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| | FELD THOUGHTS AUGUST 22, 2012 A Software Entrepreneur On The Madness Of Software Patents and Trolls I regularly get emails and have discussions with entrepreneurs who are on the receiving end of a software patent lawsuit. Many of these are young companies, often with little or no revenue. It’s total, completely madness. My startup, all five employees and $0 revenue, is being sued by a patent troll. It is madness. Break through, right? | | | | | | | | | |
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STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012  Vision versus Hallucination – Founders and Pivots
A founder’s skill is knowing how to recognize new patterns and to pivot on a dime. At times the pattern is noise, and the vision turns out to be a hallucination. Knowing how to sort between vision and hallucination can avoid chaos inside your startup. ——— Yuri, one of my ex students started a big-data analytics company last year. MORE >> -
ASK THE VC | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012 McClure on Scaling Venture Capital
Dave McClure has a great post up today titled VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself. It’s a long ramble, as is Dave’s style, on a bunch of issues around the evolution of how VC works and scales. VC Post of the Day 500 startups mcclure vc post of the day MORE >> -
47 HATS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012 David Allen on GTD for Startup Founders
Just posted the interview that Patrick and I did with David Allen, founder of GTD. You’ll find it at startupsuccesspodcast.com. Speaking of things GTD, I’m now switching back to Things from OmniFocus. just found myself too distracted by OmniFocus and its intricacies and not focusing on the actual things I want to get done. MORE >> -
FELD THOUGHTS | SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2012 All CEOs Should Be An Outside Director For One Company
This week I had two meetings with CEOs of companies we’ve recently invested in where the question of “what is an ideal board meeting” came up. One of the things I always suggest to CEOs is that they be an outside director for one company that is not their own. Being CEO of a fast growing startup is a tough job. MORE >> -
GABRIEL WEINBERG | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012 Takeaways from three years of angel investing
Three years ago we (my wife and I) started angel investing. We set aside $250K to make initial $25K investments in ten startups, and possibly invest more in follow-on rounds if it made sense. Here are the basic stats: We've made eight initial investments and one follow-on. As you can tell, I am not a super angel by any means. Location agnostic. MORE >>
- These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable GUST | SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2012
- At times not losing is as important as winning STEVE BLANK | FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012
- The 6 Books That Actually Saved Our Startup VINICIUS VACANTI | TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012
- The Real Deal: Charles Phillips on The End of Monolithic ERP DEAL ARCHITECT | THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012
- How To Respond To A Cold Call Email From An Associate At A Big VC Firm FELD THOUGHTS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012
- 10 Keys to Startup Traction That Investors Look For STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012
- Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch GUST | SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012
- Trello versus Asana BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012
- How Many Metrics Do You Need to Run Your Startup? INSTIGATOR BLOG | TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012
- Lockups and Insider Selling A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012
- A Class Of Entrepreneurs That We Need FELD THOUGHTS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012
- 7 Tips for an Introvert Who Wants to Run a Startup STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012
- What do investors consider the most important aspect of a potential deal? GUST | THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012
- Workday: A billion+ in savings and counting DEAL ARCHITECT | FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012
- How Much Information Should you Give VCs for Due Diligence? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012
- Massacre at IBM STEVE BLANK | FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012
- Founder Market Fit FELD THOUGHTS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012
- These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012
- Investors Know A Product Doesn’t Make a Business GUST | SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012
- A Holistic View of Products and Product Management INSTIGATOR BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012
- Why A/B testing is essential to your startup’s campaigns THE NEXT WEB | SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2012
- Freemium is alive and kicking DAVID COHEN | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012
- Reward Early Feedback With Features FELD THOUGHTS | MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012
- Entrepreneurs Need to Listen More and Talk Less STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012
- The Forgotten Yahoo Project That Inspired Two Recently Funded Startups NICK O'NEILL | FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2012
- How much should a start-up CEO make? SETH LEVINE'S VC ADVENTURE | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012
- Complaining Is Bad for Your Brain FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012
- Ten million users is the new one million users CHRIS DIXON | FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012
- The Power Of Honesty In An Entrepreneur – VC Relationship FELD THOUGHTS | MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012
- 10 Personal Productivity Mantras For Entrepreneurs STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2012
- Silicon Valley Is Filled With Liars NICK O'NEILL | THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012
- Minimum Viable Team THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012
- 5 Questions Great Job Candidates Ask FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012
- You Either Die A Hero Or You Become The Villain MASSIVE GREATNESS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012
- The Vomit Moment FELD THOUGHTS | MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012
- 10 Comments You Never Want to Hear in a Startup STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012
- There Are Plenty Of Failures In Silicon Valley, Thanks NICK O'NEILL | SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2012
- Do You Need To File A Form D With A Financing? ASK THE VC | TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012
- 11 Reasons a 23-Year-Old Shouldn't Run Your Social Media FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012
- Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor SEEING BOTH SIDES | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- Interesting Links And Random Thoughts – August 2012 ENTREPREMUSINGS | SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012
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John Morris