Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2010

This was before the great recession, but in the middle of the explosion of web apps and social media. VCs needed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars every couple of years, and liked to go into groups and syndications, which meant they wanted deals for a few millions dollars. About three years ago I attended a Web 2.0

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

But as social media continues to pervade businesses large and small, and purchase decisions increasingly happen at the user level (see #2) we will see dramatically more customer acquisition happen via the web. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Pingback: silver philharmonic.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. 20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week [CHART]. Latest Social Media News. The Social Good Brief. Latest Media News. Social Media.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Early-stage seed and angel investors all realize that a business will encounter a huge range of flux very rapidly. Have an account? And that still doesn’t guarantee they’re going to fund your vision.

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Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

That phrase means different things to different folks, but broadly speaking we’re now in an era where there’s vast amounts of data “exhaust” being generated by a wide range of activity… from consumer web browsing patterns to financial trading to social media content to purchasing behavior. Author howerl.

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