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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

Feld Thoughts

When people ask me how they can become a VC, I point them to my partner Seth Levine’s excellent blog posts How to become a venture capitalist and How to get a job in venture capital (revisited). Feld Technologies was acquired in November 1993. Venture Capital fred wilson seth godin yoyodyne'

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

Feld Thoughts

Len and his partner Jerry Poch bought my first company in 1993. Charlie started his own company, The Feld Group, in 1992 , when my company (Feld Technologies) was five years old. In 2000, I invested via Mobius Venture Capital in The Feld Group and joined the board. Following are two examples from my own life.

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They Can’t Kill You And They Can’t Eat You

Feld Thoughts

In addition to my role as co-chairman of Interliant (Len was my co-chairman), I was also a partner at Mobius Venture Capital, sitting on over 25 boards, including five non-US companies. Since I’d first met Len in the spring of 1993, he was beloved by almost everyone around him. billion market cap) in the spring of 2000.

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30 Entrepreneurs and Business Owners Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

98% of venture capital funding goes to male-founded start-ups, leaving less than 2% for female-founded startups. Our technology solutions streamline self-funded benefits. My father took the business into printable apparel, & with my brother, we recognized the potential of technology & e-commerce.

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Entrepreneurship for the 99%

Steve Blank

While we’re excited by the results, we’ve realized that we’ve been solving the problem for the 1% of new ventures that are technology startups. million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009.

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Are Things Moving Faster Than In 1999?

Feld Thoughts

After I sold my first company, I started a company called Intensity Ventures to make all my personal investments from. When I started making venture capital investments in 1997, the pace of things, and the amount of work I did, was massive. The name kind of says it all. I never once felt that things were moving slowly.

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The Brilliance of The Struggle

Feld Thoughts

Here are a few examples from my first company, Feld Technologies (1987 – 1993). Hyperion : While Feld Technologies was a software consulting company, the companies that installed the networks that our software ran on (mostly PC-based Novell Networks) were so shitty that we set up our own small network installation group.

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