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Which Fundraising Round Should You Skip?

View from Seed

The reality is that if a founder raised every one of these rounds, and lead investors always got their “target” ownership, the level of dilution would be ridiculous. Experienced founders: B2B. For an experienced founder building in B2B, the round to skip is the pre-seed.

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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

Lead investors are few. Leads that are true force-multipliers are exceedingly rare. Although seed funding has exploded since we started Nextview, we continue to hear the refrain from founders that there are tons of investors that will pile-in on a round that is coming together, but that lead investors are few and far between.

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The Next Chapter for NextView

View from Seed

Specifically: – We are high-conviction, hands-on lead investors. We focus on areas where we see broken end-user experiences that impact everyday people in the largest consumer and B2B markets. We make very few investments on a per-partner basis, which is why we are quite top-heavy as a firm.

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Twitter Link Roundup #50 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur – [link]. How to use social media for B2B marketing – [link]. If You Build It, They Won’t Come – [link]. Lessons from working for startups – [link]. Interesting perspective on why New York City could never compete in tech – [link].

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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

Over the past 15 years we’ve built this amazing membership to serve our core clients – leading investors, corporations, consulting firms, and nonprofits. We’re not mainly for B2B companies or later stage companies or anything like that. They use GLG to quickly and efficiently answer some of their toughest questions.

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How to Launch, Manage, and Invest a VC Fund

David Teten

See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . 10) Time, market, and exit investment. See my overview of sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. See Where Are the Deals?!: Best Practices of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds in Originating Investment Opportunities.

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How to Launch, Manage, and Invest a VC Fund

David Teten

See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . 10) Time, market, and exit investment. See my overview of sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. See Where Are the Deals?!: Best Practices of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds in Originating Investment Opportunities.