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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

Feld Thoughts

At dinner last week, my long time friend Dave Jilk (we just celebrated our 30th friendship anniversary) tossed a hypothesis at me that as people age, they resist adopting new technologies. People working in information technology tend to take a producer perspective. The essay follows. I think he totally nails it. What do you think?

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. million and my A Round in 2005 was only $500,000 (and that’s all I ever raised).

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Sachin Bansal, Flipkart Co-founder appointed as Managing Director of Venture Navi Technologies

Our Own Start-up

Sachin Bansal has made several investments into companies and start-ups such as Altico Capital, U Gro Capital, IndoStar Capital, Vogo, Bounce, KrazyBee, Ola, Bansal attended Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and completed a degree in Computer Engineering in 2005.

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How to invest in technology

Start Up Blog

One of the most common questions I get asked is, ‘What technology or companies should I invest in? You study technology everyday and spend time large companies, so you must have an opinion’ And you guessed it – I sure do. The hot technology of the day will always be overpriced. We often see this in P/E ratios.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Rally started out life as F4 Technologies. The post Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Save Money With Tech Tax Incentives

YoungUpstarts

Case in point: your company’s technology. When one thinks of technology, we often conjure thoughts of electronics that fill a building, not the building itself. Energy-efficient commercial buildings fall under section 179D of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, and businesses could qualify for $1.80 deduction per square foot.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. He started another company on the side while he was working during the day at a technology company. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation! Felipe grew up in Brazil.