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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

Feld Thoughts

I often get asked how I ended up becoming a venture capitalist. When people ask me how they can become a VC, I point them to my partner Seth Levine’s excellent blog posts How to become a venture capitalist and How to get a job in venture capital (revisited). An accidental one.

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Mentors 6/18: The Best Mentor Relationships Eventually Become Two-Way

Feld Thoughts

Our premise when we started doing branded accelerators with large companies was that we’d get deep mentor involvement from execs at the company we are partnering with. Len and his partner Jerry Poch bought my first company in 1993. In 2000, I invested via Mobius Venture Capital in The Feld Group and joined the board.

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Elephants Can Dance – Reinventing HP « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Hewlett’s partner Dave Packard wanted to get into the computer business.) IBM had a near death experience in 1993, and moved from a product-centric hardware company to selling a complete set of solutions and services. Technology changes, culture changes, customer needs change, more agile competitors emerge, etc.

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They Can’t Kill You And They Can’t Eat You

Feld Thoughts

In addition to my role as co-chairman of Interliant (Len was my co-chairman), I was also a partner at Mobius Venture Capital, sitting on over 25 boards, including five non-US companies. Since I’d first met Len in the spring of 1993, he was beloved by almost everyone around him. billion market cap) in the spring of 2000.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. It’s how Cory Van Wolvelaere changed my life: In 1993, after working at Andersen Consulting for 2.5 “Mark, I’m an Associate Partner. He asked for nothing.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

Venture capital is one method of getting a company off the ground, but it’s not the only method. Venture capital is also not a guarantee of success. Venture capitalists invest in multiple companies because they know that not all of them will succeed. Myth #3: I need a partner. Really big.

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30 Entrepreneurs and Business Owners Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

98% of venture capital funding goes to male-founded start-ups, leaving less than 2% for female-founded startups. Our technology solutions streamline self-funded benefits. My father took the business into printable apparel, & with my brother, we recognized the potential of technology & e-commerce.

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