Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

The Upfront VII and Growth teams are made up of 10 partners: 6 leading investment activities & 4 supporting portfolio companies including Talent, Marketing, Finance & Operations. We have strong views, take strong positions, and operate from a place of strong conviction when we invest.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

That’s why I continue to be bullish on Silicon Valley and perhaps not so bullish on Miami, despite the great progress that city has made recently. In particular, Bill Sahlman’s Entrepreneurial Finance course was excellent. For example, MBA students take classes on accounting and finance. THE CASE FOR PURSUING AN MBA.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

That’s why I continue to be bullish on Silicon Valley and perhaps not so bullish on Miami, despite the great progress that city has made recently. In particular, Bill Sahlman’s Entrepreneurial Finance course was excellent. For example, MBA students take classes on accounting and finance. THE CASE FOR PURSUING AN MBA.

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

This initial wave of applicants resulted in the selection of six initial Accelerator participants – female & male founders at startups hailing from the Bay Area to Miami to Alabama to Boston, ranging from b2b SaaS offerings to consumer services… all transforming people’s everyday lives.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 12, 2019

The Lab Miami. While your business plan for your Florida startup is going to have a lot of information on finances, it is not possible for you to cover it all. You can go to How to Start an LLC to get more insight on keeping track of all your finances. Knowing What You Want to Do with Your Business.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Giving stuff for free is a dangerous game, and it is difficult to sustain operations that have large numbers of free users. You then become dependent on outside financing, and that is a slippery slope. Debra Cortese, from Miami, Florida, discussed Cortese Design Bags , a designer of tote bags with natural designs.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. From that life altering event, Ella Bing was born as a family owned and operated business in 2012. The beauty of working in PR is that you get to learn how other companies and industries operate.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2015

For example, a valuation is usually needed for tax purposes when a) the company issues stock options for the first time; b) the company has a “material change” in their business such as a new financing; or c) it’s been more than 12 months since the last valuation. Professionalisms business finance business valuation Janet Chase'

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Richard: I went to school for accounting and followed a path after graduation that those of us in that major typically follow: I started working for a CPA firm in Miami. That’s groundbreaking in accounting, where margins are thin and the overheard of operating in-office with year-round staff is high.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Talk to the farm down the street about how they’re using their hilly, forested land to plan for a future logging operation. Step 3: Get financed. What if, as you’re getting ready to harvest your first batch, you then find out that all the demand for passion fruit is centered in Southern California, and not in Miami like you thought?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Other companies, like Blue Origin, Firefly Space and Space X are all conducting operations in Texas, both together with NASA and for their own unique space ventures. At the same time, early-stage companies are thinking beyond the high prices of Silicon Valley to put down roots and find financing and growth partners.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

"It was delusional for a guy operating in a walk-in closet, but I was like, 'You live once, you might as well swing for the fences.'" But then by my second year, I had a real interest in finance. It was delusional for a guy operating in a walk-in closet, but I was like, "You live once, you might as well swing for the fences."

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

billion, and in 2005 it bought another generics competitor, Ivax, based in Miami, for about $7.4 The Israeli Cabinet approved Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz’s proposal to continue with the biennial state budget model in 2011-2012. Teva, Israel’s largest company, has a market value of about $56 billion.

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