Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. The cost of social media done well is low.

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 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. Since we first opened our New York office back in 2015, we have steadily increased our presence over the years. Who Are We Looking For. You act as an “ invited guest.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. I remember.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 27, 2021

With the recent announcement of our fourth fund , we are expanding the team at NexView with a new Platform and Operations Associate. This role will be virtual through the end of the pandemic, but will ultimately be based in either our New York or Boston office. You act as an “ invited guest.”. What Will The Job Be Like.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

That’s why I’m proud to announce today that HealthDataInsights (founded by Victor Chaltiel), where GRP Partners was a 30% owner, has been acquired for $400 million. My partner & mentor Yves Sisteron ( You can get to know Yves in this YouTube video ) has been active at HDI for years (as has our CFO, Dana Kibler ).

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View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

To a lesser degree, markets like New York are demonstrating more promise in recent years and I expect that to continue. I also think we’ll see some new geographies begin to gain momentum, especially LA, and perhaps several others. At a firm level, I think that getting multiple partners on the list is a great milestone as well.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2015

I had a better one when I came back from New York. I was in New York last week teaching my annual 5-day version of the Lean LaunchPad class at the Columbia Business School. New York Startups. Michael Bloomberg has yet to get his due for engineering the New York entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

and co-founder Dr. Paolo Coppola, and two years later the company was sold to CityMD––the leading urgent care provider in the New York metro area––after its rapid growth saw the company receive a compelling acquisition offer even sooner than anticipated.

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View from Seed

MARCH 1, 2016

The same metaphor is true for modern, “legacy” businesses — most businesses that exist today have co-evolved against one another in a careful dance of suppliers, distributors, competitors, and partners. He played for the New York Yankees between 1920 and 1934. Trying to recruit a co-founder or key-employee? Be the Kudzu.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

As President and Founder of this organization, Halladay and his team make a line of Bible-inspired clothing and sell it locally and online to assist in funding the ministry. He worked for corporations in Pennsylvania, Colorado, New York, and his native state of New Jersey, among other places.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Two weeks ago, my partners and I here at NextView Ventures announced our second fund. And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like?

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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. Both companies will jointly be investing in activities that foster innovation and supporting startups, beginning with Women 2.0 ‘s signature networking event Founder Friday.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Instead, it’s more of a Manifesto about the core beliefs that shape our strategy. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Paige Briscoe, founder of ReRoot. In my interview with Brain Berger , Founder and CEO of Mack Weldon, he told me how to approach this multichannel strategy: It’s about being really strategic around how you position your brand to your customer and what channels in which you do that. Do you want us to offer delivery?’ We did them.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.

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David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

Pioneering Program Launched by Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York and the National Association of Investment Companies. HBSAANY is comprised of New York City tri-state area Harvard alumni who are venture capitalists and other accredited investors investing in early-stage, private companies around the United States.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

This is particularly true in New York, where their traditional financial services industry client base has sustained significant damage since the 2008 financial crisis. Our founders realized that investors needed to learn interactively, on-demand, on very specific topics, and in an atmosphere of trust.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 6, 2013

Brian Frumberg, My friend and venture partner at our sister fund DFJ Gotham is organising a pitch event for UK startups to meet New York investors. Where: New York, NY. VentureOutNY is a NYC-based nonprofit helping international startups accelerate into the New York market. Details below.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. David Teten, HBS 98, Partner, ff Venture Capital, will discuss his research study on VC portfolio operations, recently featured in Forbes ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. The cost of social media done well is low.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the. Castle Surgical ‘s ( www.castlesurgical.com , New York, NY) patent-pending surgical devices enable surgeons to easily perform partial kidney and partial liver surgery. New York, NY. National Association of Investment Companies.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 24, 2019

She is the founder and CEO of The Grommet and the author of the book How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas Into Products That Build Successful Businesses. She’s been featured in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fortune. Check it out at SEMrush.com/partner/ducttapemarketing.

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

Founders Dilemmas: Equity Splits. The following is an excerpt from HBS Professor Noam Wasserman’s new book, The Founders Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. On average, the founders who keep the most control over their company make the least amount of money. Lessons Learned.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the. Castle Surgical ‘s ( www.castlesurgical.com , New York, NY) patent-pending surgical devices enable surgeons to easily perform partial kidney and partial liver surgery. New York, NY. National Association of Investment Companies.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. My Partners at HOF Capital are younger than I am, which means that we have a half-century horizon for the franchise we are building. . This evolves the VC from a server to a router.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 7, 2020

About a year ago, my partner David Beisel talked about how seed fundraising is no longer a local game , and that the best entrepreneurs seek out the best investors for them outside of their home market. SF/Bay Area, New York, Boston, and LA. NextView, First Round, Collaborative Fund, Founder Collective, etc.)

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

At the seed stage and as companies scale, helping the founders I work with identify and reach their goals, personally and professionally, gives me energy and purpose. I made over a dozen angel investments and a few investments in VC funds as an LP, expanding my focus to new geographies, sectors, and stages.

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David Cohen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We are strengthening our ability to invest in more startups and their founders than any other company in the world. And helping founders be successful has always been our goal. The separately funded partner accelerator programs which operate in more than 30 locations worldwide are unchanged. It’s humbling and appreciated.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2016

For an increasing number of successful startups, they are foregoing London, New York, or Silicon Valley for the business-friendly UAE. But other emirates, such as Ras Al Khaimah , offer competitive advantages for founders and investors alike. While there are a seemingly endless number of challenges to overcome.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

Timo Rein is the cofounder & CEO of Pipedrive , and was previously the cofounder of Vain & Partners - the leading Sales Training company in the Baltics. Failcon has been wildly successful – and included some incredibly well-celebrated entrepreneurs, including former New York Times (and current Yahoo!) With just 1.34

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

We’ve also proven that giving new, underrepresented, and geographically diverse founders a dedicated, hands-on chance leads to follow-on funding and additional accelerator success across the board. We chatted with some NextView founders to get a sense of how this distilled design worked for their teams.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We are pleased to announce that Leah Fessler has joined the investment team at NextView based in our New York office. . When we first started our search process, my partner Rob talked about “ an explorer’s mind ” as a key attribute for the kind of person we wish to bring on to the NextView team.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Microsoft will back sustainable jet fuel company, Dimensional Energy, as a partner in a $20 million funding round. Based out of New York, the company utilises carbon dioxide emissions and water to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and they are beginning to gather attention – with the company reporting on Tuesday (Dec.12)

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David Teten

MARCH 22, 2011

Back in December, Richard Kane, President, Harvard Business School Club of New York , asked me if I’d like to chair the newly-formed Harvard Business School Angels of New York. Daniel Confino, Founder, MergerID ( a Financial Times business). Burstein, Managing Partner , Millennium Technology Value Partners.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

On Wednesday and Thursday I spent two awesome days with my long time friend Martin Babinec (the founder of Trinet), his partner at Upstate Venture Connect – Nasir Ali – and about 1000 members of the Upstate New York entrepreneurial community. Young Entrepreneurs Organization, and the MIT Enterprise Forum.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. Bigfoot Capital.

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