Rob Go

In search of things new and useful.

Rob Go: 

In search of things new and useful.

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I was surprised to find that it has been more than two years since my post summarizing the state of the seed stage market, and trying to bring a balanced view on the rise of Super Angels and Micro-VC’s.  See […]

Rob Go
November 30, 2012 · 7  min.
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I’ve been in a funk the last 6 months or more. I’ve been cranky, cynical, and generally uninspired for a while. Part of it I think has been the passing of my Dad earlier this summer. That was definitely a […]

Rob Go
November 19, 2012 · 2  min.
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I got this question on a panel last week, and coincidentally, I had a couple folks on Twitter tweet out the same question.  Generically speaking, the question is “how do I get in touch with a potential investor about my […]

Rob Go
November 12, 2012 · 4  min.
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First, apologies for the lack of links – I’m writing this on my phone. I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the recent shift we’ve seen towards more startups and investors focused on the enterprise. I’ve blogged about it before, […]

Rob Go
November 4, 2012 · 2  min.
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Anyone who has actually worked in a company with Big Data knows that data in itself has very little value. There are actually tons of companies with massive amounts of data.  But very few derive disproportionate value from that data. […]

Rob Go
October 24, 2012 · 2  min.
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Seth Godin on Education

Rob Go
October 24, 2012 · < 1  min.
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One of the biggest tensions I find in the venture capital business is the need to go big. Many/most elite firms talk about needing to invest in companies that they can realistically see becoming transformative companies. From an exit standpoint, […]

Rob Go
October 22, 2012 · 3  min.
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I’m trying a little experiment. This is a blog post written entirely using Siri. I am a big believer in the potential for Voice and other forms of human computer interaction to completely change the way we do things. I’m […]

Rob Go
October 18, 2012 · 2  min.
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One of the earliest things we did at NextView when my partners and I started working together was go away as a team to the New Hampshire mountains. At the time, I think we didn’t even had a name for […]

Rob Go
October 14, 2012 · 5  min.
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I was spending some time with an MIT senior who is very involved with the startup community and has spent some time working at venture funded companies.  We were chatting a bit about marketing for early stage companies.  How important […]

Rob Go
October 8, 2012 · 4  min.