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Why Philosophy and Entrepreneurship?

Feld Thoughts

It plateaued at around $2 million in revenue before we sold it in 1993. We started playing with expanding upon his pithy aphorisms and gathering stories from entrepreneurs, and it clicked. Feld Technologies never became a disruptive company, despite our ambitions.

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Roam: My New Favorite Software Product

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We ran my first company (Feld Technologies) on Lotus Agenda from when the first version of Agenda came out sometime in 1990 to when we sold the company in 1993. Until six weeks ago, my favorite software product of all time was Lotus Agenda.

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Mentors 6/18: The Best Mentor Relationships Eventually Become Two-Way

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Len and his partner Jerry Poch bought my first company in 1993. Each of these relationships are long term ones – Len and I since 1993 and Charlie and I since I was born in 1965. Following are two examples from my own life. Len Fassler is one of the most amazing people I’ve had the honor of knowing.

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Why Philosophy and Entrepreneurship?

Feld Thoughts

It plateaued at around $2 million in revenue before we sold it in 1993. We started playing with expanding upon his pithy aphorisms and gathering stories from entrepreneurs, and it clicked. Feld Technologies never became a disruptive company, despite our ambitions.

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No More MBOs

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I’ve only worked in what could be considered a “big” company for 18 months (1993 – 1995) and that was the company (AmeriData) that bought my first company (Feld Technologies). Wikipedia reminded me – it’s another Peter Drucker creation from The Practice of Management.

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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

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Feld Technologies was acquired in November 1993. .” I bootstrapped my first company and, while we did a lot of work for VCs, I liked taking money from them as “revenue” (where they paid Feld Technologies for our services) rather than as investment.

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Book: The Startup Playbook

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I’ve known Will since 1984 and Raj since 1993. My friends @willherman and @rajatbhargava put their hearts and souls into the creation of the first edition of The Startup Playbook, and it paid off. Over 13,000 people bought the book, it’s a 4.8-star star review book on Amazon (with 100 reviews), and it sold out.

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