Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2020
HBCUvc is seeking to expand its VC Lab and Fund program that invests in Black, Indigenous, and Latinx entrepreneurs building technology companies. The fund is managed by university students participating in HBCUvc’s Fellowship programs. She asked me to support the expansion of HBCUvc’s VC Lab and Fund.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 20, 2020
I think one of my core experiences, and a truth that we all have to grapple with, is that programs like yours should be thought of like higher education in 1960, or getting into a NYC Specialized High School today. The entrepreneur responded with a long explanation that was a brilliant and extremely helpful perspective for me. It follows.
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Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 7, 2015
These are typically four to 12 week programs. In fact, I know a few companies that put computer science grads through these types of programs as an on boarding process. Companies were being bought (and valued) at 10x forward revenue only to be valued at between 0.5x revenue several years later. I’d argue the 0.5x
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 30, 2011
Program with the person live. Trada, like many of the companies we’ve invested in, had spectacular growth (both revenue, customers, and headcount) in 2011. Have an awesome engineering process that you are pros at and can showcase in the interview. You can do this on a whiteboard or on a computer.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 29, 2019
We also run Startup Weekends and Startup Weeks in over 150 cities globally, have a venture capital fund that invests in companies after they go through the accelerator program, and have a set of corporate innovation and ecosystem development programs that help bridge the gap between large enterprises, cities, and startups.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 29, 2015
AmeriData was a public company, a voracious acquirer (we acquired 40 companies in three years), and a very fast growing business (they were less than $50 million in revenue when they acquired Feld Technologies and over $2 billion in revenue three years later when GE acquired them.)
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 11, 2019
Some successful companies I’ve been involved in looked like they were doing well if you looked at their top line revenue and growth numbers, but were a disaster below the surface. We slowed hiring considerably and created programs called “Save to Reinvest” to drive home a sense of fiscal discipline.
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