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. Last, did I want to be a long term partner with the entrepreneurs? He looked at me and gave me that “yeah – we should do this” look.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. event I did last fall.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

So to accommodate all of the requests I have agreed to re-present our findings and will do so via web conference tomorrow at 7 pm ET / 4 pm PT. billion – the highest YTD activity since 2007 – is affecting (positively and negatively) the technology deal marketplace • And much, much more Register now via the below link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/647747626

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It was the winter of 2007 around Christmas time. This story continues at The Next Web. Vlad Stan is the CEO and Founder of StartupKit. I was about to receive one of the most beautiful presents I’d ever gotten. Many founders dream to build a company and make an exit. The exit was a well-deserved gift after many years of hard work.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

I’ve been promoting tools like Google Alerts and Google Reader for years now and today Google added something called “ Me on the Web &# as an attempt to make it easier to monitor your identity on the web. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi. 5 Steps to Successful Fac. Currently Facebook boasts somewhere in excess of 400 mi.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 9, 2011

From a local business standpoint it gives Google another lever into the transaction while adding functionality for both buyer and seller. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi. 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? How can we address this risk? What technology research is required? Accounting?

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Every 10-15 years, a major cycle reshapes the computing landscape: PC (1981), Internet (1994), Mobile (2007). In short, Perez believes that we are currently in the deployment period for web and mobile. We also believe that we’ll get more clarity on what the next platform will be.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Arizona Bay, after all, had built the IT infrastructure and Web applications that Jumpstart needed to hit it big. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. But in 2007, after Jumpstarts success, he decided to get serious.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The partners at Benchmark are delighted to announce that Scott Belsky has joined the firm as our newest general partner. It is rare for us to encounter a partner candidate who has so much experience as an operator, investor, and advisor at such a young age. Adding a new partner is a significant event for Benchmark.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. The first check I wrote was just over 10 years ago into a company called Invoca who just announced a new $56 million in funding led by Scott Hilleboe at HIG Growth Partners. I thought this was a good time to reflect on some lessons of the past 10 years.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi. 5 Steps to Successful Fac. Currently Facebook boasts somewhere in excess of 400 mi.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

I was reflecting on this post last week about the state of consumer web in Boston and shared a few of my thoughts in the comments. So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. IPO’s/Exits. Tripadvisor: An amazing entrepreneurial story.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. AngelList also partnered with SecondMarket to create an investment vehicle for these investments. Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

You have been 2,950 to visit the site in 2007 and you looked at 3,920 pages. Looking back at 2007, I wanted to give a quick overview of the investments I have been involved with, since I have not blogged about any of them yet. Overall, I spent about 1/3 of my time looking at Web 2.0 Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

He thinks as far as he offers an ERP on a monthly basis with a web interface, then he's offering cloud computing. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Post a Comment. Newer Post.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

At Coremetrics, I had to use mainframes and dumb terminals, clients and servers, the credit card industry, and any other analogy we could think of when explaining our idea to prospective investors, customers, and partners. We would leverage the voice of the customer, starting with customer reviews, all over the Web, starting with retailers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2011

Previously known as UnConference Singapore (in 2007-2009), Echelon has been primarily responsible, over the past few years, for unearthing some of Singapore’s and the region’s most promising technology startup companies. Young Upstarts is a media partner of e27 and Echelon 2011. Event Details. Date: June 16 and 17.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. In fact, by using analytics software that relies on a different way of measuring risk, the San Diego firm is becoming known in some circles as “the Moneyball of venture capital,” according to David Coats, a co-founder and managing partner. President and CEO, Complete Genomics. Dan'l Lewin.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

How about a person who moves here from Boston but keeps his Boston phone number on his SmartPhone and uses it to surf the web and order “software?” That has huge implications for virtually any business, whose software purchases and implementations are infinitely more complex than a person downloading TurboTax from the Web.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 15, 2012

They know the web is exciting. Prove it that my customers use the web. My approach to the prove it question has always been: "Look, it is insanely cheap to fail on the web. Consumer Barometer was created by IAB Europe with TNS Infratest and Google as partners. These two numbers give you macro context about the web.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

I Have a Web Site, What Else Should I be Doing Online 1 You should be doing what so many of your competitors are NOT doing – turning your attention toward building excitement around yourself and your brand. Otherwise, yeah, nice Web site, dude. No one cares. Note: There have been some updates since I published th.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2017

This is not only to prevent your clients and partners from being caught off-guard by the rebranded communication, but to also get critical feedback from them during the transition process. So between 2002 and 2007, Compaq continued to use their logo with little change.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

I partnered up with Harrison Woods, then-Managing Director of Primal Parking. One of our customer service executives recently discovered a space owner who’s been using the platform since 2007. Pick the right business partner. He sold his company and we relaunched a bigger, better YourParkingSpace. Harrison is ultra-high-energy.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Posted by: Serkan | September 10, 2007 4:44 AM Thanks Serkan - the next post will be up soon. Posted by: Matt | September 10, 2007 4:46 AM Good read but. Posted by: Darren Stuart | September 10, 2007 4:53 AM What an excellent article! Posted by: Matt | September 10, 2007 6:28 AM Excellent post! Cant wait for more ;).

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Friday, March 23, 2007. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ▼ 2007. (10).

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

In addition, Cardo got a lot of press for this initiative - so, overall great PR at minimal cost and this shows how web 2.0 Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Post a Comment.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2015

When Alina Martin took over her father’s small company in 2007 it had been ticking along, growing slowly for several years. It’s tempting to seize your moment of popularity to keep on growing without doing proper screening or training of these partners. Growth Could Kill Your Company! photo credit: epSos.de.

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dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

Consider how firms today confront Web 2.0 – the combination of blogs, wikis, and social networking technologies sprouting up. Coca-Cola runs over 500 web sites for consumers, and sponsors videos on YouTube ; even IBM has space on Second Life. The IT project office might render an opinion about investing in Web 2.0,

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

I cover several topics including agile software development, software startups, web 2.0, Technology leadership need to consider build/buy/partner options. web development. (12). The Next Tech Battle: Chrome OS vs. Office Web App. ► 2007. (25). ► 2007. (25). Social, Agile, and Transformation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

I Have a Web Site, What Else Should I be Doing Online 4 One of the most common forms of online marketing for small businesses is to have a website. The problem is, with today’s increasingly social and mobile web, a web site just isn’t enough. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

I Have a Web Site, What Else Should I be Doing Online 3 The web is not a venue where, “if you build it, they will come.&# Spend some time discovering where your customers and people like them are hanging out on the web. You have to make sure your audience knows your website is there and that it can help them.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Web Summit. At our partner meetings the number one thing I look for in our decisions is the conviction level of the sponsoring partner. And there’s conferences.

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