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FELD THOUGHTS OCTOBER 25, 2011 BE ON FIRE A few weeks ago a guest post titled Minimum Viable Personality appeared on Fred Wilson’s blog. The author was a Giant Robot Dinosaur who has been dishing out wisdom in all caps in the comments on Fred’s blog for a long time. And, I grinned with relief when I finally made his #NOEATFRIDAY list. Without hesitation I said yes. YOU FAIL. | GABRIEL WEINBERG OCTOBER 24, 2011 What I learned from raising venture capital Takin' VC Money (Money Cash IPO's) by Smixx Forewarning Be forewarned, this post is long. You can tl;dr it by reading the section titles. It's long because I'm compressing the last four months into one post. don't normally do that, but I didn't want to influence my funding by blogging about it in the middle of it. I'm new at this. Background. | ASH MAURYA OCTOBER 4, 2011  The 10x Product Launch You’ve painstakingly defined and built an MVP through 100+ customer interviews. You’re ready to launch. The 10x Product Launch Plan. | A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY OCTOBER 13, 2011 What We Are Seeing The Wall Street Journal has a story out today that says " Web Startups Hit Cash Crunch." " There has been a fair bit of reaction in the tech blogs and I thought I'd toss into the discussion some things we are seeing: 1) There are so many startups out there raising money. don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. | | | | | | | |
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BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011  Never Ask a Busy Person to Lunch. Here’s Why:
know with a title like that I’m going to subject myself to people thinking I’m just being a grumpy, exclusive VC. That’s not the point. It’s honest advice so please judge once you’re read the post. I’ll keep it short. Here’s my advice: A got an email from a young, super bright entrepreneur today. Oy vey. MORE >> -
SOCAL CTO | MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011  Registration Form Design with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Authentication
I continually face the challenge of designing and building registration / sign-up pages on a wide variety of different web sites and mobile applications. Back in January 2010, I wrote a post that's one of the most popular on this blog: When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? Email Address. MORE >> -
FELD THOUGHTS | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011 How Convertible Debt Works
Last night I gave a talk hosted by SVB at their Palo Alto office. It was part of the “Never Ending All Old Is New Again Venture Deals Book Tour.” Oh – and I signed a bunch of copies of Venture Deals. Several questions came up about Convertible Debt. The series is now complete – here are the links to the posts in order. MORE >> -
STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011  How the iPhone Got Tail Fins – Part 1 of 2
It was the most advanced consumer product of the century. The industry started with its innovators located in different cities over a wide region. But within 20 years it would be concentrated in a single entrepreneurial startup cluster. No, it’s not Apple and the iPhone. It was General Motors and the auto industry. In the Beginning. Feature Wars. MORE >> -
 Deep dive: Cancellation rate in SaaS business models
I wanted to expand on the practical and mathematical implementations of the cancellation rate I referred to in last week’s post. Why cancellation rate is so important. As a preamble to the metrics, it’s useful to know what you’re measuring and why it’s vital. Of course you should do this too and get your own data.). 0.15). MORE >>
- Lineage A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011
- Finding a great startup domain name 47 HATS | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011
- Customer Validation - 33 Great Articles SOCAL CTO | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011
- Can You Be A Deep Thinker While Being Insanely Busy? FELD THOUGHTS | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2011
- Lead, Follow or Get the Fuck Out of the Way BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2011
- Wilson: What’s The Difference Between A CTO And A VP Engineering? ASK THE VC | MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2011
- What We've Lost And What We've Gained A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011
- Valuation Methods 101 GUST | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011
- The full story of “the one important thing” for startups A SMART BEAR: STARTUPS AND MARKETING FOR GEEKS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011
- Great Board Meetings FELD THOUGHTS | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011
- Understanding How Dilution Affects You at a Startup BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011
- How Many Shares Should I Use To Incorporate My Company? ASK THE VC | MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011
- Building A Company vs Building A Business A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2011
- The $250,000 Funding Trap INSTIGATOR BLOG | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011
- 3 Essential Items Most Freelance WordPress Designers Never Knew They Needed DAZZLINDONNA | MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011
- Entrepreneurial Communities Must Be Led By Entrepreneurs FELD THOUGHTS | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011
- We Have Only Scratched the Surface of the True Value of Twitter. Here’s What You’re Missing BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2011
- Warrants In A Deal With An Advisor ASK THE VC | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011
- Protecting The Safe Harbors Of The DMCA And Protecting Jobs A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011
- Taxonomy of the Lean Startup Anti-Pivot GRASSHOPPER HERDER | MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011
- Is Spotify Fair To Musicians? DAZZLINDONNA | MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011
- Entrepreneurial Density Revisted FELD THOUGHTS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011
- 10 Quotes That Tag You as a High Risk Entrepreneur STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011
- Brisbourne: The Math Behind Anti-Dilution (With Examples) ASK THE VC | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011
- Sound A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2011
- How do I get my first few customers? A SMART BEAR: STARTUPS AND MARKETING FOR GEEKS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2011
- My dad taught me cashflow with a soda machine THE STARTUP TOOLKIT | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011
- Protect The Internet FELD THOUGHTS | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2011
- Try These Ten Startup Work Relationship Strategies STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011
- Beer Kegs and the Future of Venture Capital: What It Means for Entrepreneurs GENUINE VC | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011
- Building the Company vs. Building the Business ONLYONCE | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011
- Best Social Media Metrics: Conversation, Amplification, Applause, Economic Value OCCAM'S RAZOR | MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2011
- What I Learned From Steve Jobs HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2011
- SayAhh’s Revenue Projections FELD THOUGHTS | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011
- 10 Essential PR Tips for Startups MASHABLE.COM | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011
- It’s the CEO’s job to email the first 1000 signups THE STARTUP TOOLKIT | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011
- Entrepreneurial Words of Wisdom From the Trenches STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2011
- 10 Misperceptions About Venture Capital THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011
- Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology GUST | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
- OccupyAppStore A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011
- Five signs it’s time to get your business organized WWW.GREENHORNCONNECT.COM | MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011
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John Morris