View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) definitely a big and expensive promotional bet for a “startup”. “We

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 13, 2018

Since leaving the hospital, I have slept more than 5 hours every night which is fantastic but I’m told this may not last… On Diversity in Tech … Back in November, I gave a talk on Asian participation in the Austin startup ecosystem at a great event hosted by the Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999. Taken together these “mega rounds” represent nearly half of the funding in 2018. More on that later. trillion in value.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

Conversely, if more people want to sell a crypto coin rather than buy, the price will go down. The project failed in 2018. Cryptocurrency needs regulation, either by an independent organization or the government to ensure full disclosure and fair distribution of information. How is Crypto an investment? Is Crypto right for me?

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

The 2018 edition of CXL Live brought together 400 practitioners from 22 countries and everyone was “locked in” at a beautiful resort for a full three days. Julian Gaviria (@juliangav) March 30, 2018. Stefan Koenig (@koenigst) March 30, 2018. — Tom van den Berg (@TomvdBerg1) March 28, 2018. And we’re off!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. It used to be that startups went public about 6-7 years from founding; that number is now 10-12 years.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 16, 2017

Perhaps we will even see a more robust approach to book and magazine distribution within the Whole Foods umbrella. Amazon Acquires One of Austin’s Top Icons was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Instead of party-hopping, attendees had more substantive conversations about the future. In his fireside chat with Silver Lake co-founder Glenn Hutchins, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton started his remarks talking about the promise of distributed ledger technology (aka blockchain). The half hour conversation is worth a view.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

When anyone can work from anywhere, they don’t evenly distribute across the country. Jim moved to Austin at the end of 2018 and has already become one of the most active venture investors. “I There will be some big winners who attract more and higher quality talent than others. Austin is positioned to be the biggest winner of them all.

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Austin Startup

MAY 31, 2019

The Problem Like most media companies, independent TV distributor Parade Media relies on a multi-channel distribution strategy to engage those audiences that just don’t watch traditional linear TV anymore. How Parade Media used AdInMo to get their TV products in front of elusive audiences. Originally published at [link] on May 31, 2019. (Un)Reachable

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 27, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: January 27, 2018 Steven Johnson’s blockchain-focused cover story in the January 21 edition of The New York Times Magazine provides a great analysis of this technology’s best-case use scenarios. Learn even more about all things related to blockchain at SXSW 2018 in Austin.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

” Pick your favorite doomsday one-liner, and it’s likely to fit the conversation. Much of this can trickle down into the startup ecosystem. On top of this, the cost of bringing projects online has fallen, it’s become more fashionable to play the startup game, and so forth. Money has been coming into the U.S.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 19, 2018

THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER PARTNERSHIP ‘The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.’ Geoffrey used to quote William Gibson: “The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed”. The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed,’ he used to quote a lot and embodied it in many ways.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 18, 2018

billion merger with 21 st -Century Fox, many experts feel Netflix will need a stronger distribution and acquisition arm in order to compete. And that makes sense: The appeal of a Slack acquisition lies in its ability to serve as a central location for tech companies, hosting everything from casual conversations to performance alerts.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Conversational marketing. Drift “conversational marketing” 0.70 In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” Drift and “conversational marketing”. Inbound marketing. Growth hacking.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

The time has come for the Texas startup community to band together to change the world once again. Texas has produced world-changing startups in the past such as Dell Software , National Instruments and Whole Foods Market but all of those were founded more than 30 years ago. We truly are an accelerator of the Austin startup ecosystem.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. Musk wasn’t impressed: I am super super serious — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2018. Berkshire Hathaway kryptonite … — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 6, 2018. Then I’m going to build a moat & fill it w candy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2017

Native advertising is predicted to be a $21 billion industry by 2018, making it too big to ignore. Businesses using video today in their online marketing strategies see higher engagement, increased lead conversions, and a better quality of leads. Native ads work best when: They tell your brand’s story. Use the right metadata.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

We also got lucky and qualified for some startup benefits with companies like Rackspace, who covered our infrastructure costs for the first year,” continues Arsenault. “We Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

With ~1,500 startups, the Capital Factory community will be all over SXSW! Date: Fri March 9, 2018 Time: 11:00 AM?—?12:00 Date: Sat March 10, 2018 Time: 12:30 PM?—? The Food+City Challenge Prize is an international competition among early stage business startups encouraging innovation in the urban food system.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Few startups set out to compete with the biggest leaders in their respective industry. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, or that success for the challenger startups isn’t possible. says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. TRANSCRIPT.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Few startups set out to compete with the biggest leaders in their respective industry. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, or that success for the challenger startups isn’t possible. says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. TRANSCRIPT.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, popularized this strategy for web applications. or even be a U.S. Establishing a U.S.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

We also got lucky and qualified for some startup benefits with companies like Rackspace, who covered our infrastructure costs for the first year,” continues Arsenault. “We Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

For recently launched products, marketers in the Introduction stage focus on creating awareness and motivating potential buyers to consider a product—to be in the conversation when potential buyers consider their options. By 2018, WhatsApp had 1.5 Drift built a brand identity—and sustained growth—on “conversational marketing.”.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2019

Capital Factory Promotions, Opportunities and Gratitude for 2019 2018 was an incredible year for the Capital Factory community that introduced new roles and team members, expanded to multiple locations, and partnered with the US Army. As we prepare for more growth in 2019, we’re doubling down on the team that kicked ass in 2018.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

He’s a former Dell exec that worked on their startup team with Ingrid Vandervelt, a Capital Factory mentor, and the co-founder of DivInc, Austin’s pre-accelerator program for diverse founders, which is hosted at Capital Factory. You can learn more about about The Startup Diversity and Inclusion Pledge and take the pledge here.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 14, 2018 From all around the world, 50 diverse startups will come together to compete at the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event on March 10 and 11. The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming. What is GoTech’s competitive advantage?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

But, in 2018, incremental gains no longer cost $1 million either: You have more data; Storage is cheap; and. Teams know how many tickets were distributed; however, they do not know in “real time” how many people are in the venue or stadium during the event. which leads will convert—however you define conversion. customer churn.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2019

He is a consultant and coach, founder of a number of businesses we’re going to talk about today including the community called Startup Circle , where startup founders get together and talk about all the trials and tribulations of starting a business. Now, a couple months later came Startup Circle. Abdo Riani: Absolutely.

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