Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Or if you want to go back to 2004 and 2005 when I was really learning about Agile, well before it had become a household name, you could read my posts Agile Software Development with SCRUM or Do You Develop Software For A Living? In 2003 – while Agile was known – it was largely limited to ISVs and a few leading IT organizations.

Software 70

Software Technology Agile SCRUM 70

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Small Business Trends , an award-winning online publication. Anita Campbell Anita Campbell serves as CEO of Anita Campbell Associates Ltd, a woman-owned consulting firm helping companies and organizations reach the small business market.

Marketing 54

Marketing Social Media Software Review Small Business 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

Initial Public Offering 277

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 277

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

She is also the co-founder, co-owner and CEO of MFE Interactive in addition to being the co-owner and SVP of Marketing for Speedy Incorporation.

Web 48

Web Software Review Cofounder Small Business 48

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half. No new investments.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

by Evgeny Glariantov , founder of FREED. In 2005, SETI@home changed its software: instead of the old SETI@home Classic they started using the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing , or BOINC for short — a software framework that enables volunteers to participate in projects other than SETI@home.

Search 170

Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 170

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Janine Popick Janine Popick is the CEO and co-founder of VerticalResponse (Inc. Read all five posts in today’s series and come back each day this week for five new posts in this great educational series and another chance to win. 5000 2006-2010), a leading self-service direct marketing provider to over 100,000 small businesses.

Small Business 41

Small Business Social Media Engineer Matching 41

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 and one of the founders of Oblong, John Underkoffler, was an MIT Medialab PHd., RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I Is that when it became big? was starting.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). conference happened at the end of 2004). It’ll be nearly two years before the concept of “Web 2.0″

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

In fact, recent research shows that 75% of startups fail (based on a study of 2,000 startups that received VC funding from 2004 to 2010). Or maybe the co-founders have a poisonous relationship that will hinder the companys growth. Check out the tips below from founders, CEOs and investors alike. Leave it in the comments.

Cofounder 111

Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. In 2004 I was a part-time flight attendant with a 10-year-old son living in Los Angeles. in December of 2004 with just our one little product, and by the end of 2005 we had sold 1 million Finders Key Purse(r). 12- I needed to pay my rent!

Entrepreneur 125

Entrepreneur LLC Technical Review Finder 125

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

Initial Public Offering 297

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 297

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

Initial Public Offering 148

Initial Public Offering California .Net Business Plan 148

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Cameron is t he founder of the COO Alliance, the World’s Leading Network for Seconds in Command. And that was, you know, 2004, 2005 was, I was realizing that it was no longer about working harder. I mean, I'm sure you run into a lot of companies that are still founder driven, very good at selling and they've grown.

CTO 80

CTO Cofounder Networking Operations 80

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are a couple classic archetypes of internet/software founders, including the genius college student cooking up something quirky but ultimately disruptive in his dorm room who launches his company straight out of undergrad. Today the landscape is very different from 2004.

Boston 206

Boston Internet Entrepreneur .Net 206

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

Entrepreneur 263

Entrepreneur Initial Public Offering California .Net 263

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2013

Shopify itself was started as an online shop in 2004 selling snowboard equipment out of a garage by its founders. In 2004, we wanted to set up an online store selling snowboarding equipment. “So, in 2005, we launched our very own platform. “So, in 2005, we launched our very own platform.

Singapore 149

Singapore Partner Asia North America 149

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

Initial Public Offering 295

Initial Public Offering California .Net Business Plan 295

Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Stephanie is the founder of Grow Disrupt , a company that designs & produces educational, application-focused events that re-invigorate & inspire entrepreneurs. As the founder of On Line Support , Eric has a wealth of technology, service and business expertise garnered from more than 30 years in the technology/telecom industry.

Paraguay 84

Paraguay Cofounder Cleveland Email 84

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. Part of the deal was bringing in a new CEO, Richard Rosenblatt.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. He’s been at it since 2005. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. It’s that simple.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

Feld Thoughts

JULY 16, 2018

I got involved shortly after it was founded in 2004 and became the board chair in 2005 (which I served as until I resigned all my non-profit board positions at the end of last year.) NCWIT (National Center for Women & Information Technology) has long been a hidden gem of Boulder.

Cofounder 73

Cofounder Green Community Engineer 73

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

Initial Public Offering 221

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 221

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 7, 2011

Derek Sivers, founder of CDBaby, recently stopped by the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast and recounted a story of his now famous package insert. Do you send out automated follow-ups that beg to be ignored?

Small Business 64

Small Business Marketing Portland Social Media 64

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Brian Halligan Brian Halligan is CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot , a marketing software company he co-founded four years ago to help businesses transform the way they market their products by “getting found&# on the internet. Brian Clark Brian Clark is founder of Copyblogger and CEO of Copyblogger Media.

Small Business 54

Small Business Marketing Cofounder Social Media 54

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

As a founder, one of the most painful things in the world to hear is criticism of your baby. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. million in 2004 to $6.5 Do you think they even notice when you leave? There’s no way around it, it still sucks[.]

Retention 115

Retention Customer Developer Programming 115

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

As a founder, one of the most painful things in the world to hear is criticism of your baby. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. million in 2004 to $6.5 Do you think they even notice when you leave? There’s no way around it, it still sucks[.]

Retention 112

Retention Developer Customer Programming 112

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 30, 2011

I had a great conversation recently with Derek Sivers , founder of CDBaby and author of Anything You Want. jepoirrier via Flickr It’s not that the owner’s thinking is flawed, it’s that most of knowledge, mission, vision and basic how to do stuff stays locked up there.

Small Business 60

Small Business Marketing Social Media Programming 60

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

One of the earliest and most well-known of the Micro-VC funds was First Round Capital , founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman , a former entrepreneur who sold Half.com to eBay in 2000. A few years before all this scandalous VC behavior occurred, in 2005 Paul Graham ) started Y Combinator. and no, we didn’t.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Lisa Barone Lisa Barone is Co-Founder and Chief Branding Officer of Outspoken Media , Inc and writes for the Outspoken Media Blog. She is also the co-founder, co-owner and CEO of MFE Interactive in addition to being the co-owner and SVP of Marketing for Speedy Incorporation. Note: There have been some updates since I published th.

Small Business 53

Small Business Marketing Social Media Cofounder 53

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

As a founder, one of the most painful things in the world to hear is criticism of your baby. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. million in 2004 to $6.5 Do you think they even notice when you leave? There’s no way around it, it still sucks[.]

Retention 105

Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

Keith Ferrazzi Keith Ferrazzi is the author of Never Eat Alone and the founder of the Relationship Masters Academy, an online training program for networking that offers the structure and support to put Keith’s bestselling books into action in your life for unparalleled career success and satisfaction.

Small Business 53

Small Business Marketing Social Media Cofounder 53

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2011

Drew Houston, CEO and Founder of Dropbox applied Eric Ries’s Lean Startup concepts and started iterating their product much faster in order to test what customers really wanted, early and often. One of my favorite case studies in the book involves a tool I use everyday – Dropbox.

Lean 54

Lean Small Business RSS Marketing 54

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

As a founder, one of the most painful things in the world to hear is criticism of your baby. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. million in 2004 to $6.5 Do you think they even notice when you leave? There’s no way around it, it still sucks[.]

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 20, 2011

Mahan Khalsa Mahan Khalsa is the founder of the Sales Performance Group of FranklinCovey , the creator of the Helping Clients Succeed sales improvement program taught in over 40 countries and 10 different languages. Read each of the five posts that follow and click our entry form link to match the guest star with their post.

Small Business 52

Small Business Marketing North America Social Media 52

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Lisa Barone Lisa Barone is Co-Founder and Chief Branding Officer of Outspoken Media , Inc and writes for the Outspoken Media Blog. Read all five posts in today’s series and come back each day this week for five new posts in this great educational series and another chance to win.

Web 52

Web Small Business Social Media Matching 52