Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

When we started Foundry Group in 2007, we stated that we would invest in companies throughout the United States. Before making a decision to invest, we talked to each member of our advisory board to get their feedback. Their feedback, as one would hope from an advisory board, was direct, clear, and ultimately supportive.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 23, 2015

You may recognize Scott’s name – I wrote about him in my post When VCs Don’t B t You. Scott and I were both on the Microsoft VC Advisory Board that Dan’l Lewin organized and ran. That’s how a friendship develops, at least in my world. That kind of fits with the word Foundry in our name.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

Army Signal Corps advisory board, and the Army was going to acquire their first computer for research. The remaining company kept the Hewlett Packard name and focussed on computers. Instead of bemoaning the demise of an old company we should be celebrating new companies that develop new helpful technologies.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds. Mr. Parekh serves on various advisory boards of start-up internet companies. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998.

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www.davidgcohen.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

October 31, 2007 By David Cohen Here?s That’s it – I had never even met them until after a remote mentoring relationship had developed. The ideal scenario is to involve them directly in the strategy associated with the development of your business, your product, or you as a person. Founder and CEO of TechStars.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2020

” And in newsjacking it worked because it’s in the Oxford English dictionary now, and my name is attached to it. I was invited to HubSpot, Brian is the CEO of HubSpot, to their office back in 2007. And no matter what business you’re in, you can use the techniques of developing fandom to grow a business.

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