Feld Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2010

On Thursday and Friday I was in DC and had four significant experiences. For two days I was immersed in government leadership. Yesterday I woke up very late in the morning to Brad Burnham’s post titled Web Services as Governments. Tags: Entrepreneurship government leadership Movies Singularity.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Governments everywhere are looking for ways to increase border security without making the border crossing process more onerous for both the passengers and the people responsible for security. Washington Dulles airport will use biometric exit technology on one flight daily from Washington, DC to Dubai.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Never seeking recognition for his genius, quietly thwarting horrible crimes or saving entire governments, almost none of London’s other inhabitants knew the man at 221B Baker Street was one of the greatest minds the world has ever seen. Sure, Holmes was the best crime-solver ever, but it was the way he solved them that made him great.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Highlights from the show Jen describes her background in government-tech partnerships. (2:52) 12:44) A look at the three waves of requests coming from government. (14:06)

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

The domain witnessed a massive boom when the government included cannabis in the list of essentials in 2020. If you operate in DC, a presence on cannabis community platforms like 420dc can make your service visible and accessible. While the pandemic hit most businesses hard, cannabis is among the winners amid the crisis.

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View from Seed

JUNE 23, 2022

Dennis Chim (DC): Monetization is difficult for influencers, but social commerce has given them the ability to sell directly to their fans rather than referring away traffic to online retailers like Amazon. DC: Short-term: Do-it-yourself (DIY) social media influencers in the United States with 100K+ followers. Get to know the business.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

In my interview with Errol, we discussed the origins of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps), how and why it was created, and how it changed the way the government commercializes scientific research. government needs your help,’ and I remember saying, ‘The U.S. government accelerator that takes no equity.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 23, 2013

I have been to DC a few times with the policy business group I helped co-found, The Alliance for Business Leadership , and every time I’m there, I’m struck by the contrast with the more thrilling, action-oriented world of startups and venture capital. This has led to an environment that has never been more promising.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

This is a philosophy that governs my daily life as well as my entrepreneurial activities. Very useful perspective - as a first-time CEO managing a small startup, these ideas are timely and thought-provoking. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. Less is more. Leonardo Da Vinci noted that: "Simplicity is the ultimate in sophistication".

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 16, 2019

After a decade, it’s clear that our federal government has broadly failed us on this front. I’m excited by the progress being made despite frustrating inaction from Washington DC after a decade of conversation about creating a startup visa. In 2015, I announced the Global EIR initiative to try something different.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 1, 2016

That’s why I’m so appalled by what’s happening in the Senate this year, and how starkly it illustrates the differences between Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Read my full post at Medium.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

What we call “community management&# is actually governance. It is our obligation to govern well, but – as history has repeatedly shown – this is incredibly hard. What we call “community management&# is actually governance. It was absolutely worth it. Passionate online communities are real societies.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 25, 2017

Instead of a board role, I’ve agreed to be on the Advisory Council, as I’m trying to fit into a role of having an impact by helping the CEOs of the non-profits I’m involved in, rather than having a broad governing role that being a member of the board entails.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

The Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation is an unprecedented collaboration between the public and private sector that brings together entrepreneurs and government innovators shoulder-to-shoulder in a coworking environment where they can learn from each other.

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Ben's Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

He will advise us and our entrepreneurs about the ins-and-outs of navigating state, local and federal government. With more technology companies disrupting traditional businesses, they will benefit from leaning on someone who’s well-versed in how local governments operate.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2017

Maybe even more than school, they love what they’ve been doing outside of school: acting, filming, writing music, painting, selling things, organizing protests, running for student government, volunteering. Margot Machol Bisnow is a writer, wife, and mom from Washington, DC. Maybe their true calling in life won’t come from school.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

area boasts a constant influx of talent, whether it be people who are graduating from one of the area’s esteemed colleges and universities or someone who has come to town to work in the government or within another popular sector. As an entrepreneur the D.C.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2017

Margot Machol Bisnow is a writer, wife, and mom from Washington, DC. She spent 20 years in government, including as an Federal Trade Commissioner and in the White House as staff director of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. And perhaps become an entrepreneur.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good. We actually just started on Monday construction of a second lab location in Washington, DC, which we're expecting to go live with testing on Saturday.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. His latest effort, called 2gov.org , makes it easy to contact your local, state and federal governments with just a tweet. Will you join us?

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Phil has been instrumental in the development of the Boulder entrepreneurial ecosystem as the founder of and motive force behind Silicon Flatirons for many years before going to DC.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, March 6, 2010 Startup Visa update As I write this, I am traveling at 30,000 feet on Virgin Americas excellent IAD->SFO nonstop, following an intense few days of conversations in Washington, DC about the Startup Visa. Our trip was bipartisan, bicameral, and bi-branches-of-government.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Then, after four years at UT and four years working in DC, Austin called me back with relative ease because entrepreneurship was always the city’s main draw for me, even more so thanSXSW or tech or Barton Springs Pool. I can make things happen here that I would have never been able to pull off in DC as a non-native or 30-something there.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

"Spy satellites produced far more raw information than the government's battalion of overworked analysts could handle. When a Deputy Secretary of State official called the CIA to find out more, he was shocked to realize they had little to no information about the event. The CIA relied so heavily on [these].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

If your practice is not designed to cope with uncertainty, it has no place in a startup - even if your startup is located in government or enterprise. I think it makes explicable why so-called "best practices" that people bring to startups from other contexts fail so miserably. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Summit in Washington DC last week. It may be that it will prove a lot harder to make this point in DC than elsewhere: aptuscollab : Too bad all you #g2s folks got up and left when Eric Ries took the stage. Every bit as true for government as for enterprise - and even the two guys in a garage. I was thrilled to be included.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

government — it’s just not helpful to his cause at this point in time. ** Background information/FAQ Re: Dr. Alan Black ** . This conference was attended by government and public sector officials of the UAE as well as educators and non-profit organizational leaders from many Arab Gulf countries. What you can do to help.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Proximity to Washington DC was going to be key for US government customers and the heart of finance was in New York so it made sense to set up shop there. With the crypto ecosystem, you’ve got a big buyer in US government agencies, Chainalysis’ European roots, the UK’s GCHQ, and a lot of crypto activity in Asia.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We assume it will be a 2-3 day discussion, but may be much longer, because of the CR (Continuing Resolution) to fund the government overall. Dickinson: I don’t have a senator; I live in DC. Dickinson: If government shuts down, only political appointees can work. This is 1st chance to update patent law since 1952.

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Ben's Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

He will advise us and our entrepreneurs about the ins-and-outs of navigating state, local and federal government. With more technology companies disrupting traditional businesses, they will benefit from leaning on someone who’s well-versed in how local governments operate.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2013

On occasion we take a look at recent legislation coming out of our Federal government in Washington. Small business people rarely hire lobbyists, and rarley have the time or resources to visit Washington DC themselves to meet their elected representatives. The Federal Government actually supporting new businesses by investing in them?

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

About Leaders Forum: The Leaders Forum is a nonpartisan, nonprofit network of leaders and strategic partners in government and private industry. The Leaders Forum is founded and guided by leaders in business, technology, science, public policy, the arts, and government.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 24, 2012

But, here at crowdSPRING, these types of government rules, whether to address environmental or worker safety concerns, have next to no impact on how we operate. A great (and sad) example of this is the Transportation bill currently being debated and negotiated in Washington, DC. So stop already with the 3 month extension of laws.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

The DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region represents the most fertile science and technology region in the country with about $30 billion in federally-funded R&D. We created the DC I-Corps Regional Node to teach the Lean LaunchPad curriculum to top scientists, innovators, and students from around the country and from our region.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

This year’s conference subtitle was “ The Challenges of Internet Law and Governance.” We had a nice 30 minute meeting where we talked about the dynamics going on at the conference and in Washington DC. We need a lot more problem solvers like Mark in the mix, especially in positions of power in government.

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 7, 2008

What they haven't fully yet processed is that we are in the midst of the greatest wave of government intervention in business since the New Deal. I moderated a very timely panel yesterday at the MIT VC Conference on the new role of government in business in general, and entrepreneurship in particular.

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