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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

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. Smaller equals faster in processor technology.). But manufacturing technology has proceeded to get smaller and smaller.

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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.

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5 Tech Companies That Have Made It Big And Here’s Why

YoungUpstarts

Recently, the company shifted its focus into becoming a leader in innovative technology and artificial intelligence. #3. The company was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. #4. One of the popular social media apps around the world, Facebook is also considered a technological success.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. Along the way, the group brought on another classmate, Joe Miller, to handle the technology end. metropolitan areas and has been featured in Forbes , TIME, and the New York Times.

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Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

Up and Running

A Harvard Business School report, “ The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation ,” declares that large banks approve only 33 percent of loans under $100,000, compared to 60 percent approved by small banks. This finding was based on a FDIC survey of business owners.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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RIP Len Fassler

Feld Thoughts

Feld Technologies worked with Allcom whenever we needed a network installed for a client. Soon after, Len called me and asked if I’d be interested in selling Feld Technologies to Sage Alerting. From 1996 to 2001, I spent a lot of time with Len in New York, where Interliant was headquartered. Len – I love you.

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