Feld Thoughts

JUNE 2, 2010

My long time friend and co-angel investor Will Herman wrote a post titled Angel Investing that summarized some of his advice. For context, I’ve made over 75 direct angel investments primarily in two time periods – 1994-1996 and 2006-2007. In the first phase (1994-1996) this was $25k. It sounds like Angel Boot Camp rocked.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 21, 2015

See Also: The Year’s 10 Best Movies for Entrepreneurs. Everest climb in 1996, a story made famous by the bestselling book, “Into Thin Air.” See Also: 7 Startup Lessons from an Inspiring Entrepreneur. Everyone’s tastes are different, but I’m sure there are two or three on this list you’ll enjoy. Did I miss one of your favorites?

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. So, think of the typical two founders with a pitch book in a garage. And this is one of the pillars we talk about internally, but also to our founders. Our advice to our founders is that they’re underpinned by a few pillars we discussed. It’s a skill.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This is a story about starting an enterprise seed fund called Boldstart in 2010 and our journey in enterprise since 1996. Our goal was to be the best first check partner for enterprise founders, bringing the value add of a VC firm while moving with the speed and conviction of an angel investor.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. And importantly, Mark encourages all entrepreneurs to make sure they understand a VC’s seed strategy before taking money, which I strongly agree with. In addition, we are equally delighted to co-invest with angels and super angels, or not.

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Austin Startup

MAY 24, 2017

The founders amaze me with how quickly they have expanded and developed — they do this while having full-time jobs and being under the age of 25…what?! You’ll probably hear founder, Jane Hervey asking the crowd to “embrace the awkward,” and introduce yourself to somebody new. AWES (Austin Women Entrepreneur Society) Who?

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Today I’m thrilled to share the story of my long-time friends and Kansas Citians Casey and Sloane Simmons, co-founders of a store called Stuff , as a part of the “Amex Welcomed” program with @americanexpress , which is showcasing the people behind our favorite local businesses that welcome American Express.

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Kodorra

DECEMBER 2, 2018

What you are not aware of is how much struggle the founders had to go through to get to that pinnacle of success. The founder Robert Hull advice startup founders not to pay close attention to the rejections but focus on their business. Hotmail was developed by Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia in 1996.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you can fix a problem for someone and do it better, quicker, and/or cheaper than your competitor, you’re off to a good start.” – Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin.

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Austin Startup

MAY 21, 2017

This was the first time I’ve given a commencement speech, but my message is the same one I’ve had for student entrepreneurs since I first started teach Longhorn Startup many years ago. I’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur. When I look around my family I’m surrounded by entrepreneurs. My father was a wedding photographer.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. The first one I’ll focus on is Akamai. Akamai: The Present.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

She is the founder and CEO of JAM a multi-million dollar global business that has connected millions of people through play since its inception as one of the largest adult recreational sports leagues in the world. Listen to creative elements wherever you get your podcasts. (00:52): That wasn't my intention in 1996.

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K9 Ventures

MARCH 22, 2009

I still kick myself for not moving here in 1996, when I started my first company. A decision to pick your co-founders. An entrepreneur’s life is full of stress. I started my first company as a solo-founder and I can tell you from first hand experience, it is way harder than it would have been with a co-founder.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

The new money comes in at a pre-money valuation of $100, but includes a complete refresh of founder equity to 40% of the company. So the new investment gets 60%, the founders get 39.9%, and the $1m of seed money gets 0.1%. and the investors, who put up $1m in a convertible note, get 0.1%. Sure – it happens.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue. The founders have started companies before. We think so. American VCs are critical.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs. Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. Successful entrepreneurs have a bias toward action, as illustrated in Tom and Huck. infoChachkie. Thanks for visiting!

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

That is why it is imperative for entrepreneurs to critically examine all advice and “truths” about startups. Many aspiring and even experienced entrepreneurs blindly believe those myths to be true and either take too long to start their business or never feel confident enough to get going. Successful entrepreneurs move quickly.

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The Next Web

JULY 15, 2012

Gonzo is a passionate internet entrepreneur who has been doing business online since 1996. In 2007 he started KillerStartups.com : ‘Where Internet Entrepreneurs Are The Stars’ We acquired the domain name Startups.com a few years back. That’s what we entrepreneurs do. Loves quotes, writing and reading.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

It was awesome and I recommend it for any entrepreneur out there either working on a company or thinking about starting a company. First, he was the co-founder of Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM – currently valued at $8 billion.) He longed to be at MIT. Akamai’s original name was Cachet Technologies.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 12, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← What is the Micropreneur Academy? Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Check out my book Subscribe via RSS Thousands of entrepreneurs cant be wrong.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

I just dont comment. :) Steve, The term was in active use in 1996 in the MMO world, which predates Googles founding. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. January 7, 2009 9:28 PM Raph said. Eric, I stop by regularly!

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner with questions about funding your small business? I’m the CEO of Executive Speaking Success and I’m a long-time entrepreneur. I’ve been an entrepreneur for almost as long as I can remember. I have been involved in startups since I graduated from college in 1996.

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