Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You’ve got entrepreneurs and founders who are really – a lot of them are in the very early stage of their startup. Technical founder. When you meet with founders, do you just see all across the board, like this guy you mentioned with the mortgage, or who wants a mortgage? [00:32:26] President is kind of a weird title.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. On August 26th I had an equally effusive intro from Ynon Kreiz, also a friend, trusted source and also the CEO of portfolio company Maker Studios. But I’m guessing the narrative is similar elsewhere. He hit me from two very trusted sources.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 27, 2021

You will also spearhead internal initiatives to help support the success of our 100+ exciting existing portfolio companies. We are proud seed investors of over 100 portfolio companies over the last decade, including TripleLift, Grove Collaborative, Skillz, Attentive, Whoop, Dia&Co, MealPal, Parsec, and Code Climate. .

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

by Andriy Skoropad, co-founder & CEO at Perfectial. Andriy Skoropad is a co-founder & CEO at Perfectial , a software development company recognized by Clutch as a top provider of.NET and Ruby on Rails application development services for U.S. and European markets.

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View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Founders do not have this luxury. Founders do not have this luxury. Most founders are going through hell right now, and that is not going away any time soon. Wait and see.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

One of his investors called him, “the best CFO in our entire portfolio.&# ). I wrote a blog post about being hands on where I argued that startup founders need to be hands-on or in my words, “you can’t run a burger chain if you’ve never flipped burgers.&#. But even then I think it’s funny.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Their investment supported Stat Health’s recapitalization, alongside Spanos Barber Jesse & Co. When looking for co-investors Mark Hauser searches for those with strong operational strengths , and Revelstoke’s strategic expertise and experience in the healthcare sector made them an ideal partner for the deal. Digital Transformation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Guest Post by Misti Yang, Writer for Lean Startup Co. LESSON #1: Equip your business with a portfolio map and a 21st century org chart. To confidently answer no, co-founder of Strategyzer Alex Osterwalder told our attendees, “What you really want to do is work more like Amazon. … Second, don’t simply hire your buddies.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

We’re excited and feel incredibly lucky to have them back on board: Niraj Shah and Steven Conine – Co-founders of Wayfair. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures. So if they’re not just names on a page, how are these entrepreneur advisors involved with us at NextView and our portfolio companies?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO. VCs / Investors Another common inquiry is, “Should I get introduced to VCs or other Investors who might need help in their portfolio companies?” My general answer is “no.”

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. Alon shared the importance of “fit” from the founder side.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

When Chad Pytel introduced me to Bryan Helmkamp , CEO/Co-founder of Code Climate , I knew that I had to pay attention. I shared a link to Code Climate with a number of CTOs/VPs of Engineering in my network, both inside and outside the NextView portfolio, just asking for their quick opinion.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico). Add this new model to the mix. 13mm in Series B.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. He just hired Meg Whitman.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

So, clearly, I''m making some kind of a portfolio-wide bet there, right? The funny thing about stats is that you can basically come up with a stat to justify any argument or position--and the whole female founders in tech conversation has a ton of numbers that people put out there as various types of proof and justification, or blame.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 9, 2024

With Climate Orders, Patch makes Frontier’s offtake portfolio of permanent carbon removal tech accessible to their customers, adding more options to their broad network of climate action projects. And more news from Patch – A huge congratulations to co-founder and CEO Brennan Spellacy for being named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list !

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Tal Raviv is the co-founder of Ecquire. Whether that means chasing down a technical co-founder, learning to code, or even building that “Lean MVP” – the conventional wisdom is that without tech abilities you’re nothing more than a dude (or dudette) with a Powerpoint. This post was originally published on OnStartups.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Can your lack of interest or skill in “selling” be counter-balanced by a cofounder or team that’s great at it? And a non-CEO cofounder who can sell the heck out of your company is just about the next best thing to being skilled yourself. Are you a founder who trained themselves to become a better salesperson? Yes and No.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2013

We speak to the founders of Imaginary Friends Studios (IFS) team – 28-year old Kai Lim, 39-year old Stanley Artgerm Lau, and 31-year old Kendrick Lim (pictured above)- about hitting the big eight. Stanley Artgerm Lau: I am a co-founder and creative director of IFS. Tell us a little about yourself.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Stephanie is someone that we have known for almost a decade and have respected deeply as a co-investor and collaborator at Uncork. Through all of this, what has been obvious is her hunger to serve founders and desire to work with entrepreneurs to bring about the kind of world changing impact we seek to be a part of at NextView.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based Of course, this dataset is incomplete.

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. However, you will serve as a co-pilot on deals with all four partners, across the geographies we cover.

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View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

Investors love the idea of backing second-time founders, especially if they have had success in their last company. etc… In addition, first-time founders I speak to often talk about how much they have learned and how they resolve to do things differently and better the next time. Is there a sophomore slump to avoid?

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

We’re excited and feel incredibly lucky to have them back on board: Niraj Shah & Steve Conine – Co-founders of Wayfair. Mike Baker – Co-Founder/CEO of DataXu. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures. advice and mentorship to founders in the NextView portfolio.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Almost every deal I’ve ever funded I’ve gotten to know the founders over time. But mostly when they do it’s just because they consider you part of their early stage investment portfolio where they’re less sensitive about ownership percentage. But if they’re like most people it’s harder to measure.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2024

Yet, everyone’s got an opinion about how a company measures up, especially the founder. ( The other day, I had a difficult conversation with a founder who clearly felt like VCs were the problem in her fundraising process. I don’t need to remind such a founder how the world is stacked against them. Then, there are nuances.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. He co-founded it in partnership with High Alpha (we are LPs) and SVB. I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Fred Wilson was his lead investor.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have 5-10 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, and/or investor. You have a deep desire to hone your skills as a venture capitalist and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. You have a strong network in the NYC startup ecosystem that is additive to our team. You are hungry. A Final Note.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

If they don’t, then the management team has simply become caretakers of the founders’ legacy. Third, smart companies manage an innovation portfolio where they can pursue potential disruption in a variety of ways. First, management must understand that innovation happens not by exception but is integral to all parts of the firm.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

The lower costs of capital also mean that startups are less risky bets, allowing for more diversification among portfolios. Germán Montoya is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy and Creative Officer at Rokk3r Labs. He sets, communicates and executes the strategic direction of Rokk3r Labs and its portfolio companies.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

I touched on this in my post “ Founder Investor Fit “ Passing the initial filtering process. Most of these can sound like common sense, but you’d be surprised how many founders skip this initial research. What would make an investor more interested in your pitch deck. How to make your pitch deck stand out.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster. Well yeah, you could potentially find a cofounder. I first did it for the founder. Jason: Yeah. I already write agendas.

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VC Adventure

JUNE 14, 2022

Certainly from the venture perspective, VCs (Foundry included) pitch themselves to companies, co-investors, and LPs as more than just capital. There are venture firms that have dozens of people employed in the service of their portfolios. . The answer may surprise you. Creandum’s recent article, Do VCs add value?

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

You might have started searching for a tech-oriented co-founder to help you launch your idea, only to find that your startup can’t afford the ongoing salary for a skilled software developer. He is also a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University. Obtain several quotes for your project from the U.S. and overseas developers.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. This is not meant to be a negative post, but rather a temperature check of today’s market environment and the levers founders can pull on to survive this period. The pressure to protect portfolio startups seen as potential fund returners will be profound.

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