Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

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). Charley was a partner at a firm called VIMAC and was looking at some Internet stuff.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 23, 2021

Many friends live within minutes of it, including my brother and his family, my partner Chris Moody and his family, Amy’s current assistant Rebecca and her family, and Amy’s prior long-time assistant Naomi and her family. Boulder has been a special place for me and Amy since we moved here in 1995.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Prior to founding EnableSoft in 1995, Richard was a partner and served as Senior Vice President of FiTech PLUSmark, Inc. EnableSoft, is engaged in offering game changing software products and services to the business and financial services industry, healthcare and a dozen other markets.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Prior to founding EnableSoft in 1995, Richard was a partner and served as Senior Vice President of FiTech PLUSmark, Inc. EnableSoft, is engaged in offering game changing software products and services to the business and financial services industry, healthcare and a dozen other markets.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2021

So much so, that the internet is already filled with articles such as “ 5 money lessons millennials can learn from Gen Z ”, explaining how those who were born after 1995 are improving the ways in which they make a profit. Gen Zers also tend to focus on the impact of their investments and seek for socially responsible investing.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I’ve only worked in what could be considered a “big” company for 18 months (1993 – 1995) and that was the company (AmeriData) that bought my first company (Feld Technologies). My partner Dave and I took the number, made a list of all employees, and figured out how much we were going to give each of them.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

Prior to founding EnableSoft in 1995, Richard was a partner and served as Senior Vice President of FiTech PLUSmark, Inc. EnableSoft, is engaged in offering game changing software products and services to the business and financial services industry, healthcare and a dozen other markets.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Julie May is CEO of bytes of knowledge (b:ok) , which she founded in 1995 with her husband, Charles. This lets you know when you’re in danger of going over budget so that you have the option of reducing the scope of the project before it’s too late.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

In 1995, I was the only one of my friends using email and there were no cell phones. There was a point in time when, if you were to propose Shopify to a serious Web development agency, they would laugh and proudly display their Magento partner certificate. A look at how CMS evolved.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2020

In 1995 Yellowstone National Park was in distress. Our businesses too have a balance, an ecosystem, made up of many components; customers, partners, suppliers, communities, team members, investors, and owners. The root issue is hard to pin down, but the symptoms abound. The rivers and foliage were dying.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Sculley is currently doing well, despite his setback at Apple, as a partner in Sculley Brothers, a private investment firm formed in 1995. Yet he was ultimately replaced a one-semester college dropout, Steve Jobs, who was the original founder. These probably feel that their MBA was worthwhile.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

VC’s invested their limited partners’ “risk capital” in a portfolio of startups in exchange for illiquid stock. Until 1995 startups going public typically had a track record of revenue and profits. Netscape’s 1995 IPO changed the rules. The system worked in predictable and profitable ways.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2020

In 1995, at the dawn of the age of the commercial Internet, this involved landlines, answering machines, pagers, and fax machines. When I look at my schedule next week, I’m in my office on Monday for my partner meeting, but there’s literally no other reason I need to be in my office next week.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

Coursera is one of the biggest online educators with over 20 million registered users and 150 education partners which include universities from all over the world. Lynda.com is the oldest education resource online , with an origin story that stretches all the way back to 1995. ” Lynda.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k. Brands like Samsung, LG, and Dunkin Donuts pay Meebo to advertise to users on our partner sites. Why do you love speaking to students at universities?

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Steve Blank

MAY 13, 2015

As one of the first women VC’s in Silicon Valley she founded Foundation in 1995, and went on to be selected for the Midas List based on her investments. Mar Hershenson is the Founding Partner at Pejman Mar Ventures. Kathryn Gould is the co-founder of the VC firm, Foundation Capital and the owner of Battle Mountain Vineyard.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2013

Sculley is currently doing well, despite his setback at Apple, as a partner in Sculley Brothers, a private investment firm formed in 1995. Yet he was ultimately replaced a one-semester college dropout, Steve Jobs, who was the original founder. These probably feel that their MBA was worthwhile.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The event will be held at the recently-established Stamford Innovation Center , of which fellow panelist Barry Schwimmer is Founder and Managing Partner. CI was created by the state legislature in 1989 and has been investing private money since 1995.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2014

But we came very close to moving to Homer in 1995. We moved to Boulder in November 1995 and never looked back – it’s been amazing. Nope – Amy and I aren’t moving to Homer. While we have a home in Homer, where we will be for the next three weeks, we still call Boulder, Colorado our home.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more In the new world, winning CIOs will partner with CEOs to design state-of-the-art communication infrastructures designed to optimize any company’s most important resource—its people.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. As late as November 1995, Bill Gates wrote a book entitled The Road Ahead in which he predicted that the Information Super Highway would rule the future.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

” Jerry was Fred Wilson ‘s partner at Flatiron Partners. 1995 – 2000 was the climb up to the Peak. This is a line my friend Jerry Colonna uses when something like the AT&T – Time Warner deal occurs. As time passes, the line has shifted to “We were right – just fifteen years early.”

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2011

When Bloomberg was a partner at the investment bank, Salomon Brothers, he and 62 colleagues were fired because the company was bought out. From 1991 to 1995, Belichick was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, but after facing a losing season, Belichick was let go. Michael Bloomberg.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Sculley is currently doing well, despite his setback at Apple, as a partner in Sculley Brothers, a private investment firm formed in 1995. Yet he was ultimately replaced a one-semester college dropout, Steve Jobs, who was the original founder. These probably feel that their MBA was worthwhile.

Entrepreneur 175

Entrepreneur Salary .Net Revenue 175

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

Coursera is one of the biggest online educators with over 20 million registered users and 150 education partners which include universities from all over the world. Lynda.com is the oldest education resource online , with an origin story that stretches all the way back to 1995. ” Lynda.com.

Programming 48

Programming Technical Review Small Business Illinois 48

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

My first IPO wasn’t until 1995—the VC business takes patience. My two best partners went off to start Benchmark Capital, very successful to this day, so my firm was going to blow up. So I started Foundation Capital in 1995. I was on the way to my lifetime IRR of 90%. I loved the business, and I was good at it.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 28, 2014

A group of Boulder Startup Community leaders, including Nicole Glaros, Rajat Bhargava, and my partner Jason Mendelson wrote an OpEd titled A necessary education on Boulder’s startup community where they challenged Macon Cowles’ perspective. It’s also not the Boulder of 1995. “We are women and men.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In 1995 there were ~1,350 public hospitals representing ~27% of the industry. Second, the Board can usually avoid a public vote or referendum by leasing to a new partner, something politicians fear. High regulation in the post-industrial economy added to the public health system complexity. Capital Solutions.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2015

It’s tempting to seize your moment of popularity to keep on growing without doing proper screening or training of these partners. She launched her first website in 1995 and in 2001 founded Web Mystery Shoppers, one of the world’s first companies to do remote usability testing of websites and web-related customer service.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Arbor brewing company was set up in the summer of 1995 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by the husband-wife duo of Matt and Rene Greff. But our partner, Gaurav was from U of M (University of Michigan) and had spent a lot of time at the Brewpub. But our partner in India has huge plans. Here’s the site. It’s what we like.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2018

Richard Lipman has been a member of L’Ordre des psychologues du Québec since 1995. His diverse clientele includes adults and older adolescents; he also has partnered with the Employee Assistance Programs of several national organizations. “It He also is a member of L’Association des psychologues du Québec.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2016

Prior to founding EnableSoft in 1995, Richard was a partner and served as Senior Vice President of FiTech PLUSmark, Inc. EnableSoft, is engaged in offering game changing software products and services to the business and financial services industry, healthcare and a dozen other markets.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

When I make a list of non-family members and non-partners who I would want to be stranded on a desert island with, Jerry is at the top of the list. I met Jerry in 1995. Jerry became partners with Fred Wilson and they started Flatiron Partners. Today’s #GivingThanks post is for my dear friend Jerry Colonna.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more In the new world, winning CIOs will partner with CEOs to design state-of-the-art communication infrastructures designed to optimize any company’s most important resource—its people.

Romania 44

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 44

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Inbound calls from partners, people who want to join, atta boys from friends. We just landed the biz dev partner we’ve been working on for 9 months. Google DID NOT just acquire our main biz dev partner. Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99. Holy sh*t!!!

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Second, and full disclosure, I’ve invested in a few of these funds ; and third my teaching partner Ann Miura-Ko is a partner in one of these funds. One could argue that there’s nothing new here, as Internet distibution models started in 1995. But in reality they only became mainstream ~5-7 years ago.

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