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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

Feld Thoughts

Amy likes to remind me that when I was an entrepreneur, I used to regularly give talks at MIT about entrepreneurship. Along the way, a number of the companies I had invested in as an angel investor raised money from VCs. Some were tough experiences for me, like NetGenesis, which was the first angel investment I made.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. Practical Market Research Resources for Entrepreneurs. Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, popularized this strategy for web applications.