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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

Both Sides of the Table

We pride ourselves on being early-stage (thus the name, Upfront) but in this case it’s as early as it gets. After 9 months it was time to raise seed capital and go test drive our new software and processes. Sam moved back to NY and we announced our seed round of capital, which we led.

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How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

Both Sides of the Table

Their business model was to help young companies accelerate their launch by helping assemble a team, do initial marketing, provide seed capital and help them raise financing. In this case somebody named Todd Adamson. And by helping save my Thanksgiving this year. He has paid me in spades. Congratulations, Aaron. And thank you.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars. Success begets success. and are guiding LA 2.0.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. A unicorn is a startup with a market capitalization north of a billion dollars. VCs have now ceded more control to founders.

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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

Genuine VC

Seed capital is more readily available, including of course through NextView Ventures. So today, I am pleased to announce that we’re changing the name of the Web Innovators Group to the Boston Innovators Group — or, as we’ll mainly refer to it, BIG. Fast-forward to today and the landscape is different.

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Is It Fair To Tell Founders “Just Execute And You’ll Be Fine” When We Know It’s Not A Level Playing Field?

Hunter Walker

So I recently re-shared a 2019 blog post where I’d basically advised founders who’ve raised seed capital to worry less about “how will I raise the next round” and more about “how will I execute my plan?” I think anyone who pays attention to your writing knows that you value equality, diversity, and mutual respect.

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I Stared at Startup Pitch Decks for 3 Straight Weeks – Here’s What I Learned

View from Seed

A few weeks ago, we launched two startup pitch deck templates for raising seed capital — part of NextView’s platform of exclusive startup resources. First of all, if the business is destined for greatness, you’re likely to want future capital to step on the gas. This is an easy one to avoid: Send a PDF.