Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2014

On Monday we had a Foundry Group portfolio company sales summit. We are fortunate in that we’ve got a bunch of amazing sales execs in our portfolio, including several CEOs like Howard Diamond of MobileDay and Matthew Bellows of Yesware who have long histories selling and building sales organizations. Sales ROI yesware'

Software 140

Software Portfolio Sales Cofounder 140

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We had more than 700 resumes, short-listed 65, interviewed 16 in one-hour meetings had 6 full-day interviews including a presentation by the candidate on a selected market opportunity and we did 3 finalist dinners to test cultural fit. Ask if you could shadow different functions like marketing, finance or product management.

NPV 337

NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 11, 2011

With big tech companies awash in cash , nearly every analyst out there is predicting that the M&A market will heat up in 2011. At a (pre-blizzard) conference I attended today run by Gridley & Co, this theme was reinforced, with rosy predictions of an M&A boom. Yet a strong M&A market won't be a panacea for all.

Post-Money Valuation 40

Post-Money Valuation Dilution Cofounder Valuation 40