Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

When I first started investing as an angel investor in 1994, I was focused on a very simple set of criteria. First, did I care about / have affinity for the product? Next, were the entrepreneurs obsessed about their product? Now, let’s shift to #2: “Are the entrepreneurs obsessed about their product?”

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Growth hacking has resonated in the startup community due to today’s growth challenges: new channel creation, channel saturation, the “best product” fallacy and “product-growth” fit. Since this change in the OpenGraph, both products have seen their traffic decline. The best product fallacy. Product-growth fit.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the internet. Take note of the goals you tend to put off and the productive tasks you habitually avoid. Nike was born when Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman recognized the hidden potential of a waffle iron to improve soles for running shoes.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2015

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. The Internet has also transformed banking for small business owners, particularly when it comes time to apply for business loans and other financing products. Types of Alternative Business Loan Products.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

I was one of the most prolific Internet angel investors in Boston at this point (1994 – 1995) so our paths crossed periodically. I vaguely remember a fun, energetic chat as we met a few people at Yoyodyne, ran through the products, and talked about how amazing the Internet and email was going to be as a marketing tool.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2022

He's not afraid to fail, and that willingness to experiment has led to some of Microsoft's most successful products. I consider Steve Jobs to be a very successful entrepreneur, not only because of his readily apparent financial prosperity but more so because he used his know-how of how people think to market his products incredibly well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2020

No matter the cost, there are people who are willing to buy the products. These two main products were the driving success of the company’s wealth and fortune. Today, the products that Apple has on its website and stores vary. The company was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. #4.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. See if you even have a market that wants your product—that will PAY for your product!”. The company operates on six continents and boasts more than 250,000 graduates worldwide. “I Crowdsource.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2017

The explanation for the discrepancy is simple: large banks are focused on sourcing and scaling loans over one million dollars, cross-selling products to their customers, and driving down costs through standardized operating procedures and technology. This finding was based on a FDIC survey of business owners. Meet the community lenders.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

and Product Placement in Movies – [link]. 24: The Unaired 1994 – [link]. Celebrities in Advertising Are Almost Always a Big Waste of Money – [link]. Crowdsourcing Examples in Business – [link]. One-way, outbound, non-conversational messages still work – [link]. Reeses Pieces, E.T. Phenomenal.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

“…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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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Every 10-15 years, a major cycle reshapes the computing landscape: PC (1981), Internet (1994), Mobile (2007). First, there was the Industrial Revolution, followed by the Age of Steam and Railways; Steel & Heavy Engineering; Oil, Autos & Mass Production; and now the Information and Communications Technology Revolution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

It is truly a wonder when you start thinking about the massive scale that Amazon works at and how far the company has come along since 1994. world's most disruptive tech titans to a stable, market-leading firm introducing modest advances to its current products. Thanks to Adam Crossling, Zenzero ! #7- 7- Netflix. 14- The Farmstand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 19, 2010

Lesson: Expect your customers to have some knowledge about your products or services. He said that it would cost about $300 to fix it, but that the dishwasher was installed in 1994 (16 year ago; well before we bought the house) and that it was probably a better bet to just buy a new one. from a web forum post from Joey in Idaho).

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

By 1994 the big software wins of the 1980’s were already funded or public.” There are five key risks in any deal: Market, Product (a/k/a technology), Management, Business Model, and Capital. Most losses happen when you combine Market and Product risk – take one, not both, and take it with a proven entrepreneur.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 14, 2020

In CS147 one of the video we showed to the class was the Sun Starfire concept video that was produced in 1994. By this point almost everyone (with a couple of holdouts) on the HiHello team was already on Pragli and I had used it enough to know that I really liked the product. advisor Prof. Terry Winograd.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

1994 – present. After years of leading busy and productive lives, lying on the beach and sipping cocktails just does not cut it. Average Angel Returns Over Time. Time Period. Total Investments. Exited Investments. Band of Angels Website FAQ. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2011: The Recovery Continues”.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Established in 1986, most of its production comes from the U.S., Established in 1994, Realty Income is a quality choice for a monthly dividend stock. If this type of payout interests you, read on to learn more about the top stocks that pay monthly dividends. though it has international properties, too. Apple Hospitality REIT.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

by William Olsen, CPA, Co-founder and VP of Product Development at Deductr. He graduated from the University of Utah with Honors in 1994 with a BA in Accounting and earned his MACC from Southern Utah University in 1995. The vision of sorting through receipts “mining” for deductions makes procrastinators out of all of us.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. In the IAB study that revealed the graph above, brand advertisers indicated that their number one objective in online advertising was “creating awareness&# followed by “creating purchase intent&# or “likelihood to recommend&# the product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Unlike political regimes, technological rulers are comprised of products rather than people. These aging products, developed in earlier times now represent bankrupt ideologies, weak paradigms and byzantine complexity.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2018

Invented in 1994, as the smartphone became more commonplace so too did the use of QR codes. Technology and product launches. Similar to the previous two example, a QR code on a ticket or event marketing material can produce the exclusivity or ‘first looks’ that many fans of the latest technology and product launches covet.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

Recently, Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as CEO of Amazon, the iconic blitzscaling company that he has led since 1994 – nearly 27 years. Far too often, people think that innovation is limited to the product, service, and technology. I helped establish product market fit. Jeff did neither of these things.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

When I started investing in 1994, I was involved with a few large companies. But I saw it in all of the partnership dynamics, product roadmaps, build vs. buy decisions, shifting leadership and goals, and conflicting big company product teams.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2019

While technology of the recent past has made businesses more productive and efficient, it tended to hamper the true human connection. Cory Treffiletti is a successful marketer, author, entrepreneur and student of popular culture with a deep background in digital dating back to 1994. Think email and even conference calls.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

One of his biggest mistakes since starting his business came in 1994, in the form of Virgin Cola. Steve Ballmer: Perform thorough market research before commissioning a new product. If you are releasing a product, make sure that it stands out from the ones produced by your rivals.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Once a patent is granted you have the exclusive right to product and sell the invention for 20 years. A registered design relates to the visual appearance of a product. Representations of a brand including the name, slogans, jingles and logos can be protected under the Trademarks Act 1994. Source: Pexels.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2015

They also write up a customized market analysis and report that’s tailored to your product or service. Once that’s done, you choose your target country and the specialists contact importers, distributors, consumers, and end-users as well as manufacturers of comparable products. Steve Smith founded ISO , It Straps On, Inc in 1994.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Most importantly, I became convinced that Stitch Fix was one of those rare companies where the unique product advantage also contributes to a unique business model advantage. By building products to order rather than inventory, Dell’s inventory turns, capital efficiency, and ROIC were dramatically better than the competition.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

Secondly, developers are more productive. Because Stewart’s programmers are ten times more productive than they were in 2001 due to massive advances in programming language technology. Back in 1994, very few people would have predicted that the largest bookseller in the world would be a software company.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 20, 2013

1994 – “Consumers are fickle and unpredictable. Consumer products and services are hit driven, it’s really hard to build a scalable consumer company”. 1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2015

Developers that are accustomed to working in fast-moving environments with scalable, easy-to-implement products that have long since been impeded by outdated procurement processes for new vendors, which slow down prototyping and time-to-market,” Franklin wrote.

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