Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2013

When David Cohen and I came up with the idea for the Global Accelerator Network (GAN) in 2010, we counted roughly 100 accelerator programs around the US that were founded following the Techstars model. From that initial outreach, 16 high quality accelerator programs joined us to launch the network.

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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.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 5, 2016

If you aren’t familiar with the Kauffman Fellows Program, it recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. The power of the network and how it impacts both the venture capital industry and the startup ecosystem is profound. In September, I joined the board of Kauffman Fellows.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

By the time I co-founded what became Mobius Venture Capital, Softbank (our sponsor – at the time we were called Softbank Venture Capital) was the key investor in Yahoo, E*trade, and a number of other large US-based Internet companies.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 21, 2014

If you are interested in learning about Venture Deals , my partner Jason Mendelson and I created a course with the Kauffman Fellows Academy on NovoEd which is running for the first time from 3/31/14 – 5/19/14. But be selfish and do one thing for yourself each day during the program.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2012

And you get to see the teams struggle with their shitty elevator pitches at the very beginning of the program. In addition to seeing Stan, you get to learn what a 10:10 meeting is.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2012

As I walked to dinner, I felt incredibly energized – once again there is a great set of companies coming out of the program and it’s awesome to reflect on the progress that they’ve made in 90 days. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is to assume “all VCs are the same.”

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Over the years my partner Jason Mendelson and I have heard from numerous people that they’ve been exposed to our Venture Capital Term Sheet Series as reference material in a college course. Tags: Term Sheet Venture Capital. I promise we won’t send Jack Bauer your way.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 18, 2016

Upon reflection, the LP was clearly asking me indirectly about my long term commitment to venture capital and, without asking “how much longer are you going to do this VC thing?” And, I was kicked out of a PhD program when I was 24 and have no interest in ever being a professor or an administrator.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 5, 2014

Once again, wages for IT employees and computer scientist were skyrocketing and suddenly coding schools were popping up everywhere, to the point that people are now saying that Computer Programming Is a Trade; Let’s Act Like It. Capital remains incredibly cheap, so it’s flowing into wages.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 28, 2011

When TechStars opened a Boston program in 2009 there was definitely new energy around the software / Internet startup scene in Boston and TechStars was excited to be part of. They are halfway through the program and are stunning. The Boston program, under the leadership of Katie Rae , has taken it up another notch!

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

This is a bidirectional experiment for us – we are helping Sympoz launch their new set of programs for startups and entrepreneurs while continuing to experiment with new forms of media around education on a topic we know well. My class, How To Light a Spark & Set Your Startup on Fire , is FREE for a limited time.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Both are companies I’ve been involved in that have gone through the TechStars program in Boulder. The first one is about Next Big Sound and is titled Fueled by venture-capital funding and a love for unknown bands, can Boulder’s Next Big Sound predict the next rock star? And both are rich in content.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Matt’s part of Pritzker Group Venture Capital which has offices in Chicago and LA as a result of where JB Pritzker and Tony Pritzker call home (Chicago and LA respectively). As I was talking to Matt, it rolled around in my head that there are a lot of similarities in the growth of both the Chicago and LA startup communities.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 31, 2010

While I’ve spent a lot of time in Silicon Valley — both as an angel and venture capital investor — I’ve never lived there. And programs like TechStars — which engage the entire entrepreneurial community for 90 days a year — are the icing on the cake. Here it is in its entirety.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Established VC With A New Seed Program: We are planning to make 30 seed investments out of our new fund. Tags: Venture Capital angel seed VC. I have a few choice quotes to add to the mix that I've heard over the past thirty days. We'll do follow on investments in 10 of them.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2017

When we started Foundry Group in 2006, we were very clear that we were not going to build a legacy venture capital firm; one meant to outlive its founders. In addition to working closely with Chris as a CEO (I was on the board of Gnip), we all worked with Chris through Techstars (he was one of the original mentors in the 2007 program).

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

I’m an investor in Danielle’s company Mattermark and was parters with Heidi at Mobius Venture Capital. I then read Ian Hathaway ‘s great article for the Brookings Institute titled Accelerating growth: Startup accelerator programs in the United States.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 23, 2017

If you have purchased the hardcopy edition of Venture Deals 3rd Edition, you can now buy the Kindle version also for $2.99 via the Amazon Kindle Matchbook program. Jason and I have been asking our publisher (Wiley) for this for a while and we are psyched they’ve agreed to it.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

We don’t have a seed program, nor do we expect to – if we invest, we are in for the long term. Support accelerators – especially TechStars – to create more seed opportunities : We co-founded TechStars and are investors in the program. So – what do we do?

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

GESSI develops standardized sample contracts comparable to the National Venture Capital Association in the USA, which are available online at www.standardsinstitute.de. The book also contains information on the INVEST program, with which the Federal Republic of Germany supports investments in early-stage companies.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

We’re looking for a leader to create a more robust, dynamic, and connected network program at Foundry Group. ABOUT US Foundry Group is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies and venture fund managers. And please help us get the word out!

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 8, 2016

VC Program collection.). So, my brain was already trending toward the headspace around radical self-inquiry in the context of venture capital. As part of the pre-work for the weekend, I went back and re-listened to several of the Reboot.io podcasts that Jerry recommended in advance (for you Soundcloud people I made a Reboot.io

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