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#1: Revenue Before Product, Living Forever & Clever Origins (Fred Shilmover, InsightSquared)
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures
05/25/15 • 25 min
Fred Shilmover, InsightSquared -- In Traction's first-ever episode, NextView's VP of platform Jay Acunzo briefly explains the concept behind the show - to share the stories of the creative, unusual, and brilliant ways entrepreneurs scrap their way to early results. Then, Jay and co-founding partner Rob Go hear the seed-stage story of InsightSquared, a successful SaaS startup that's exploded in Boston, all based on a smart-yet-sneaky tactic used by co-founder and CEO Fred Shilmover before he had any capital, co-founders, or even software.
If you like the show and want more episodes and related content, subscribe at ViewFromSeed.com. You'll receive new episodes of Traction as soon as they're available, along with more stories, resources, and advice for seed-stage startups from entrepreneurs, VCs, and industry experts.
Let me know what you think of the show -- tweet me (Jay Acunzo) @Jay_zo
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#3: Stalkers at Whole Foods, Sneaky Products & Inventing a Brand (Ken Chen, NatureBox)
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures
05/26/15 • 26 min
NatureBox Co-founder/CMO, Ken Chen -- If ever there was a sneaky way to learn and gain initial traction, this is it. NatureBox currently ships millions of healthy snacks to consumers everywhere, but they all started with a single observation, a single hack using some free tools, and a single weekend of effort. Fastforward to 2015, and they're a Series C startup some would call a success, relative to most startups that launch.
Ken Chen, co-founder and CMO of NatureBox, reveals the story of how he and his co-founder Gautam Gupta launched and began building an actual brand -- a rare thing for startups to care about from Day 1, but a crucial thing for NatureBox to achieve.
Like the show? Subscribe at ViewFromSeed.com to get every new episode plus more exclusive resources and stories from entrepreneurs and VCs.
Let me know what you think of the show -- tweet me (Jay Acunzo) @Jay_zo
#45: How to Grow a Growth Team (Fareed Mosavat, Slack)
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures
07/25/17 • 45 min
On the show today, Fareed Mosavat shares his experiences on growth teams for Slack, Instacart, and RunKeeper. We learn from his approach but also extract valuable lessons about where growth jobs actually fit into your overall organization.
Follow Fareed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/far33d
Follow Jay on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jayacunzo
Subscribe to get all of NextView's content at http://nextviewvc.com/blog (including the Hitchhiker's Guides to Boston: http://bostontechguide.com/ and NYC: http://startupguide.nyc/
Listen to Jay's other podcast, Unthinkable: http://unthinkable.fm or iTunes http://bit.ly/unthinkablefm
Coming Soon: Creative & Unusual Ways Startups Start
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures
04/23/15 • 1 min
Launching this spring, a podcast from NextView Ventures about the creative, unusual, clever, and downright brilliant things that entrepreneurs do to gain early results. While everyone gets told to "do things that don't scale," we don't often hear what those things actually are -- at least not until a company succeeds and the story gets polished for the press.
NextView partner Rob Go and VP of Platform Jay Acunzo talk to top founders, startup executives, media members, and VCs about how they scrapped and fought their way to enough traction to survive and advance against the odds.
Subscribe at the NextView blog for seed-stage startups, the View from Seed.
NextView All-Hands: Redesigning the Everyday Economy
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures
10/04/17 • 48 min
In a very special episode of Traction, we sit down as a team and discuss the new mission of the firm and talk through B2C and B2B examples of the Everyday Economy. We learn what commonalities exist among founders who are redesigning that economy, and the NextView partners share their perspectives on the next big wave of internet innovation. Plus, we share some news about the future of the show.
Subscribe to get all NextView content at nextviewvc.com/blog
Follow the NextView team on Twitter: David: twitter.com/davidbeisel Rob: twitter.com/robgo Lee: twitter.com/leehower Ginny: twitter.com/ginnymineo
Listen to Jay's podcast about questioning conventional thinking at unthinkable.fm
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#46: Starting Your Influencer Marketing
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures
08/15/17 • 43 min
Today, Samantha Howe of Grove Collaborative shares her in-depth knowledge of a massive trend in marketing: working with influencers. You'll hear how to get started, approach influencer in your space, and measure impact. Jay and Samantha also rant against some of the less effective but common tactics permeating this approach to marketing.
Follow Samantha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/howesocial
Follow Jay on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jayacunzo
Check out the latest from NextView's refreshed brand, including the introduction to the Everyday Economy: http://nextview.vc/eetraction
Here is NextView's pitch to founders: http://nextview.vc/pitchdecktraction
Lastly, subscribe to get all of NextView's content at http://nextviewvc.com/blog
#2: Founding LinkedIn, Elon Musk & Ancient Silicon Valley (Lee Hower, NextView)
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures
05/26/15 • 29 min
LinkedIn Co-Founder Lee Hower -- Imagine being on the founding team of not one, but TWO of the startup world's biggest legends: PayPal and LinkedIn. Lee Hower experienced exactly that. In the episode, he shares his stories of how LinkedIn scrapped towards early results back before most of the tech we all use today was even around -- it'll sound pretty archaic to most young entrepreneurs today.
Lee also shares what it was like to get hired by Elon Musk, as well as work alongside the great Reid Hoffman twice.
If you like the show and want more episodes and related content, subscribe at ViewFromSeed.com. You'll receive new episodes of Traction as soon as they're available, along with more stories, resources, and advice for seed-stage startups from entrepreneurs, VCs, and industry experts.
Let me know what you think of the show -- tweet me (Jay Acunzo) @Jay_zo
#44: Thinking Bigger, Better, and Bolder (Shan-Lyn Ma, Zola)
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures
07/11/17 • 29 min
Today's episode features a fast-rising company led by Shan-Lyn Ma. Her startup, Zola, is changing the way people purchase gifts for brides and grooms. Anyone who has ever experienced the insanity of wedding season -- whether attending as a guest or planning your own -- knows just how stressful the whole experience can be. Shan-Lyn and her team are using some unique insights and past experiences to rethink it, and boy, is it working right now.
We talk about tough early beginnings, clever market validation tests, and what Shan-Lyn believes about the future of startups and venture capital.
Visit zola.com to learn more about the company, and follow Shan-Lyn on Twitter: twitter.com/shanlynm
Subscribe to get all of NextView's content at nextviewvc.com/blog
#43: Vetting & Working with Cofounders (Wayne Chang, Jeff Seibert)
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures
06/20/17 • 40 min
Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert are the cofounders of Crashlytics, which Twitter acquired in 2013. Today, as angel investors, they see dozens of entrepreneurs every quarter, and they've joined the show today to help us answer some tough questions: How should you structure communication with your cofounder? How do you work through difficult decisions, especially if nobody on the founding team is a domain expert? What would the pair do differently next time around? And what are they exploring as their next venture?
Follow Wayne and Jeff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wayne and https://twitter.com/jeffseibert
Follow Rob and Jay on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robgo and https://twitter.com/jayacunzo
Subscribe to the NextView blog for future episodes and more resources for seed-stage startups: http://nextviewvc.com/blog
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#5: A Career Rocketship, Sexy Shakespeare, & Fixing Boston Tech (Dennis Keohane, Pando Daily)
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures
06/22/15 • 35 min
Tech Journalist Dennis Keohane -- Imagine you were told to enter a brand new field tomorrow and that you had 18 months to get hired by one of the top brands in that space. What would you do? That's where the story of Dennis Keohane, national tech reporter for Pando Daily, begins.
Dennis shares the story of his whirlwind year and a half, during which time he went from innovative teacher to writer covering tech innovation. Plus, he offers his perspective on how to fix Boston tech's lack of broader awareness and, specifically, how media can help.
If you like the show and want more episodes and related content, subscribe at ViewFromSeed.com. You'll receive new episodes of Traction as soon as they're available, along with more stories, resources, and advice for seed-stage startups from entrepreneurs, VCs, and industry experts.
Let me know what you think of the show -- tweet me (Jay Acunzo) @Jay_zo
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How many episodes does Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures have?
Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures currently has 59 episodes available.
What topics does Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures cover?
The podcast is about Tech, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Podcasts, Technology, Business and Innovation.
What is the most popular episode on Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures?
The episode title '#1: Revenue Before Product, Living Forever & Clever Origins (Fred Shilmover, InsightSquared)' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures?
The average episode length on Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures is 36 minutes.
How often are episodes of Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures released?
Episodes of Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures are typically released every 14 days, 21 hours.
When was the first episode of Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures?
The first episode of Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures was released on Apr 23, 2015.
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