A popular meme in startup investing right now is on the increasingly data-driven nature of the industry.  More and more firms are employing developers and data-scientists internally to mine the trove of publicly available data to provide signals for companies […]

This past Monday was a bit of a whirlwind. In addition to our typical (but contracted) partner meeting, we also said goodbye to our office at 186 South Street and moved in to our new space at 179 Lincoln Street. […]

The holy grail of early stage startups used to be finding “Product Market Fit”.  Tons of stuff have been written about this, but my favorite is from Sean Ellis and Marc Andreesen. Explicitly or not, I’ve found the tide has […]

I was asked recently how NextView evaluates such early stage companies for investment.  The reality is that pretty much all investors looks for the same core things.  It’s some combination of great teams, attractive markets, and promising products. As a […]

I’ve been hearing these words a lot recently. “It’s just an app”. It’s usually said with a dismissive tone by an investor or industry pundit.  Similarly, I’ve similarly heard entrepreneurs address this issue head on in the first 5 minutes […]

Love these 95 pieces of advice from Sam Altman in honor of the new YC batch. Each could be a few blog posts in and of themselves.  Orignal link here. Startup Advice In honor of the new YC batch starting […]

I was talking to an entrepreneur the other day about fundraising. This company was not raising money, but had in the past and is quite successful. We talked about the psychology of how one presents themselves in the fundraising process. […]

I’m excited to announce our recent investment in Sunrise. I first met Pierre (the co-founder and CEO of Sunrise) through Jeremy Fisher, the founder of Wander.  At the time, Sunrise was already on my phone, but was competing for a […]

Right after OMGPOP released DrawSomething to rave reviews (and traction), I was catching up with my friend Nabeel Hyatt and chatted a bit about the game’s meteoric rise.  I joked that the success was eerily well timed with him joining […]

We have our NextView 2013 Annual meeting this afternoon. I blocked off the morning expecting to have to do a bunch of last minute preparation, but everything seems to be pretty much ready to go.  If you are an entrepreneur […]