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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Airbnb’s bookings have rebounded to roughly 70-80% of what they were in 2019 pre-COVID whereas global hotel companies like Marriott and Hilton are operating at roughly 35-40% of where they were in fall 2019. But even with this profitable Q3, on a trailing twelve months (TTM) basis Airbnb has a GAAP net loss of >$1 billion.

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Three types of organizations – Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Studios – have emerged to reduce the risk of early-stage startup failure by helping teams find product/market fit and raise initial capital. He had a track record of taking small teams and growing them into successful product lines.

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We are Adding a Principal to Our Investment Team

View from Seed

You have unbounded curiosity for emerging trends, a love for experimentation, and you’re always eager to dive into new products and technologies before others do. You have 5-10 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, and/or investor. We will work together to leverage the firm’s platform to help you thrive.

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Six Simple Ways To Digitally Declutter Your Small Business

YoungUpstarts

by Brad Harding, Technical Support Supervisor for North America for Crucial. It’s a best practice to clear out that clutter on a regular basis to ensure peak workplace productivity. Even after new software products are available to the public, software vendors can find issues in those products. Run a virus scanner.

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30 Entrepreneurs Forecast Where Their Business Will Be In Five Years

Hearpreneur

Besides the general focus on customer and product development, an entrepreneur should foresee the next moves that will serve to guide him on the right path. 1- Having a brand, service, and product built on integrity. When an entrepreneur can forecast his next moves, even his/her employees become part of the moves the business makes.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

Regardless of your opinion of any of these companies, their successes or failures in going public, or the future of their businesses, they’ve all succeeded in convincing hundreds of millions of people (or even billions) to use their product. The city I call home, Boston, is not known for its social products. A Story of Impact.

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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, 8 have been pre-product or pre-seed style rounds.