Feld Thoughts

APRIL 4, 2018

I was involved in the early years (1992 – 1996) as a judge and funded a number of companies that went through the MIT $100K (which was called the MIT $10K at the time.) I discuss their efforts, and impact, in my book Startup Communities (which was published in 2012).

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

The first project of this kind was GIMPS , a large-scale program launched in 1996 for the purpose of searching for Mersenne prime numbers , that is prime numbers of the form 2 p — 1 where P is a random integer. Prime time. These so-called volunteer computing projects dealt with scientific research.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2016

When we invested in FullContact in 2012, they were a small team with a big vision to create One Address Book To Rule Them All. My first company (Feld Technologies) was acquired by a company doing a rollup (AmeriData – acquired 40 companies between 1992 and 1996 when it was then acquired by GE Capital.)

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. You can’t mistake that for being the one who wins the poker tournament or even comes home with more money than you brought to the game. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Facebook’s IPO was obviously a debacle, and in the private investment sphere valuations from the seed through late stage have declined for the most part from their peaks in late 2011 through early 2012. The US government last shut down in 1995 and 1996.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Believe it or not, three years after founding the company in 1996, Larry Page and Sergey Brin actually tried to sell Google for $1 million. The deal closed only four months later in August of 2012. . - Modest profitability. - The price offered was high for this type of business. No introduction is required here.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Fralic has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996. Thursday, January 12, 2012. Prior to joining First Round in early 2006, Mr. Fralic was VP of Business Development at social bookmarking and tagging company del.icio.us through the Yahoo! acquisition.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. You can’t mistake that for being the one who wins the poker tournament or even comes home with more money than you brought to the game. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2015

I’ve been an investor in a large number of VC funds dating back to 1996, including a bunch of the current generation of seed funds. On day around 2012 I got a call from Mark Solon. Of the 45 other investments, some are zeros but six years later there are still 30-ish companies cranking away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. The percent of entrepreneurs who are Baby Boomer starting a business since 1996 has grown from 14.3 According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. percent to 23.4 percent last year.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

In the mean time, I’m going to keep reminding myself that this is 2012, not 1996, where we are just discovering the expensive magic of Internet in hotel rooms. This morning, when I head downstairs, I’ll ask to have all the phone calls taken off my bill. We will see what happens. I pay a day to use it.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Everest climb in 1996, a story made famous by the bestselling book, “Into Thin Air.” No one doubted the guaranteed success of Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, but what remains to be seen is just how high The Force Awakens will soar. Everest” is inspired by the true events of a disastrous Mt. Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/29/1996: 22.3. 3/30/2012: 15.5. One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0. 3/31/1997: 23.3. 3/31/1998: 30.8. 3/31/1999: 49.7. 3/31/2000: 73.4. 3/30/2001: 26.3. 3/29/2002: 82.5. 3/31/2003: 44.6. 3/31/2004: 31.6. 3/31/2005: 22.8. 3/31/2006: 22.8. 3/30/2007: 22.6. 3/31/2008: 19.1. 3/31/2009: 14.5. 3/31/2010: 18.8. 3/31/2011: 15.4.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Hvide analyzed 6,800 companies that started between 1996 and 2003 in Norway. ► 2012. (1). Hans Hvide at the University of Aberdeen Business School just published a paper, "The Horse or the Jockey? Evidence from Nascent Firms where a Founder Dies" in an attempt to quantitatively answer this question. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/29/1996: 22.3 3/30/2012: 15.5 If markets behave rationally, one might expect the ratio of price to earnings to be reasonably stable over the period (click here for complete data set). One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0 3/31/1997: 23.3 3/31/1998: 30.8 3/31/1999: 49.7 3/31/2000: 73.4 3/30/2001: 26.3 3/29/2002: 82.5 3/31/2003: 44.6

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5 With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. The chart below shows the company’s strong financial performance from 2009 to the present.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I also understand he may have “edited” one of my favorite longreads of all time, Brian Arthur’s Increasing Returns and the Two Worlds of Business from HBR in 1996. Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose, November 16, 2012. Friends I know close to Santa Fe confirm that he is not merely present, but also an active and skilled participant.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 5, 2015

Going forward here are three new technologies that should help maintain this trend: Genetically engineered crops: In 1996 there were 1.7 (Caveat: not all calories are created equal, and it would be interesting to see fast food broken out in this chart.).

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

From the day I started till very recently (aka December 31, 2012), I can literally count the days when I have slept solid eight hours. Met you in 1996 Mr Malik and always knew that you were going to make it and make it big one day. It is actually pretty much all of those, all within the firing of a synapse. They may [.].

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2012

Leading digital marketers from around the Asia Pacific and beyond gathered yesterday at ad:tech Singapore 2012 to share and discuss the continuing growth of the role of technology and digital media in marketing and advertising. He highlights that: · In 1996, 2/3 of world’s internet population was in the US.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 27, 2019

All the way back in 1996, Disney added a magnetic stripe to their park pass. In 2012 they converted to RF-ID readers which eventually became the Magic Band. On the other hand, they started collecting fingerprints back in 1996 and the system is still in use today and is widely accepted.

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