Hiring Seed Capital Startup Venture Capital 
View from Seed
MARCH 24, 2021
At NextView Ventures we have written many pieces about venture capital — how to raise it, build your business, engage with investors, iterate your product, navigate expanding industries, etc. Free Template for Great Startup Pitch Decks, Direct from VCs. ’ like all startups have to, but also “why invest now?'”
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 6, 2013
We got along and shared stories about the startup market. He wanted to work in venture capital and I was new to the industry and in no position to hire anybody. A few years later I was in the position to hire but Aaron was way more senior than our entry-level positions. I saw it as win-win.
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Hunter Walker
JANUARY 11, 2021
It’s frustrating if you’re a customer of an expense report SaaS startup and the company goes out of business, but it’s potentially devastating if your tele-therapist or addiction counselor suddenly disappears because the platform that employed them ran out of money. Traditional venture capital models lean into what’s called ‘power laws.’
Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees. In doing so they may have removed one of the key incentives that made startups different from working in a large company. For most startup employee’s startup stock options are now a bad deal. Why Startups Offer Stock Options.
VC Cafe
JULY 26, 2020
“After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. VC’s were no longer insisting that startups spend faster, and “swing for the fences”. It was a nuclear winter for startup capital.” ” Steve Blank, “Is the lean startup dead?” Maximum Viable Product.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2014
Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. In a startup this is a mistake. If you haven’t yet raised an A-round my recommendation would be that you not yet hire a big, well-known PR firm.
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
That in turn requires more capital. In addition, the competition for and the cost of hiring people, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, has gone up dramatically. So while the infrastructure cost and startup costs may have declined, the operating costs have increased. Scaling venture capital breaks it.
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