Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

Yesterday I read Kara Swisher’s post What Does the Recent Tech Stock Downturn Mean? In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. We had to grind through a refiling of our S-1 which cost us a month.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2017

Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. Pump and dump stock schemes. Phantom fund investors.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

You may be able to save on shipping costs, as well. For example, you can replace water coolers with a filtered water pitcher to save on cost. You can find free software on the internet that does almost the same thing as your subscription-based software. This is one of the best cost-saving ideas for small businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. Pump and dump stock schemes. Phantom fund investors.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2018

And those with enough savvy can take advantage of penny stocks in the drive for financial independence. As far as day traders are concerned, penny stocks can be great vehicles for profits or an unnecessary risk. That means stocks that are priced between $2 and $10 per share.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Low fee: Lightning supports any size payment all the way down to sub 1 cent micropayments, which will unleash all kinds of new internet native, global commerce and even new payment types like “streaming” – imagine paying by the second for watching a movie or accessing car insurance. .

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

It is also a function of the stage of much of our careers where we aren’t interested in playing small ball with incrementalism on how to squeeze out an extra 5% of margin by optimizing the Internet slightly better. Could we produce this at cost?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 26, 2018

The cost of this varies from each country and each region , so it’s best to do your research and keep the necessary funds aside. Stocking Up on Inventory. However, you need to figure out a way to strike that balance of stocking up just enough. Alternatively, you can also opt for co-working spaces to lessen the costs.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2019

As the frustration among your clients grows, many will pour out their frustrations on social media, internet forums, review sites, and in the news media. Unfortunately, the Internet never forgets. Without a disaster recovery plan, comments from unhappy customers won’t disappear even after your business finally resumes operations.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

Thanks to Abdul Saboor, The Stock Dork ! #4- 3- E-commerce Photo Credit: Carter Seuthe With the launch of 5G internet, I think eCommerce will boom in 2023. You'd only need your iPhone to manage this content and analyze these metrics so you can work anywhere else in the world as long as there is an internet.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 11, 2021

Stock is your ownership stake to any company. Your ownership of a company depends on the number of stocks you own. Stock markets are a common platform where individual and institutional investors come together to buy and sell shares. Advantages of Buying Stocks. You do not need a huge cash injection to buy stocks.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Is the entire sector destined to a sudden and quick demise, similar to the dot-com bust of 2001, with widespread stock market collapses and mass layoffs? Yet once the software is coded, it can be reproduced millions of times at virtually no cost. These costs are largely fixed.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Mobile app usage now makes up more than 50% of all internet traffic. It’s hard enough to learn how to fund a business without worrying about mobile app development costs. Creating an app often requires calling in a team of developers, which can cost $10k or more. Your customers will be happier, and you will benefit from it too.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 2, 2024

After NVIDIA’s stock reached an all time high last week and Elon Musk raised $6 billion for xAI in an oversubscribed round valuing the company at $24 billion, however, there are signs that the initial euphoria may be starting to subside as reality sets in. Models trained on most of the internet are becoming commoditised. ?

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

As COVID-19 lockdown continues, more and more avid rock climbers are stocking up on wooden studs and screws to take the climbing experience into their own homes. Now, with the use of technology and the internet, especially with the pandemic, the landscape is shifting to safe, non-contact phone sales for life insurance. 14- Workcation.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

Governance/Control – Founder/CEO Mark Pincus has sold a good amount of his stock and owns <20% of shares outstanding, but now essentially has unilateral voting control of the company. So I can appreciate why public stock investors would be leery of Zynga and why the stock price has been punished recently.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

You don’t tell them what they like – you must let them tell you, along the lines of six key parameters outlined here: Cost – now customers define and find the bargains. Customers skip over your ads, and easily find the real best deals through “best value” sites on the Internet. Convenience – make the experience memorable for me.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

by Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard and author of “ The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success “ Avid market watchers know that the last two months have been devastating to fast-growth Internet stocks. Investor sentiment has shifted away from growth stocks with high price/earnings multiples.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 18, 2015

This market is willing to pay far more than cost for this product (else profits wouldn’t be generated). A startup with new cost structures, new technology, and new ideas can compete with a good-enough product at 1/2, 1/4, or possibly even 1/10th the price, and start cleaning up. A business with a 20% profit margin is very healthy.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2015

But the biggest shift to the supply chain will see it digitally connected and becoming part of the Internet of Things. We’ll see the true transformative potential of data nourishing AI as we enter the next phase of the Internet of Things. Thinking Aloud global trade Internet of Things Karen Reddington supply chain management'

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

According to recent studies, it appears that a large majority of millennials are opting out of conventional methods of investments, such as stocks, bonds, and market shares, and are somewhat sceptical about investing the way their parents did. Useful Tech Skills and an Alternative Approach to Saving.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2017

This can be attributed to the proliferation of the internet and lower cost of information sharing for insurers. The increase in the cost of insurance comes naturally, given the rising claim amount. Insurers especially PSU insurance companies are targeting stock exchange listing in the near future.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

That is very possible given that at the moment, people can buy or sell stocks, manage their funds, pay for services and products via phones, all through internet-based means ( software, mobile apps, etc. ). Businesses rely on Ripple for international payment facilitation which is instant and cost-effective. Take a look: 1.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. At the same time, acquisition opportunities will expand as large existing companies, unable to keep up with the pace of innovation in these emerging Internet markets, will “innovate&# by buying startups. Carpe Diem. The rules for making money are different in a bubble than in normal times.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Fred Wilson wrote a great piece on this.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2021

So much so, that the internet is already filled with articles such as “ 5 money lessons millennials can learn from Gen Z ”, explaining how those who were born after 1995 are improving the ways in which they make a profit. One of Robinhood’s ads (currently available only in the US).

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. In the Internet era, trademarks and domain names are closely interrelated, and both can be or become extremely valuable. Instagram is a textbook example.) Most of our early-stage startup clients fit this description.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

It was a stock option incentive related “expense” but I bet you didn’t know that because in an era where we only read the headlines — they must be a train wreck losing billions. COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you. After all, they doubled their operating costs when they weren’t even profitable. What a disaster!

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. The stock market clearly values companies that can deliver disruptive innovation. Look at the valuations of companies like Tesla, Illumina, and Twitter.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Let’s take an example – In the case of an internet or app business, the user traction and market penetration is a must. It is going to cost a lot of money just to get the initial batch of products to test the market and would definitely require external funding. Establish a competitive advantage.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

. – Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. Typically these outside resources are paid only on a success basis, so the marginal cost is low. . All of the strategies above have very modest fixed cost. This requires a real financial sacrifice.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Stock Photography. You can find and access free stock photos and graphics through a variety of online sources such as Cupcake and Bucketlistly. The Internet has everything that you need to enhance the SEO of your business website. Nashville Marketing Systems | Free Stock Photos and Resources. Content Creation Tools.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

They chose the name First Round Capital because they thought capital would be deployed most efficiently at smaller seed stage rounds considering the cost to build an internet business had come down drastically. The Exchange Fund – This allows the entrepreneurs to diversify their founders stock into other portfolio companies stock.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2022

Though the internet has enabled entrepreneurs to flourish lately, there will likely be fewer entrepreneurs in the future as people seek stability. Successful businesses have helped pave the way for entrepreneurs, both before and after the Internet boom. Thanks to Tristan Goffe, Stock Labels UAE ! #6- PHoto Credit: Melchizedec S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2021

A place to start may be a reality game like ThriveTime for Teens Board Game , where they will be faced with money and life decisions like buying cars, managing expenses, paying for college, using credit cards, buying stocks and starting businesses. It’s not a big jump to e-commerce and the costs and decisions of running a business.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

And online consumers are not always who you think they are — in fact, a little over half of Americans over age 65 use the Internet and email, and 70 percent of those use the Internet on a daily basis. While available merchandise is listed, much of it is labeled with a red “out of stock” stamp.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 9, 2012

There’s no denying how much the Internet has empowered today’s consumers. After all, the price at which profits disappear isn’t just the wholesale cost — you must also take into account the many individual expenses your business incurs. Or, ‘Considering all of our costs, I don’t think we can sell it for less than this.’

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