Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

Award “Graduation” Green Cards. Create a “High-Skill Immigrant” Green Card. Incentivize the Formation and Commitment of Angel Capital. Fix Venture Capital by Fixing the IPO Market. When I know, work with, and respect more than 50% of the board of a new non-profit, I pay attention.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Hello Alice is a free, data-driven, and multichannel platform helping small business owners on their entrepreneurial journey by providing access to relevant funding networks and technical assistance tools while increasing owner success rates. 16:24] What type of networking have you found the community responds to?

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 25, 2015

Forerunner Ventures is one of Homebrew’s favorite co-investors for consumer commerce/retail startups. Firm founder Kirsten Green has an amazing analytical mind combined with empathy for the consumer. HW: Is venture still an “apprenticeship” business? . EK: Absolutely. EK: It’s a great question.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

Tech ventures, some of whom were presenters at the earlier Demo Day, joined ventures in green energy and the life sciences. Norse-Corp.com developed a fraud-detection system using distributed Internet-monitoring tools, and now is looking to sell this to credit card payment networks for their antifraud programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

If you’re really an entrepreneur you’ll find a way to network with the right people. I can’t really speak generically to this because the Tech Coast Angels / Pasadena in SoCal have produced Green Dot, MyShape and many other successes. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? How much to raise?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Green Envee Organics – [link]. Venture capital remains white boys club – [link]. Lesson for all on social networks: Spirit Airlines hit with $50K fine over deceptive Tweets – [link]. – [link]. What Good Does Design Do For Business?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2013

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. In startups these days, governments are incenting green and alternative energy solutions, to intentionally create a bubble.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I was around at the beginning, spending a day a month in Kansas City with the Kauffman Foundation as an entrepreneur-in-residence when the program was originally created by a team at the Kauffman Foundation to identify, develop, and network the next generation of global leaders in the venture capital industry using a two-year apprenticeship program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capitalists invested $4.8 billion in 780 deals in the third quarter of 2010, according to National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Startups are springing up all over to capitalize on these opportunities. New focus on a sustainable planet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2011

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. In startups these days, governments are incenting green and alternative energy solutions, to intentionally create a bubble.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. And further, Tracy felt the calling to try to build something “green.” She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 16, 2017

Founded in 2010, the Austin A-List increases visibility and recognition of the city’s most promising, cutting-edge innovators and high-growth startups to help recruit additional venture capital investment and top talent to Austin. Over the last seven years, winners have reached nearly $1 billion ($987.84M) in funding Winners?

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Genuine VC

JULY 10, 2012

Term-driving investor approach – An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels).

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Since then, the space has only heated up (bad pun, I know) with more startups building and even more venture capital available to scale them. The resulting growth in EVs will spur lots of infrastructure and software to manage grid interaction, optimize storage, operate fleet networks, and facilitate financing.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Have you ever been at a networking event and had someone hand you a Vistaprint business card? Your expectation level for how inspiring this network is going to be just falls off the table. "Oh, All of the sudden, everyone seems like a networking drone. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The Index is red if under this mark, and green if above and the % change is indicated. Venture Capital. (3). Feedburner Network. Explore Venture Capital. Paperblog network. The Index reference point starts on January 1st 2008 at 19,187.81 pts and is dynamically updated via GoogleDocs. internet. (6).

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

The company, run by veterans from the payments space, is building the world’s first global peer-to-peer teller network. When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya. Disrupting the disrupter.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

O’Reilly’s article describes two businesses from his own career at O’Reilly—the Global Network Navigator (GNN) web portal, which he sold to AOL, and the Website web server, which eventually fell by the wayside. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 31, 2012

Does the Facebook IPO mark the end of our eight year infatuation with social networking that began with Flickr and del.icio.us? Let's not forget space and green/clean initiatives. Even as social networking goes, Twitter seems like a better and more efficient platform for the spread of information and social change.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 30, 2013

And all our eyes green it only means one thing. In venture capital, we spend lots of time thinking about business models, product market fit, inflection points, network effects, viral coefficients and other points of leverage in a business. You ain’t f **g with my clique. Jay-Z, Clique. popover_trigger]. Track: Clique.

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allthingsd.com

JULY 16, 2012

Venture Capital Has Its Biggest Quarter Since Dot-Com Days. venture capitalists put $8.1 venture capitalists put $8.1 It’s clear that factors like the greater American economy and the bumpy tech IPO market don’t necessarily have a direct and/or timely correlation with venture capital spending.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 5, 2011

You're going to look like a dork that takes your social networking far too seriously. I've yet to meet this fence sitting crowd that can't wait to use a new social network just as soon as it gets privacy settings right--and is willing to put all their friends into carefully chosen and permissed groups to do it. I love it!".

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

To start with the amount of risk capital — including angel, institutional VC, and other private equity — deployed towards startups was actually greater in Dallas than Austin , as of Q1 2017, with $6.97 In the early days of the current internet age, the center of Dallas venture capital was the Galleria area.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

There were a number of green projects at the NIF, including environmental studies major Alan Hacklers Zero Waste Solutions. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 30, 2013

It''s the dream team meets the supreme team And all our eyes green it only means one thing You ain’t f **g with my clique —Jay-Z, Clique. In venture capital, we spend lots of time thinking about business models, product market fit, inflection points, network effects, viral coefficients and other points of leverage in a business.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I have noticed this same feeling when making a venture capital or angel investment. Labels: angel investing , entrepreneurship , venture capital. I was previously a founder of Bizmetric in 2000 (your firm chose not to invest) and am now working on a startup using 3D architectural visualization for green building.

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Genuine VC

JULY 23, 2007

Being in the venture capital industry, I find that sometimes it is worthwhile to take a step back from the day-to-day to take a look at the large impending trends which are just beginning to affect us. Internet’s facilitation of green lifestyle. Mobile consumption of information.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

The company, run by veterans from the payments space, is building the world’s first global peer-to-peer teller network. When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

One common mistake is for entrepreneurs to simply select whichever venture capital firm is offering the highest valuation. One of the things a financing round brings is an opportunity to strengthen the startup’s overall network. It’s worth the additional effort to add more people – and their network – to the team.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks. DV Hacks , led by BCG Digital Ventures: “A 48-hour hackathon to improve how we live, work, collaborate, and learn.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active. Green investments jumped 55% and 134% on a deals and dollars basis, respectively, vs. Q4 ‘09. For the 1st quarter, Healthcare remained the largest single sector for venture money. Tags: startups venture capital business.

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Small Business Force

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Recently they interviewed Lars Dalgaard , General Partner of the venture capital firm, Andreesen Horowitz and former CEO of SuccessFactors, in an article entitled "Dare to Show You're Human." Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers of the NFL has the most loyal fans and some of the most challenging weather conditions in the US.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2014

Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything. Think of it as a cross between a landlord, summer camp, and venture-capital firm. The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. The biggest lost opportunity of all, though, is this one: we no longer need to rely on scarcity or status-oriented measures to filter which projects should get the green light. Though technology tools and Web 2.0 ideas (e.g.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Venture capital. Social networking. However, one of the advantages of Bing Fund investment is that Sood will set up a network of mentors for each startup, drawing from experts across Microsoft, including product experts, marketing experts, or scientists in Microsoft Research. Cloud services. Cloud storage. Enterprise.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 17, 2011

We now have the components for this in place: infrastructure through the Internet, mobile connectivity in the hands of billions of people throughout the world, and social networks such as facebook and twitter and skype. The importance of this connectivity applies to cities, individuals, companies, as well as nations and global causes.

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