Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Warby Parker produces modern eyewear at affordable prices, Apple produces elegant, premium technology products, Netflix offers an enormous library of binge-worthy, unique video. companies that have to spend too heavily on customer acquisition). I’ll give you some of Parachute’s repeat rates later in the post. Get Physical!

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2019

I was president of my first company (Feld Technologies). While Feld Technologies was a successful company, and I was an effective president for seven years, with the benefit of hindsight I realize that I didn’t like my job very much once we had more than a few people working for us. My partner Dave was vice president.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

We were all investing in Internet-related stuff at the end of the 1990s. Jerry and Fred had one of the most successful VC funds during this time period until the Internet bubble burst and blew us all up for a while. Now, choose any new and exciting technology now. 2001 – 2002 was the collapse to the Trough.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 25, 2015

There are also companies, like my first one (Feld Technologies) that bootstrapped and never raised any money. Sure, every now and then something magical happens (very high price point, very low cost of customer acquisition, zero churn), but that’s a serious edge case. You want to do an acquisition, but the seller wants some cash.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). He focuses on investments in fintech, the internet, and software. I have been in and around technology for over ten years. So this has always been our most significant focus area, whether in 2022, 2021, or 2001. .

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood are hosting this series of one-day conferences as a way to get alpha-geeks out of the office to hear experts talk about new technologies ranging from Python to ASP.NET MVC. I sit in front of my laptop for days, nay weeks on end and never see another person who is remotely interested in technology.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Previously, he was the COO of digital gift card start-up Giftly from its inception in 2010 to its acquisition by Giftcards.com in 2013. We’ve talked about the technological shifts around quantum computing and cryptography more generally. Dan Kimerling: I love 2001: a Space Odyssey. On Cryptocurrencies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Mine started this way … I started my first company in the “go-go years&# of the Internet: 1999. Then I got engaged to be married in late 2001 and had the motivation to get really serious. Except that after the acquisition Salesforce.com required that I commute more than an hour each way from Palo Alto to San Francisco.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Back in 2001 I worked with a consultant who was a developer when times were really good, and a trainer when times were really bad. at 8:00 am Great post Rob, However I think you need to include growth stage technology companies amongst those you listed in the relatively recession proof group. at 3:04 am [.] link] [.] #2 at 7:01 am [.]

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