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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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Why Female Founder Office Hours is So Important

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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. My partner Kara wrote a great post on the topic that you should read. we have a long way to go.

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Fair and Reasonable

Feld Thoughts

I learned this value from Len Fassler and Jerry Poch in 1993 when they acquired my first company. My partner Dave and I were clueless about selling our company, so it would have been easy to take advantage of us. . “I just want things to be fair and reasonable.” ” I loved this phrase.

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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. And venture capital and entrepreneurship has made life even tougher for the modern corporation.

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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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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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