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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

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? Step-Function Ad Tech. Recent Investment Themes.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Summer is always the time when large numbers of new participants in the tech ecosystem arrive and start to get their bearings. It’s also surprisingly difficult for students to get plugged-in to everything that is happening in the local tech ecosystem. Greenhorn Connect: Excellent collection of BOS tech events and resources.

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Not All Hot Startups Live Up To Their “Change The World” Billing—And We Have Data

ReadWriteStart

But while some engineers may be motivated to work for the highest bidder, most are driven by something more intangible, according to VisionMobile survey data: They want to change the world. Just as I did for the top big data startups , it turns out that Glassdoor review data can reveal a lot about the realities of working at a hip company.

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Five Whiteboard Coding Interview Tips

Austin Startup

Silicon Valley I recently volunteered to help code newbies practice whiteboard interviews, and below are some of the tips I shared that helped me when I was the interviewee, and that I use now to judge candidates as I help interview at work. So, see the interviewer as your partner when trying to solve the problem.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. New York has an extremely active Meetup culture; almost every night there are 3-10 tech-focused events.

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Developer Funding – How to Build Your Team and Raise Money (Google I/O Panel)

VC Cafe

You’re in Silicon valley, competing against the best of the best. The top 10-15 we manually review. Learn how they attract investors, partners, recruiting. Would it be a good idea to come to Silicon Valley even if our market is in Mexico? Should I move to Silicon Valley? . Join a startup.

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