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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. Brad on blogging.

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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

Feld Thoughts

.” 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. Feld Technologies was acquired in November 1993. And it’s been very interesting since that point back in 1996.

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Tips for Marketing Your Restaurant to Different Generations

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Millennials are those born between 1980 and 1994. This generation is much more technology-focused than previous ones, so increase your online presence. Engage with reviews you find online, respond to comments on social media, and keep your website up-to-date. Millennials.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. I’m going to start by going back to 1994. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. Take a look – and take your time.

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Mattermark – An Example of How We Decide to Invest

Feld Thoughts

When I first started investing as an angel investor in 1994, I was focused on a very simple set of criteria. I’ve been interested in private company data since I started Feld Technologies in 1987. He looked at me and gave me that “yeah – we should do this” look. And that was it. And that was that.

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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

These companies can range from tech startups to food trucks to retail stores. 1994 – present. 1961- 1996. Top performers conduct 40 hours or more of due diligence per investment and stick with companies as active advisors.[3]. Q: What is the typical profile of angel investors? Average Angel Returns Over Time.