Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Len and his partner Jerry Poch bought my first company in 1993. 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. Len Fassler is one of the most amazing people I’ve had the honor of knowing.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

Amy likes to remind me that when I was an entrepreneur, I used to regularly give talks at MIT about entrepreneurship. Feld Technologies was acquired in November 1993. But it occurred to me today – after getting another email asking me how I’d become a VC, that I wasn’t really answering the question.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

Nearly 10 years ago, Excite founder Joe Kraus, now an investor at Google Ventures, declared “there has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur.” ” As a result, “More people can and will be entrepreneurs than ever before” because “a lot more people can raise $100,000 than raise $3,000,000.”

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 19, 2021

My newest book, The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors , comes out next Tuesday, May 25th. He read a quote to me and asked if I thought it sounded like an entrepreneur. We kept working together – him as an entrepreneur, me as an investor. Dave was reading On Nietzsche by Eric Steinhart.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2013

1993 vs 2013 pic.twitter.com/P5m3MIsUjk. Top 5 Web Design Tips That Optimize your Site’s Conversion Funnel | InstantShift – crowdspring.co/1f2ACzT. 15 tiny UX elements that can make a big difference | Econsultancy – crowdspring.co/1gU11Be. 40 High Quality And Free Minimalistic Icon Sets – crowdspring.co/1gkGdoX.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

While we nurture arts appreciation and inclusion in the youngest members of our society through school programs and extracurricular activity, we seem to forget that interaction with the arts has the same effect on young adults, entrepreneurs and business professionals as well. Qualities that completely carry over to the business world.”.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2012

“The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 – 1993″ by Jordan Mechner and Danica Novgorodoff. If so, you won’t want to miss Carpenter’s funny tale of her adventures running her own FM radio station from her house. It’s a light, easy read you’ll have trouble putting down.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2013

The second book in the Startup Revolution series, Startup Life: Surviving And Thriving In A Relationship With An Entrepreneur , is shipping in the next week or so. We got married in 1993. Startup Life explores the unique challenges that exist in the context of a relationship with an entrepreneur.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Entrepreneur. Home / Inspiration / 41 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Business Quotes. 41 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Business Quotes. It doesn’t matter if it has been said before and repeated numerous times, quotes can give you the fire you need to be a better entrepreneur or learn how to handle a difficult situation.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Too much time focused on certain operational tasks means the owner’s time to focus on their managerial and entrepreneur role is reduced. During the recruitment process, you should be familiar with federal employment laws including The Family Medical Leave Act 1993 and the Age Discrimination In Employment Act of 1967.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

All the way from 1993 to 2000. Entrepreneur India Analysis and Opinion Investigations' But this was a time-consuming job not meant for their internal IT departments. Enter outsourcing. Enter India. Image via JES AZNAR/AFP/Getty Images. This is when the IT sector saw a real spurt in activity,” Deshpande said. They’ll be fine. “As

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

We were introduced in the spring of 1993 by Jim Galvin, CEO of Allcom, which had just been acquired by Len’s company Sage Alerting Systems. It took a while for me and my partner Dave Jilk to decide to do it, but we closed the sale in November 1993. After 89 years on this planet, Len Fassler passed away on Friday. Len was my Yoda.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2019

James Dondero is an entrepreneur who perfectly embodies how business persons should handle their philanthropic efforts. The entrepreneur quickly adjusted to the Dallas lifestyle and considered the city as his own. Mr. Dondero’s charitable activities have seen successful results in a wide array of organizations.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

When I founded the firm in 1993 management consulting companies tended to use a leverage model (the junior staff did most of the work) and projects were multi-phased often lasting months to years. Because, or course, girls love to talk! Hence the name Three Girls Media, Inc. Thanks to Erika Taylor Montgomery, Three Girls Media. #10

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Business ventures build on top of one another like Lego towers — they don’t spring Athena-like from the foreheads of entrepreneurs, no matter what some may claim. Patrick Chukwura at Young Entrepreneurs , Sept. Anyone with a strong idea, a lot of luck, and even more hard work can succeed in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Ed Rempel has been countering financial conventions at least since he hung up his professional shingle as a Toronto-based certified financial planner in 1993. That includes business owners and entrepreneurs at every stage of their business’ evolution, Rempel explains. I have seen many examples of obvious mistakes.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

It’s a competition for entrepreneurs under 40 with businesses between $100k / year and $1m / year in revenue. In 1993 I was the founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization Boston Chapter and member #1.

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Up and Running

JULY 25, 2014

Entrepreneurs may recognize a key lesson here: one highly talented person is rarely enough to help a business make it. As an owner or entrepreneur, you may feel like each day is a struggle just to keep your business running. “The Fab Five”—The 1993 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 4, 2018

The entire experience was foundational for me, both as an entrepreneur and an early angel investor (I started investing in 1994 after I sold my first company at the end of 1993.). Over a decade ago, Brad Bernthal and Phil Weiser were putting real energy into Boulder Startup Community.

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David Cohen

AUGUST 19, 2014

Here’s the quick story: in 1993, we founded our first company, Pinpoint Technologies, which grew from a basement startup to a successful multinational company with $50 million in annual sales and over 250 employees. Together we’ve had successes and failures over the last 25 years, and we’ve laughed a ton along the way.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. In Dan Rather’s book he talks about Ruth Bader Ginsberg who was appointed the the Supreme Court in 1993.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2018

The dawn of the internet age was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a technology entrepreneur. The internet was created in 1983, and people said the same thing about it in 1993. As a technology entrepreneur, when a twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes your way, you make the most of it. Sometimes lightning strikes twice.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. Alex is a successful serial entrepreneur –with the same drive and energy of many we have known here in Silicon Valley, but different. The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses. of the ~6 million companies in the U.S.

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Start Up Blog

JULY 7, 2014

All of which are in their 1993 era. The only question remaining for entrepreneurs reading is this; What are you going to do about it? entrepreneurship Bitcoin business entrepreneurs internet startups technology top 10 list' This takes my mind directly to the potential of 3D printing, web of things and the solar energy industry.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I often think of all the times I was encouraged to conform when I come across entrepreneurs who are told that their ideas won’t work. I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2014

But we stayed after it and built a successful company that was consistently profitable and acquired by a public company in 1993 for a few million dollars. As an investor, I have no hesitancy to become close friends with the entrepreneurs we invest in. At the time it was acquired, we had 20 people.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

But why don’t you start by kind of giving a little bit of background on you and your journey as an entrepreneur and maybe tell us a little about your work. So my journey started, sort of my entrepreneurial journey I guess started in around 1993. Jack McGuinness: Sure. So try a demo and test it out at gusto.com/tape.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2012

I first thought of raving fans when I read Ken Blanchard’s book by the same name in 1993 when I was CEO of Feld Technologies (my first company). I had a call yesterday with another entrepreneur running a company that we passed on the seed round. The message rang true for me then and still does today.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2018

We’ve been around since 1993 (we’re a dinosaur compared to the technology startups of the 2000’s – another play on the alligator – but we’ve experienced great success, and our name helps us stand out from our competitors. So I wanted my business name to embody this energy! 18- Based on our tagline.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 18, 2012

He captures – in words – what many entrepreneurs, especially entrepreneurial CEOs go through. I’ve heard variants of it many times over the years and have experienced it myself in several companies where I’ve been the entrepreneur and many companies where I’ve been the investor.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Schwartzfarb describes “Sell More Faster” as the indispensable guide for entrepreneurs seeking product-market fit, building their sales team, developing a growth strategy and chasing accelerated, repeatable selling success. “I ABOUT TECHSTARS: The Techstars Worldwide Network helps entrepreneurs succeed. Also on Sept. MT / 11 a.m.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 1, 2016

He played a major role in Governor Whitman’s 1993 election campaign, and has managed or advised numerous legislative, county and local campaigns on issues management and communications strategy. Fundera – Single source online funding for entrepreneurs. Within New Jersey political circles, Mr. Coyle has become well known.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 17, 2017

A lot of entrepreneurs ask me to look at their business ideas since they know what I do for a living. A question that is obviously important to everyone except the tunnel-visioned entrepreneur who doesn’t value his equity. It cost $699 when launched back in 1993. Here’s a quick rule to help. It was also expensive.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2010

We bootstrapped the business because we had to and by 1993, when we sold the company to a large public company, we’d built a nice, consistently profitable business. We decided to write a book by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. By 1987 I had a partner, a mentor (my father) and a company that was capitalized with $10.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2018

I’m a partner in his latest venture, the Corporate Entrepreneur Community (CEC) , the newest addition to his long history of reinvention work that spans industries ranging from football to banking. This was in 1993, and I was the chief marketing officer at Frito-Lay North America. I hope you’ll enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

Each week we discuss the latest news, resources and advice for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Peter: John, what if I built my website in 1993 and maybe it’s due for an update? You built your website in 1993? Welcome to the Bcast, the official podcast of Bplans.com. Hosted by Jonathan Michael and Peter Thorsson.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The truth is, when it comes to starting a business and becoming an entrepreneur, there are a number of clichés that you will come across and that you need to be aware of so that you do not fall prey to. The idea that the entrepreneur does everything and is everybody is a cliché. Consider: in about 1993, Apple released the Apple Newton.

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