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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 will be based in the NYC office but will be able to pursue investments across North America. Who We Are Looking For. About NextView.

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Q4 2020 Portfolio Review

Version One Ventures

seed to Figma-tize product collaboration. For a second consecutive year , Jobber was named one of the fastest-growing companies in North America on Deloitte’s 2020 Technology Fast 500. . Product news. Pienza , a Seattle based B2B startup studio led by Bizible founder Aaron Bird, raised $5.1M. . Jam raised a $3.5M

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Is North America Still a Startup Heaven?

The Startup Magazine

But, what does this mean for the North American startup landscape? North America is not just about Silicon Valley. For years, Silicon Valley has been synonymous with the North American startup scene. The post Is North America Still a Startup Heaven? unicorns dropped from 61.1% Let’s find out. Conclusions.

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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.

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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $200M in 260 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, and real estate. This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 850 accredited investor members throughout twenty one chapters on three continents.

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2021: The Version One year in review

Version One Ventures

Companies still need to evolve their narrative and vision over time, successfully shift from one to multiple products, build a high performing leadership team, retain their entrepreneurial culture while scaling, etc. Raising capital may be easier than ever before, but building a generational company hasn’t gotten any simpler.