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A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY DECEMBER 5, 2012 Rethinking Mobile First I wrote the Mobile First Web Second blog post a few years ago. In that post, I talked about apps that were designed to be used on mobile primarily with the web as a companion. There have been a number of startups that have taken that approach and done well with it. Most notably Instagram, and also our portfolio company Foursquare. Typing is easier. | | FELD THOUGHTS DECEMBER 6, 2012 My Smart Phone Is No Longer Working For Me I spent two weeks without my iPhone. was completely off the grid for the first week but then spent the second week online, on my MacBook Air and Kindle, but no iPhone. got home on Sunday and have had my iPhone turned on the past few days. I’ve used it as a phone, but I’ve largely stayed off of the web, email, and twitter with it. | GUST DECEMBER 6, 2012 Users Guide to Startup Advisors What’s an advisor to a startup deal? Technically, advisor is one of those bucket terms that means anything and everything, depending on context. When advisors come up in a pitch, I immediately ask how advisors are compensated and what they really do. . Everybody’s busy. Equity is forever. Options can become equity. | | | | | | | |
| - Nobody Is Crying For You When You Are Worth Billions
I did a talk with Bill Werde at Billboard's FutureSound conference a few weeks ago. The entire talk is online (in two parts) here. If you go to 7:45 minutes in on the first video (embedded below) you will get to a conversation about Pandora and Spotify and the royalty negotiations they have with the record labels. And it is a powerful one. MORE >> -
 10 Course Corrections Every Startup Should Memorize
The popular view of a real entrepreneur is someone with a big vision, and a stubborn determination to charge straight ahead through any obstacle and make it happen. His popular book on this subject, “ The Lean Startup ,” lays out how today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses. Zoom-out pivot. MORE >> -
FELD THOUGHTS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012 Business Plans Are An Historical Artifact
This article ( Business Plans Are An Historical Artifact ) first appeared last week in the Wall Street Journal The Accelerators Column , which I’m contributing to on a regular basis. . In 1987 when I started my first company (Feld Technologies), I wrote a business plan for a course at MIT that I was in called 15.375: New Enterprises. MORE >> -
GUST | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012 How much stake (equity) is an idea worth?
It depends on the quality of the idea. I’m a firm believer in Derek Sivers ‘ calculus, which goes like this: AWFUL IDEA = -$1. WEAK IDEA = $1. SO-SO IDEA = $5. GOOD IDEA = $10. GREAT IDEA = $15. BRILLIANT IDEA = $20. The real value, of course (as other answers here have noted), comes from executing on the idea. MORE >> -
REDEYE VC | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012 Why First Round Capital funded a lawsuit
You can imagine the scene in the board room. The CEO of our portfolio company, Techforward , is discussing a “make the company opportunity" -- Best Buy wants us to to power their nation-wide buyback program. And Best Buy is talking about launching it with a Super Bowl commercial! Fast forward a few months and many more meetings in Minneapolis. MORE >>
- 6 Core Elements of Winning Startup Launch Content STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012
- Startup Visa – One Step Forward, One Step Back FELD THOUGHTS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
- 10 Perspective Checks on Your Startup Aspirations GUST | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2012
- Top 10 Must-Follow Entrepreneur Twitter Accounts BLOGTREPRENEUR | ENTREPRENEUR BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012
- 7 Success Principles From the Startup War Zone STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
- 10 Reasons Why Now Is A Great Time To Be A Woman In Business YOUNGUPSTARTS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
- The product lens CHRIS DIXON | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2012
- Introducing Lean Planning: How to plan less and grow faster UP AND RUNNING | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
- The Things Successful People Don’t Do MIKE MICHALOWICZ | MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012
- Let's All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Can't Raise Any More Money READWRITE.COM | MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012
- Influences of Founder or Joiner Mindsets GROWTHOLOGY | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
- The two most important stories of your life ESCAPE FROM CUBICLE NATION | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
- Small business: The Affordable Care Act, Part II CROWDSPRING BLOG | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2012
- How to hire the right developer for your tech startup THE NEXT WEB | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2012
- Don’t expect to build something people want WHITETAIL SOFTWARE | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012
- [Infographic] Why Employees Leave Your Company YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
- Why your marketing is not working ESCAPE FROM CUBICLE NATION | MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012
- Have An Acute Focus On The Problem, Not the Solution DAVE PARKER | MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012
- Is Your Brand Magnificent At Digital Marketing? A Diagnostic Framework. OCCAM'S RAZOR | MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012
- A practical guide on accurately scheduling client projects THE NEXT WEB | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012
- MBAs vs the Education Market: The Rise of Education Startups ITHACAVC | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012
- Bring Xconomy to Boulder DAVID COHEN | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012
- Web Analytics Scorecards--a CMO's Best Friend FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012
- Robotic Balls Dancing In Union Square FELD THOUGHTS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
- Its beginning to look a lot like Enterprise 2.0 DEAL ARCHITECT | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2012
- You Don’t Need to Be Nomadic to Be Focused BEN CASNOCHA: THE BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012
- 10 Key Entrepreneur Success Drivers May Surprise You STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012
- Feeling Overwhelmed? REMBRANDT WRITES | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012
- Why You Need to Be a Wordsmith FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012
- Entrepreneurs are like artists TAFFY WILLIAMS | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2012
- Why VC’s Don’t “Crossover” Invest AGILE VC | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
- Who the hell are these guys? DEAL ARCHITECT | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
- 6 Simple Ways to Be a Better Boss FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012
- Two years of mistakes (and counting…) STARTUPCFO | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012
- More Entrepreneurs Embrace Conscious Capitalism STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2012
- 5 Ways to Improve Sales Without Selling GROWTHINK BLOG | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
- 13 Ways to Fix Your Worst Meetings FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012
- A new way to develop and present your business model UP AND RUNNING | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012
- Authentic Leadership SCOTT WEISS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012
- Inc.'s 10 Most Popular Stories of 2012 FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012
- Why a 50/50 Split is Almost Never Right for Co-Founders by @DaveParkerSEA FI.CO | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012
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