Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 4, 2013

As a recent graduate of the Computer Science department at CU Boulder, I’m really lucky to have found what I want to do for the rest of my life, even if it was only recently. It’s a great way to get your product or brand in front of lots of early-stage entrepreneurs and great mentors from Boulder. Sign up here!

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Sometimes it can be so hard to truly optimize your sleep because of how inaccessible and expensive certain sleep products can be, so I wanted to work against that. I believe businesses across all industries can still provide top-notch, quality products to consumers, without forcing them to break the bank. Photo Credit: Orville Wright.

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The Next Web

JUNE 21, 2015

The Product Hunt Manual by Kiki Schirr. As someone who’s still early on in their Product Hunt obsession, I haven’t really looked at PH much from the business side. But Product Hunt is becoming an integral part of more and more startups’ launch strategies, so it’s obviously time I get familiar with how the site can be used.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2014

Product liability insurance coverage. Whenever you distribute a new product into the marketplace you expose yourself to potential lawsuits. Product liability insurance protects you and your business from any claims concerning the manufacture and sale of your product to the public. Vest your Equity over time.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 28, 2016

If tests are developed because the CRO team thinks that kitschy headlines are more effective, or a strategist has a fondness for safety-vest-orange buttons, your organization’s testing strategy may be biased before it even gets going. Meanwhile, Male C may still be in the researching phase to see which product is right for him.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Couchsurfing is a bad product experience. Let’s make the rest of the session a working session.” I believe Airbnb is going to be a different kind of company, with a different kind of product and service, that will become a different kind of platform for launching businesses that go well beyond replacing hotel rooms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2017

Most procrastinators keep their failures and slippages close to the vest, to minimize their embarrassment. Be diligent on rest, health, and family balance time. Trying to cure procrastination by putting in more hours and skipping time off is counter-productive.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. Does the rest of your team measure progress the way you are? You want to see your product or service performing in the hands of real users. Some products are very simple to message.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In 90% of cases, we recommend that you keep it simple: just add asset data into an Excel spreadsheet, hand it to your lender, and they’ll take care of the rest. Approach the application process for a business loan in the same way you would a product pitch for a client. Valuable business equipment and machinery.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2012

I guess my thoughts are that if you’re part of the country club you have a vested interest in protecting the existing order and that disruption happens more from those that are on the outside wanting to change the rules. I am a product of one so maybe there’s resonance there. I have always felt this way. Get over it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

2:06] Another aspect in your bio too is the internal creative studio – is that a product or a part of your own marketing? [2:48] Is that a product or is that just part of your own marketing? And it's built into the actual design of the product. 2:48] Has design been a key differentiator for Typeform? [3:23]

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The difference between your initial idea and your ultimate product is the difference between a slab of rock and the David. You may or may not have a working product. Your product may or may not suck. What matters is your vision of what the product will be and how it will change the world. Vest, young man.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 26, 2014

Taking a “big picture” approach & looking at the rest of his data, he may have also found room for improvement in: Customer referrals. … A page that would be technically easy may have many stakeholders or vested interests that can cause barriers. Do you have to ship every product to them?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

Chief Vesting Officers)? If you give $2 million for 20% of a company ($8 million pre + $2 million investment = $10 million post-money valuation) that has no product and no customers and it turns around 3 months later and sells for $5 million it would hardly be fair for investor to get $1 million back (20% of the proceeds).

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 2 by Nivi on February 27th, 2008 Here are more frequently asked questions about advisors. See Part 1 for the rest. The options typically vest monthly over 1-2 years with 100% single-trigger acceleration and no cliff.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

That’s when you find one or more (future) customers that help fund your product development in exchange for input into the process and free or highly discounted use of the software. You’ll be able to improve your product to the point where a real company is using it before you launch. But who needs revenue?)

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The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 29, 2012

Last I heard, Tim Ferriss likes taking 5-10%[2], but he has a brand which allows him to heavily promote your product without annoying his [large and wealthy] audience. 4 year vesting, full acceleration on exit, optional cliff. 2%, you treat advisor equity just like founder or employee equity: vested over 4 years.

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Diego Basch

JUNE 21, 2012

Because they will keep 20% equity each at the time of the acquisition, that means $6M each before taxes and vesting. The product looks useful and promising. Now that Joe and Wayne have solved their money problem, maybe they will want to create some world-changing stuff after some resting-and-vesting.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

But more likely youll find thatimplementing a working subset is both good for morale and helps yousee more clearly what the rest should do. Theydont expect a newly launched product to do everything; it just hasto do something. Itsjust ten times more irresponsible not to think about the product. Start a company?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

If I ever say anything less than positive, I have no vested interests in doing so. I won’t cover any companies negatively for which I’ve invested in one of their competitors and rest assured that I will disclose an investment in any company I talk positively about. I know the product intimately and it rocks.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 29, 2011

If you own or work for a company, which sells a product-physical or intellectual-success, it is generally measured by sales. I wanted to write an article on what success meant to me with a physical product-based company, because measuring success is not always cut and dry and quantifiable. Maintain the quality of your product.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2017

We had previously launched a demo of our product to show traction to potential investors, and better define the pain-points for potential clients. My partner looked ecstatic, with a genuine sense that we were on the cusp of securing the desperately needed funding that would let us launch our product to the market.

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 20, 2014

As you can see from the interactive chart below, more HBS MBA graduates are heading out to the West Coast, taking positions in product management, marketing, sales, and general management. Classes, such as Launching Technology Ventures and Product Management 101 , are encouraging this trend - preparing students for these jobs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 2, 2017

Continue treading these waters and you’ll need a life vest. The rest of this discussion will center on low-cost ways to maximize lifetime value. Nail all these basics, and if your product or service is good, they’ll be back. You congratulate your staff on the sale (keep it going!), Determining your spend. The returning customer.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 9, 2016

If you have a product or plan that you feel strongly enough about then the only hurdles to overcome are the ones you build for yourself. I immediately enrolled in beauty school so that I, too, would be vested with the skills to change the quality of life for others as I had experienced first hand. There is no number to go by.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

What if you get product market fit beyond your wildest dreams? They're going to remember that for the rest of your corporate life. And when you do industrial design, you have to think about not just the product you're designing, but its impact on the user. And suddenly, a good product was no longer a product that sold.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Building Product 2. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Would it be a good idea clubbing all the other products / services under 1 venture, because some of them are totally unrelated. I just didn’t stop.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2013

And far more importantly: lost productivity. He had vested 18 months or so. I proposed that the CEO sit down with the CTO and walk him through the legal obligation of the company, which is zero notice, paying for all days worked and all accrued vacation time, and allowing vesting through that date. cultural decay. I would have!

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

oz burgers as fast as possible, and commit the rest of your career to an endless series of McDonalds menus. In fact, the open source community can learn a lot from Microsoft in terms of backward compatibility and tools for productivity. The rest of us have some fine dining to enjoy. It’s so blinded, it’s shocking.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2022

5:44] Your research suggests that the old ways of approaching indecision might not be the most productive approach – can you talk about that idea? [9:02] It's quite a convenient way to engage with suppliers and vendors and it's actually, you know, quite a productive way to sell too. It went to a hundred percent overnight.

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venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

” Read the rest of The Equity Equation first; it is great. Ask the Attorney” – Founder Vesting. All our products. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. SUPPORTED BY. venturehacks. The Equity Equation. by Nivi on July 19th, 2007. We have some additional thoughts. As usual. =). Summary: 1. Our Spreadsheet. Supporter Posts.

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venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. Learn more.

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