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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

We see innovation becoming more broadly distributed over time, and outlier companies being built in more and more places. Because of this, we are a multi-geography firm, and will invest in all the core innovation centers in North America. Belief #3: Outlier Companies Can Be Built Anywhere.

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The most successful Bitcoin / Blockchain company won’t look like any we have today

Version One Ventures

First, Bitcoin startups that focus on commerce/payment solutions in North America are competing with existing products with strong network effects. The first wave of Bitcoin apps went after payment-related use cases in North-America and hence against strong existing network effects. Lower sign-up friction.

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The Heartfelt Holiday: Nine Ways To Show Your Employees You Care This Holiday Season

YoungUpstarts

Make your ‘thank you’ meaningful by giving each employee a handwritten thank-you card along with any bonuses you distribute. Deb has delighted and inspired over 1,000 audiences across North America. A simple “thank you” can have more power than you think. Give meaningful credit when credit is due.

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The State of Business To Business (B2B) Content Marketing In North America

crowdSPRING Blog

MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute recently released a report on 2013 Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends for North America. B2B marketers are using an average of five social distribution channels and the majority use 10 or more tactics.

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Techpreneur and CEO Leads a Company to Reign in Testing of Software For Tech Companies

Hearpreneur

The company started in 2011 in Berlin, and was looking for an American or someone who’d worked for a long time in America to help with a planned US expansion, since the biggest market for the company’s services is in North America. The Germany angle was intriguing for me.

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Opportunity is everywhere: we’re now investing worldwide

Version One Ventures

From the start, we have limited ourselves primarily to startups within North America, with a handful of exceptions: Nexus Mutual and Drover (UK), Guesser.com (Spain), and Headout (India). You’ve probably heard the phrase “Talent is equally distributed. Geography no longer controls where you can build a successful company.

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How to Build an All-Star Remote Technology Team

The Startup Magazine

The second important decision is choosing between a co-located remote software development team and fully distributed development team. Co-located remote teams vs. distributed team.