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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

For example, in the case of one recent company that we’ve been working with for the last 7 months, we have sourced half of the new team members for the company, including their CTO, head of marketing, head of customer success, and a talented senior engineer. Belief #4: The Best Way to Spot Outliers is to be Thematic.

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Our Investing Manifesto at NextView

Rob Go

For example, in the case of one recent company that we’ve been working with for the last 7 months, we have sourced half of the new team members for the company, including their CTO, head of marketing, head of customer success, and a talented senior engineer. Belief #4: The Best Way to Spot Outliers is to be Thematic.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Making good (development) investments requires all the deal flow generation and evaluation work of a professional investor; the alternative is poor selection. Development firms that advertise part equity and cash are simply not mature in defining their model, and thus they have no business taking stakes in others.