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David Beisel's BlogGenuine VCDavid Beisel’s Perspective on Digital ChangeGenuine VC:David Beisel’s Perspective on Digital ChangeFiltered PostsFeaturedThe VC Meeting Map: What to Expect After a Successful First PitchThe bulk of written guidance for VC fundraising meetings is centered on the very first meeting:how to get it,how to prepare a pitch deck,how to run the meeting, etc. But then the tactical advice stops. What about the rest of […]David BeiselAugust 29, 2019 · 5 min.AuthorDavid BeiselPartnerI am a cofounder and Partner at NextView Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm championing founders who redesign the Everyday Economy.Read MoreMore posts from NextViewMy Public (and kind of random) JournalRob GoOctober 20, 2020DenouementLee HowerNovember 7, 2019How to Divide Founder Equity: 4 Criteria to DiscussIt’s extremely rare that a startup begins with just one person. Less than 5% of all NextView portfolio companies began with a sole co-founder, as opposed to a founding team. And while there is something special about the initial group […]David BeiselAugust 29, 2019 · 4 min.Back to The Future: Power of SMS-NativeIt is the one message-space on your phone that you always pay attention to: SMS text messages. Not just “messaging” broadly, as there are numerous apps where people send and receive communications & messages. Couple that noise with the flurry […]David BeiselAugust 29, 2019 · 3 min.Going Big with a Consumer Voice Skill Startup?In the past few weeks there have been numerous product announcements in the voice computing space from big playerslike Amazonand Google. It appears as though a key part of the strategy for these platform companies is to foster a rich […]David BeiselOctober 11, 2017 · 4 min.Timber! Out of the Woods: Why We Invested in a Startup With a New Approach to LoggingFor me, the most exciting time to become involved in a startup is the very earliest of stages, when there is a vision and promise of what could be. Pre-product-market fit. Pre-product, even. That’s exactly when I met Zach Sherman […]David BeiselSeptember 18, 2017 · 2 min.Goodbye to the Old Boston Innovators Group, Hello to Something BIG and DifferentTL;DR: After a dozen years, Boston Innovators Group as we know it is sunsetting, but I will be regularly creating new, focused events to contribute to the ecosystem. The first event focused on voice computing will be held on June […]David BeiselMay 17, 2017 · 3 min.User Acquisition for Alexa SkillsLast week, I gave a talk at Voicecamp, a program produced by our friends at Betaworks for early-stage companies building voice-based products. Fahim Abouelfadl and Matt Hartman, who are producing the accelerator and are deep in the voice computing space, asked […]David BeiselMay 1, 2017 · < 1 min.Why NextView Ventures Invested in MealPalThe entire NextView team are personally subscribers to MealPal.  Why?  Because the consumer value-proposition for urban professionals in cities like Boston and New York is so strong.  A subscription plan, the weekday meal service MealPal offers both the convenience of […]David BeiselFebruary 15, 2017 · 2 min.Voice Computing in Enterprise: Inside & OutWe have an Amazon Echo in the NextView Ventures office.  Every day I say “good morning” and “good night” to it, and I ask Alexa for my flash news briefing when I walk in the door if I missed it […]David BeiselFebruary 13, 2017 · 3 min.Current Challenges in Voice Computing: Distribution and Monetization, Not Necessarily RetentionLast week Voice Labs released a Voice Report on the current state of the voice computing industry.  The main theme of the document is the tremendous growth in the proliferation of voice computing devices (mostly Amazon Echos) over the past […]David BeiselJanuary 30, 2017 · 4 min.123…37AuthorDavid BeiselPartnerI am a cofounder and Partner at NextView Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm championing founders who redesign the Everyday Economy.Read MoreMore posts from NextViewMy Public (and kind of random) JournalRob GoOctober 20, 2020DenouementLee HowerNovember 7, 2019Follow MeBoston, MA179 Lincoln Street #404Boston, MA 02111New York, NY580 Broadway #701New York, NY 10012© NextView Ventures | Contact Us | Privacy Policy