View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Instead, if you’re a seed-stage startup taking that first step in anything (and at the seed stage, you’re going from zero to one in everything), it’d be great to have a place to go for support, inspiration, and practical resources to make the process easier and clearer. Thanks in advance for your support and feedback!

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Seed Capital Syndicate Syndication 120

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

This particular company, as a B2B SaaS business, would definitely benefit from driving traffic to convert into subscribers or leads on their email list. So, when should they — or any seed-stage startup — think about drumming up some PR and making noise around funding? More on use cases for delaying in a moment.).

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. 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. My layman’s reading is that Yahoo!’s ’s claims are pretty lame. Read More ».

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

Yesterday I sent emails out passing on participating in two seed rounds for companies I really like. They had lots of investors trying to invest and each company was competitive with two other seed stage companies we’ve seen in the past 30 days. Finally, we believe strongly in active engagement as a seed investor.

Seed Stage 138

Seed Stage LP Warrant Syndicate 138

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. Also the proportion of email subscribers who’ve bought a Groupon has held up reasonably well. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

2) You’re Entitled to Say No – Some entrepreneurs I’ve discussed this topic with feel compelled to speak with VCs, whether partners or junior staff, that reach out to them. Other firms basically take a shotgun approach, and have associates call virtually every company that’s raised a seed or Series A round.

Early Stage 100

Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Lots of us woke up this morning to an email from Reed Hastings about Netflix splitting it’s streaming and DVD-by-mail businesses into two separate operations (each w/ it’s own brand). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Private Equity Seed Stage Syndicate 100