Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 24, 2020

I started doing this in 2000 and it took me about four years to learn how to just turn off the switch completely for a week and then turn it back on. 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love : I try to pick a book a week from the NYT Book Review that I would have never otherwise read (I guess this is another reason to keep reading the Sunday NYT!).

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2013

I’ve been reviewing my notepad from 2013 and thought I’d share my insights into what’s changed and the big issues from my perspective in startups, business and technology. Technology is no longer a thing: It’s almost not worth mentioning now it is so ensconced in human life. A way of communicating.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

On the other hand, if you receive a payment of $2000, that’s considered income or revenue, you’ll generate positive cash flow that can be reinvested in other areas. . Say you’re moving across the country, which can cost anywhere from $1500 to $6000 on average. It’s important to note that cash flow doesn’t give you your net profit.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. double the rate of the prior year, 103 of those being venture-backed companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. Private markets for stocks are the opposite. I acknowledged this in the article.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The technology underpinning them (like blockchain and DLT) is brilliant and has many use cases. The other 10,000+ crypto currencies will become the penny stocks of tomorrow. I was experimenting with the technology, rather than investing. Remember the dot com boom between 1995-2000? The bust started on March 11th in 2000.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Not unless you’re Elon Musk and Governor Abbott has a smile as wide as the Texas Panhandle or you’re Joe Rogan and every tech bro in Austin is so pumped to point to your move (and Tim Ferriss’ move) here as some kind of stamp of approval that they never needed Silicon Valley. Truth be told, if I didn’t welcome you, it’s possible no one would.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. The Exchange Fund – This allows the entrepreneurs to diversify their founders stock into other portfolio companies stock. and Half.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. Ameet said, “Don’t worry, we’ll be fine, just wait for the next downturn.&#.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

Most potential buyers of stocks are blocked out of the IPO process. Below is a marketing email sent around by one of the participating investment banks after the recent nCino IPO (which was underpriced in record-setting fashion, 195% first day “pop” – “the biggest first-day surge since the 2000 tech bubble”).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). This is minutes 8-11.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2012

Needless to say that before you start and throughout the entire process, you should make sure that technological requirements are met. Many will prefer to use stock images. Some people may complain about the use of stock photography. Just as for stock images, the cover photo should lack distracting elements.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

We are not in a technology bubble. We have not even taken a major step towards a technology bubble. So let us first ask if “a very high percentage of the population&# has bought into a distorted premise about the future growth prospects for technology. In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# But everything has intrinsic value.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I recall that MSA’s stock increased 5X or thereabouts after our deal, which by no means implies that Peachtree deserved sole credit for all that. But, credit is due to all these CEO’s for perseverance. We just closed out in 2017 our 10-year early-stage venture fund started in 2000. I got the message. Do the math.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The VC industry (both the GP part and the LP part) pays attention to the sector’s returns, but the broader tech ecosystem only occasionally tunes in. LPs investing in venture hold a subset of all the funds in the VC universe by design (see #4 & 5). What about fund of funds (FoF), you ask?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. This may work in stable markets and technologies. As articulated in the classic Clayton Christensen book The Innovators Dilemma , in industries with rapid technology or market shifts, disruption cannot be ignored.).

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. This may work in stable markets and technologies. As articulated in the classic Clayton Christensen book The Innovators Dilemma , in industries with rapid technology or market shifts, disruption cannot be ignored.).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We will seeing the growth of social networks around topics of interest like StockTwits for people interested in investing in the stock market. At the top end is the business logic created by startups and established technology companies. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2).

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. And obviously all the liq prefs went away in the IPO when pref stock converted to common. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. May 26, 2011.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

9:33) Scaling Up Excellence , process debt, technical debt, and human capital debt, plus rapid prototyping during the pandemic. (13:58) 28:12) The pandemic as a moment to invest in people and technology, have a plan and execute. Highlights from the show: Carl details his background and experience. (4:22) Yes, we’d like that.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. Self-Awareness will conclude this list for today.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

We experimented with tap and go technology, both on cards as well as embedded in mobile phones. I used to think that the success of my last startup was due to our software quality, thought leadership, patents, etc. In 2000, we launched a loyalty program for a bank in Turkey, Akbank. Inflation: The Next Big Opportunity?

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Programming Turkey Social Media Redemption 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Getting to know each other before exchanging money for stock certificates is important for both sides. If Nivi ever sent me a deal I’d meet the team without any question or pre-review. But privately here is what I say every week, “I was at the dot com cocktail party in 99-2000. I worry about that.&#.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Virtual Stock Exchange. Loading… Tech. Stock Quotes. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. AllThingsDigital.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2018

I went through the information technology revolution and was on the bleeding edge of both technology and the acceptance of women in the workplace. . I took a course on innkeeping through a company in Florida, found through online searches and reviews. When 9/11 happened, we had finished our most profitable year in 2000.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Technology | Thursdays. TECHNOLOGY. Technology. Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. Join our community. Login using: Use your Inc.com account: Forgot login ? Forgot login ?

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Virtual Stock Exchange. Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Stock Quotes. more in Tech. Financial News. WSJ Classifieds. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » |.

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www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. This person proposes design approaches for review and agreement from peers and his or her supervisor.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

But Friendster’s computer systems couldn’t keep up with the explosive growth (reportedly due to the complexity of the security model set up to control connections, privacy and authenticity of users) so MySpace was hot on the heels and swept up the market in a very rapid ascent. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 Is the game over?

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Our oceans are regularly overfished, nearly 90% of the world’s marine fish stocks are now fully exploited , overexploited or depleted. Creating meat in this way was something that we had talked about as an idea, and wondered whether it could be a scalable technology and economically viable if it found consumer acceptance.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. However, Tinker commented that perceived legibility was due to a great extent to familiarity with the typeface.

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Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

All I have access to is just a cursory review of their digital existence. You can still put together a quick dashboard that will allow Jim and Bob to do a quick review of the data and make smarter decisions about how to invest their limited budget on digital upgrades. Let your competition be lame and play by 2000 worldviews.

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Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. The professor plotted data and showed us statistically that most people buy stocks when they are booming (e.g. The best MBA class I took was an investment strategy class. overvalued) and sell when the fall precipitously.

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Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2012

Facebook’s stock should trade for $13.80 – [link]. Stunning Graphic Design Styles: 1950 to 2000 Inspired Designs – [link]. Good chart from Mary Meeker showing % of time spent in media vs. ad spending in same medium - [link]. ‘Facebook parenting’ is destroying our children’s privacy - [link].

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