Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

” With Mattermark , I remember the moment clearly – I was at The Kitchen in Boulder with the founders (Danielle Morrill, Kevin Morrill, and Andy Sparks) and my partner Seth. Next, were the entrepreneurs obsessed about their product? Last, did I want to be a long term partner with the entrepreneurs?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

by Donovan Janus, founder of 17hats. All types of entrepreneurs become this intertwined in their work, often at a price. Consider that 72 percent of entrepreneurs self-reported a personal or family history of mental health issues in a study led by Michael Freeman, M.D. A Different Breed. of UC San Francisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2015

We live today in a golden age of writing and resources for entrepreneurs. Even 10 or 15 years ago, when I first cut my teeth as an entrepreneur, there were very few things to read. It wasn''t meant to be an encyclopedia or a work of theory, but it had one overriding virtue: it was useful to actual practicing entrepreneurs like me.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2010

If you’re an entrepreneur, you spend your time worrying about how to get out of the box on the left and move to the right. In fact the people a large firm needs for this kind of innovation looks suspiciously like startup founders and the processes needed look like Customer Development. Creative Destruction. different processes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2021

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. Many entrepreneurs think they are running, but find themselves falling farther and farther behind a rapidly moving target.

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Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Eric Ries , entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Startup. Jon Sebastiani , founder and CEO of KRAVE Jerky , a company that got its start in my class at Berkeley back in 2011 and was recently acquired by Hershey.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Founding Date: 2004. round closed in June 2004. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

My business niche is “entrepreneurs” and “founders”. My mission is to create freedom in entrepreneurs lives by living and working freely! I combined those 2 things to come up with “FOUNDER FREEDOM ”. Thanks to Rachel Whynot, FOUNDER FREEDOM ! #22- It was 2004 and my wife and I were in New York.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

At the same time, his partner at his previous company – Tim Miller – was doing an entrepreneur-in-residence at a local Boulder VC firm (Boulder Ventures). Tim Miller (CEO) and Ryan Martens (CTO, founder) have been working together from the start of the journey. Million To The Boulder Community after their IPO.

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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. Reactions when I told people I was an “internet entrepreneur” ranged from smirks to blank stares.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

With my adolescent dreams up in flames, I decided to get back at my unsupportive mom and dad the only way I knew how: I became an entrepreneur. “I realized in the early 1990s that there was no appropriate yoga for fitness professionals,” says YogaFit® founder, Beth Shaw. says HourlyNerd co-founder and co-CEO, Rob Biederman. “So

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2017

by Joe Carlen, author of “ A Brief History of Entrepreneurship: The Pioneers, Profiteers, and Racketeers Who Shaped Our World “ Going back to the dawn of civilization, many entrepreneurs have sought their fortunes through adventures of exploration. In 2000, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos established Blue Origin.

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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. Many entrepreneurs think they are running, but find themselves falling farther and farther behind a rapidly moving target.

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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″

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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. Many entrepreneurs think they are running, but find themselves falling farther and farther behind a rapidly moving target.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Michael Baum ( @michaelbaum ), whom I first met at LinuxWorld at in 2004, has a charismatic personality and an extraordinary track record, largely unheralded. Instead of launching another startup, however, he’s launching entrepreneurs. Founder.org founder Michael Baum. Nobody wanted to invest in a startup.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 13, 2010

Of most interest is the story of Mr. Peter Thiel investing $500,000 into the company in 2004, at an effective valuation of $4.9 Thiel is part of the famous PayPal Mafia - former founders of PayPal and their friends that travel in the rarefied Silcon Valley air of next generation Internet ideas and technologies.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. One of our principles – and we call them deeply held beliefs – one of them was that we are all going to invest in the same things”… “I think it is useful for the entrepreneur to know what he is encountering because every firm has a different process.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. Realistically for entrepreneurs, no matter how hard you try, you’re going to make hiring mistakes. Since I was young and foolish, that didn’t deter me from joining full time.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs “why they started their businesses.”

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

by Melvin Wong , founder of Kodorra. This is why it is especially important for startup founders to seek help to guide them through the tedious and often perilous process of starting and growing a company. Incubators, on the other hand, are focused on building the entrepreneurship foundation of first-time entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

In a nutshell – I think airbnb eventually got to the right place and I was impressed with the letter their founder Brian Chesky wrote and their new commitment to safety and damages. The most tempting thing for inexperienced entrepreneurs to do is to attack the press. Think John Kerry and the “swift boat&# scandal.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Dave Kerpen, founder and CEO of Likeable Local , just published an interview with me on Linkedin, which I’ve included below. Angel investors are generally former entrepreneurs and/or executives, who invest in privately-held, early-stage companies. approx 2004-09. It’s also a fast way to lose all your money.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2015

I’m going to quote his definitions in full: 2004 definition. — B Round: The funding necessary to get founder liquidity, build groovy headquarters, and make competitors give up (or not start in the first place). . — In 2004 it took until Series C to scale your product because it took a lot of money. 2014 definition. —

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. Selling LowerMyBills: o In 2004 he was getting a lot of call to take more money but was not interested. combination of factors –.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Balancing business and family, and ensuring demand for your product were key lessons shared by two veteran entrepreneurs on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Michael Mondavi , founder and coach of Folio Fine Wine Partners. Magdalena Yesil. Joining me in from the studio at Stanford University were.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

It's now been about three years since I joined the fray as an entrepreneur and tech blogger. Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles. But these barriers are showing some wear and tear. Want to start up in France?

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 28, 2021

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked away from deals where the entrepreneur insists on a start-up pre-money valuation that is so high, no angel could expect to make a return upon the investment, even with a reasonable sales price for the company down the road. Why fight about valuation, or disappoint the founder at the outset?

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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. Many entrepreneurs think they are running, but find themselves falling farther and farther behind a rapidly moving target. Marty Zwilling.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Michael Buzinski, President & CMO of Buzzworthy Website Marketing , is a lifelong entrepreneur, digital marketing thought leader, best-selling author, and US Air Force Veteran. Ashlee Berghoff, MBA, is the founder of A Squared Online. Contact him at buzz@bbsalaska.com or 423-377-0723. 20+ books sold. Stephanie Scheller.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Balancing business and family, and ensuring demand for your product were key lessons shared by two veteran entrepreneurs on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Michael Mondavi , founder and coach of Folio Fine Wine Partners. Magdalena Yesil. Joining me in from the studio at Stanford University were.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Following is a guest post on DevOps by Gene Kim , Multiple Award-Winning CTO, Researcher, Visible Ops Co-Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Tripwire. Our findings went into a book that we published in 2004 called The Visible Ops Handbook , which described how these organizations made their “good to great” transformation.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Not mentioned in the movie is the unbelievable story of a Peter Thiel one of the founders of PayPal investing $500,000 in 2004 in exchange for approximately 5% of Facebook. Aspiring entrepreneurs who seek their name in lights pray to them. At a current U.S. Here are three ideas: I. Run With the Right Crowd.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. 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. Photo Credit: Will Bachman. I launched Alexx, Inc.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Janine Popick Janine Popick is the CEO and co-founder of VerticalResponse (Inc. She is a columnist for Inc.com “Women in Business” and has been published in DM News as well featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, ClickZ, and B2B Magazine. 5000 2006-2010), a leading self-service direct marketing provider to over 100,000 small businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: The percent of entrepreneurs who are Baby Boomer starting a business since 1996 has grown from 14.3 One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age.

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