Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Now that end users spend as much of their personal time with software (in the form of social networks, tablet/smartphone apps, streaming media, etc) as they do with business software they’ve become much more discriminating buyers. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social media marketing.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Early-stage seed and angel investors all realize that a business will encounter a huge range of flux very rapidly. And that still doesn’t guarantee they’re going to fund your vision. Getting funded is hardly the end-all.

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. Meanwhile, the bubble for “seed stage&# startups began when Ron Conway’s Silicon Valley Angels and DST guaranteed every startup out of a YCombinator $150,000. We are seeing this bubble unfold by the book.

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Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 331

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Improved blockchain infrastructure – Ethereum’ s “Dencun” upgrade has led to a substantial decrease in transaction fees for L2 networks and lower transaction costs and increased capacity have spurred the growth of consumer apps like low-cost NFT collections, onchain games, social networks, and prediction markets.

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View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

Jesse recently sat down with NextView (I assume he was sitting anyway — we spoke on the phone) to talk seed-stage company branding, building a startup identity, and some of the most common mistakes founders make when establishing a name for their companies. And try to listen to the people you’re hiring as experts.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009. VC’s pulled back and only invested $3.7

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 275

Austin Startup

JULY 29, 2018

It doesn’t make any sense to pitch a later stage, “growth” investor with your seed stage idea just like it doesn’t make much sense to pitch a new tech startup to an investor who only does oil & gas. Leverage your local network and social network to figure out who the most active local angel investors are.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Los Angeles Seed Stage 59

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ▼ January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered? Angie's List or AngelList? ► July. (1).

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 8, 2012

Louis area recently banded together to create a seed stage fund called Cultivation Capital. A group of high-net-worth individuals in the St. The fund has promised at least $1 million over the next year to Capital Innovators grads.

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Silicon Valley St. Louis Venture Capital Houston 143

adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Adam MacBeth Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10 Startup Red Flags Ive worked on a number of startups: from seed-stage through IPO, as a founder, employee, advisor, and consultant, as well as evaluating a bunch from the outside, so Ive seen my share of screw-ups. Adamac Attack!

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2018

Social networks had been around for nearly a decade, in companies such as SixDegrees, Friendster, and Myspace. Every company needs a starting point,” says Eric Paley, managing partner of seed-stage venture capital fund Founder Collective. “I Facebook, for example, is far from an original idea.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Finance .Net 178

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009. VC’s pulled back and only invested $3.7

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 167

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Below is a short description of their philosophy: "The part of our philosophy that makes us most different from other startup investors is that we dont believe gut feel is a reliable indicator of potential at the seed stage. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► 2010.

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Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

Multiple startups can now spawn solutions from the technology, and position themselves for rapid customer growth and early seed-stage support from investors. The rules for technology startups are no longer unique -- marketing and hype are now as critical for business-to-business solutions as for business-to-consumer solutions.

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Management Startup Stealth Seed Stage 120

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

Cloze is helping outbound professionals understand and utilize their professional network more comprehensively than ever before. We amass all of this information in our emails, social networks, smartphone address books, and other software tools (e.g. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The 2013 Joah didn’t realize he was about to run into the buzzsaw that was being black while fundraising in 2014 and 2015, two of the best years for a seed-stage startup to raise funds in Silicon Valley. 8, 2018); “ Female founders have brought in just 2.2% of US VC dollars this year (yes, again) ” (TechCrunch, Nov.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Twitter isn’t really a social network. But Twitter isn’t really a social network. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Hootsuite, CoTweet, etc). It’s probably not a huge market though. Read More ».

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 8, 2012

Louis area recently banded together to create a seed stage fund called Cultivation Capital. A group of high-net-worth individuals in the St. The fund has promised at least $1 million over the next year to Capital Innovators grads.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley St. Louis Venture Capital Houston 60

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 8, 2012

Louis area recently banded together to create a seed stage fund called Cultivation Capital. A group of high-net-worth individuals in the St. The fund has promised at least $1 million over the next year to Capital Innovators grads.

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Silicon Valley St. Louis Venture Capital Houston 60

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Network effects can be found in many categories, from marketplaces , to (social) platforms or SaaS , and in many products built specifically around (big) data. But, we’re happy to take this risk in exchange for a greater upside potential.

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Seed Stage Vertical Networking Artificial Inteligence 60

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Mangia allows sports fans to order food and merchandise (and eventually tickets) using a mobile phone and have it delivered right to a stadium or arena seat.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. Mangia allows sports fans to order food and merchandise (and eventually tickets) using a mobile phone and have it delivered right to a stadium or arena seat.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. At the seed stage, it seemed like a weird niche idea to sleep on someone else’s air mattress. Here are a few reasons why an investor will reject you that has nothing to do with you. Airbnb is probably the poster child example of this. Basically zero.

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Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 54

www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Deals come in all shapes and sizes, and seed stage funds like First Round Capital and programs like TechStars provide flexibility Explosive growth companies and multi-time successful founders get atypical deals The other terms (besides valuation) matter too!

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Valuation Channel Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 42

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. At the seed stage, it seemed like a weird niche idea to sleep on someone else’s air mattress. Here are a few reasons why an investor will reject you that has nothing to do with you. Airbnb is probably the poster child example of this. Basically zero.

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Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Seed stage investing is all about the team, so there may be something to this idea. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1).

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San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Read More ».

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. Read More ».

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer. Infiltrate the social networks (Facebook and Twitter) and then try to connect face-to-face. That’s why you need to be looking for seed-stage investors at the same time as technologists. Post flyers around the CS labs.

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Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Social Commerce. Social CRM. Social Inbox. Social Leverage. social networks. Social News. Mailing lists/groups.

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Software Review Technical Review Israel Startup 53

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The hybrid social network, communication and crowdsourcing platform allows startups to access investors, and has also become a resource for investors looking to boost dealflow and connect with other investors. Today, AngelList is debuting Docs, which lets seed-stage startups close their round online. → Learn More.

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Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

VC Cafe

JULY 8, 2012

From “napkin” (seed stage) to profitable startups, this site will give you a good set of options. “ Techcofounder is an online directory of passionate developers interested in launching a new startup “ [link] - is a social network for small businesses. Looking for designers? . 3) Events.

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Cofounder Founder Startup Seed Stage 149

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Google Apps – Email, Chat, Docs Skype - free voice and video communication tool Campfire – team collaboration Slideshare – share Powerpoints and docs with customers Ning – Create your own social network Yammer – free enterprise social network Doodle – online group scheduling Freeconferencecall.com – Free conference (..)

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110