break” in my head.

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