Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

Amy likes to remind me that when I was an entrepreneur, I used to regularly give talks at MIT about entrepreneurship. Fortunately, Amy was mellow about this – we had enough current income to live the way we wanted, we were young (30), and generally weren’t anxious about how much liquid cash we had. An accidental one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Another way to learn more about who’s speaking is to sort the conference program by category and find people addressing specific topics. He’ll talk about making a profit and making a difference in a conversation with New Media Ventures’ Christie George. He’ll talk with Eric Ries about how companies successfully scale.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). hey eric, love the blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Deal evaluations the Foundry way, which continues into a great discussion about VC decision-making processes. “So “My startup business was acquired and I worked for the company that bought us; which was a public company called Ameridata that bought about 40 companies in about three years. Human Computer Interaction.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Being too late and you back an “also ran” You also need to be right about the team. I’ve sometimes been right about the market value but too early. You’re thinking about one bullet at a time. At Upfront we often talk about these as “shots on goal” (a fitting soccer analogy given the EURO 2020 tournament is on right now).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

What people don't know is how First Round got started and often people know less about the amazing background of one of its co-founders, Howard Morgan (everyone tends to know Josh Kopelman as one of the highest profile players in our industry overall). Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. and Half.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2015

If you’re ready to hire your first employee, you might be feeling a little overwhelmed. Before you hire your first employee, you’ll need to set up your EIN, or Employer Identification Number. You can read all about the process of getting your EIN in our article: How to Apply for a Federal Tax ID Number. Let’s get started.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Clips from their interviews are below, but first a word about the show: Entrepreneurs are Everywhere airs Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern on Sirius XM Channel 111. As the executive producer of the DEMO conference from 1996 to 2009, she helped more than 1,500 companies make their market debut. We know about investment cycles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

I was reading an article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2018

Don’t hire for industry experience. A far more important hiring criterion is what I call “DNA.”. A far more important hiring criterion is what I call “DNA.”. You want to hire people whose values, motivations, and personality correspond to — or better yet, expand — your culture. Old habits die hard.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

I was reading an article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

When it comes to online imagery, it’s not so much about having images as making sure those images give the visitor a sense of texture, size, scale, detail, context, brand. Meet the “Everywhere Girl” Back in 1996, Jennifer Anderson posed for a stock photo shoot shortly after graduating college. But did it stop there?

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

One of the greatest threats to long-term success is when companies aren’t vigilant enough about responding to the changes in their market—whether it’s by failing to spot product or channel fatigue, acknowledge new competition, make needed updates to products or marketing adjustments in a timely fashion, or embrace new technology coming online.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2021

After one year you will take their spot and hire your replacement. Josh founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory at Carnegie Mellon University and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs. You will start as the Assistant Chief of Staff reporting to the current Chief of Staff.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 7, 2017

Len and I co-founded Interliant (originally Sage Networks) with Steve Maggs and Rajat Bhargava in 1996. His last company – the one he built with Jerry Poch that had acquired my first company – was bought in 1996 by GE Capital for $500 million. Len had already had an extremely successful business career.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 14, 2021

After one year you will take their spot and hire your replacement. Chief of Staff and Apprentice to the CEO - Capital Factory About Joshua Baer Joshua Baer helps people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs. You will start as the Assistant Chief of Staff reporting to the current Chief of Staff.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

I was reading an article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2014

When it comes to online imagery, it’s not so much about having images, as it is about making sure those images to give the visitor a sense of texture, size, scale, detail, context & brand. Back in 1996, Jennifer Anderson posed for a stock photo shoot shortly after graduating college. Photograph. But did it stop there?

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Brad Feld (Brad is an advisor to K9) from the Foundry Group was instrumental in keeping the flame alive by posting about it on his blog ( The Founders Visa Movement ) in September. As an immigrant founder, this is a topic that I can relate to and care about. in December 1996, while on a student visa. I formed SneakerLabs, Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Although many teams hire full-time physical therapists, people in this field also do well in the private practice spectrum. It’s All About the Stats. ” The famous quote from the movie Jerry Maguire isn’t too far off point even though the 1996 blockbuster belongs in the fiction realm. “Show me the money!”

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2020

In 1996, Jim left his career in the media industry—working with Chicago Tribune, WGN Radio and CLTV News—to become a full-time volunteer and teach individuals with disabilities how to scuba dive. Jim gave us some time to tell us more about his journey and Diveheart’s impact. It’s not about scuba diving.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2019

While many people erroneously think that millennial entrepreneurs mean any young person, millennials are those born between 1981 and 1996. They Already Know a Little Bit About Marketing. Since millennials are the hot group to market to, and they’re great at social media, they inherently know a little bit about marketing.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And thats kind of exciting, when you think about it, because allthree are doable. If there is one message Id like to get across about startups,thats it. They all use the same simple-minded model.They seem to have approached the problem by thinking about how todo database matches instead of how dating works in the real world.An

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Email us or call +44 (0) 844 3579899 home about services blog labs Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate) « Upgraded your iPhone to OS 3 but files are missing? © 1996 - 2010 Reincubate Limited. Apache with Django and mod_wsgi » Posted by Aidan, 6 th July 2009. XML sitemap.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We’re going to talk about his entrepreneurial journey, how his company runs, and maybe what else he’s up to on the side. So back in 1996 I wanted to start my own business and I asked my mom, “Hey, what businesses could I do from home?” Have you thought about that?” So Lance, thanks for joining me.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 10, 2019

About 8 years ago, I wrote a blog post that talked about the story from my MovieFone days when I went from managing 1 person to 20 overnight and had to completely rejigger my Operating System to the new environment. It was a case of required revolution over evolution for me. Trial by fire.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Salmon points out that “not a single one of the 12 [candidates] is a CEO who was hired to run a company by its board of directors.”. But remember that when Jobs returned to Apple in 1996, he was doing so as the co-founder and CEO of NeXT computer, a marginal computer workstation company which Apple purchased for less than $500M.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

And before we get started, could you share a little about TCV and what got you into venture investing? I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. So many people think it’s doomsday and what’s super interesting about it is that narrative has completely turned if you just rewind the clock. David Zhang.

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help.bplans.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

I am hiring a consultant for assistance in piecing my business plan together. It might be helpful to tell you that the business will probably be valued in excess of $200 million when fully operational (about 1 yr.). I am excited about the opportunity to work with you. Copyright ©1996-2011 Palo Alto Software, Inc.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. Thinking about starting a new in the new year! Jobs by Simply Hired. About Mashable. Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. You can follow Joshua on Twitter @joshuabaer. 3 Comments. or Twitter.

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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. There are different ways to go about finding a problem worth solving. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. The business model.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

With that implicit assumption, startups hire a VP of Sales with a great rolodex and call on established mainstream companies while marketing creates a brand and buzz to create demand and drive it into the sales channel (web, direct salesforce, etc.) Handspring did not have to educate them about the market.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

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. Here's what the data say about Israeli startups: They’re Israeli-run but with global footprints. The second reason to move early is to hire the absolute best sales and marketing talent.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

As part of the strategy gathering, Paul Walborsky,who is GigaOM’s chief executive, asked me about the company’s ethos, principles, what I think about us as a group, and the world at large. It is something I talk about often, but mostly with my team members and in one-on-one conversations. What I had learned and why.

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