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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

“…if you look at a lot of the early stage investors, whether it be Union Square Ventures or First Round or Jeff Clavier at Softtech or Dave McClure – we want to try the product, we want to experience the product, we want to get a sense of how the entrepreneur is thinking about it. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996.

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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

abovethecrowd.com

While I am extremely proud of that team’s accomplishments (the parent company recombined Nordstrom.com in 2002 and the direct division now has revenue of over $1.25B and is the fastest growing unit inside of Nordstrom ), I built a healthy respect for the complexities and difficulties of managing women’s fashion inventory.

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Yesware – Integrating Email and CRM

Feld Thoughts

And – as I’ve continued to manage the enormous flow of email I get in Gmail, I’ve been searching for more efficient (and effective) ways to deal with it, besides just ignoring it which, while efficient, wouldn’t be very effective. Raj and I have done a bunch of companies together since we met in 1994.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 21, Part 1: Kathy Ku and Orin Herskowitz

Steve Blank

universities labs are being turned into commercial products and life saving drugs and devices thanks to an act of Congress – and the efforts of technology transfer offices in schools like Stanford and Columbia. From 1994-98, Kathy was responsible for Stanford’s Sponsored Projects Office. Clips from their interview are below.

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8 Ways To Leverage The “I Like To Watch” Ubertrend

ReadWriteStart

Were you surprised that the Boston Marathon bombers were caught on video? That means there is plenty of opportunity to create innovative shopping videos that provide visitors with quick, yet informative insights about buying particular products. You shouldn’t have been. How about a meteor falling in Russia ? Video Recruitment.

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A Good Place to Work

Ben's Blog

At Opsware I used to teach a management expectations course because I deeply believed in training. In it, I made it clear that I expected every manager to meet with her people on a regular basis. If that’s how the managers listen to me, then why do I even bother coming to work? No medallions, dreadlocks, or black fists.

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A Good Place to Work

Ben's Blog

At Opsware I used to teach a management expectations course because I deeply believed in training. In it, I made it clear that I expected every manager to meet with her people on a regular basis. If that’s how the managers listen to me, then why do I even bother coming to work? Dre, Let Me Ride. No 1:1 in over six months?