Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Len and his partner Jerry Poch bought my first company in 1993. The Feld Group grew rapidly during this time period until it was acquired in 2004 by EDS. Each of these relationships are long term ones – Len and I since 1993 and Charlie and I since I was born in 1965. Following are two examples from my own life.

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David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

I started my first business in 1993, right in the middle of the recession, because I didn’t know any better. One in 2004 and one in 2006. In the early 1990s, we were in a recession triggered by reduced defense spending at the end of the cold war, the 1990 oil price shock, and a savings and loan crisis. Sudden change.

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

Peter: John, what if I built my website in 1993 and maybe it’s due for an update? You built your website in 1993? Peter: I feel like the industrial design guys were so happy about this kind of thing in 2002, 2004. Thank you so much for coming on and giving us those tips for the five things that your website must do.

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BeyondVC

DECEMBER 20, 2004

An interesting side note is that Veritas and Peoplesoft both went public in 1993 and were both acquired last week. This week’s Plugged In column from Barrons has some great data on M&A in 2004 and how many of the companies that went public or were acquired were the very ones left for dead over the past few years.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

Four of them—Dolby Laboratories (1965), Lucasfilm (now owned by Disney, 1971), Adobe Systems (1982), and Autodesk (1982)—were founded before the first tech boom started around 1993.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Sadly, none of her ideas were realized and she ended up selling the town in 1993 and filing for bankruptcy. He released Donald Trump, The Fragrance in 2004, a product for the man who wants to experience the luxury and success Trump enjoys on a daily basis. Raquel Welch’s line of wigs.

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