Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Matt Blumberg has a new book out titled Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. That year, we merged two companies: Return Path and Veripost.

Fractional CTO 70

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

By which they mean: Without stupid rules that assume employees are dumb or evil, without everything taking ten times longer than it should, without wall-to-wall meetings, without resorting to hiring anything less than the top 1% of the talent pool, and so on. Small companies operate this way by necessity, and it works!

Government 223

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

On the other hand, if you receive a payment of $2000, that’s considered income or revenue, you’ll generate positive cash flow that can be reinvested in other areas. . Working capital is the overall operating money that your company has available after debts are removed. What is working capital?

Balance Sheet 81

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Information security training should start at the time of hire, and include an orientation on best practices for computer and mobile device usage, in addition to providing information on your company’s security policies. Implement frequent training on security/privacy at all levels of your company, executives included. Other Tactics.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Key Takeaway: In a recent Texas Tech Survey, out of 2000 consumers, 89% of them claimed they had a business that they loved enough that they would gladly recommend — only 29% of them actually did it. And today increasingly for new hires, uh, some of your best new hires will come from referrals from your existing employees.

Technical Review 101

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). 16 years later it’s just another software company. Ballmer went on to run Microsoft for the next 14 years.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). 16 years later it’s just another software company. Ballmer went on to run Microsoft for the next 14 years.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Transformify

DECEMBER 20, 2018

“It’s like hiring an agency at a freelancers rate. Since December, Via Codigo's clients can query for Via Codigo as a special skill using Transformify's search engine, and easily hire Via Codigo developers. It has developed a network of over 70 Peruvian businesses that hire from their ranks.

Peru 64

Peru Non-Compete Web Development Switzerland 64

Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

Here are a few thoughts about operating in uncertainty in a pandemic. If it’s just three-months, (looking more unlikely by the day) then an immediate freeze on variable spending (hires, marketing, travel, etc.) And what’s in my lifeboat?”. and Europe into a long recession? is in order. You need a lifeboat strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Howard Morgan earned a PhD in Operations Research/Computer Science in 1968. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. Management should communicate how the board can help - strategy, markets, key hires, introductions. Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. Thank you for the kind introduction.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Key Takeaway: The Chief Operating Officer is the second in command to the CEO – they’re the go-to person that should be running the business. Questions I ask Cameron Herold: [2:27] Are there some things in those early days of figuring operations out that really stuck with you? [3:38] Cameron Herold (02:35): Uh, something changed.

CTO 79

CTO Cofounder Networking Operations 79

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2018

A friend recommended it to me, and it was the single most important thing I did on my journey as a business owner and operator. I hired David Caples as my consultant for the purchase of an inn in Florida, and he introduced me to a realtor who showed me properties for sale. Hire help and train them to be great at what they do.

Florida 102

Florida CPA Dallas America 102

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

While operating a tutoring business I was able to identify a demand for niche business software. 18 months and 2000 hours later I finished coding the software and released it. But after a year of searching, I couldn't find anyone willing to hire her because of her lack of education and lack of professional experience.

Entrepreneur 145

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Building billion-dollar businesses requires 7-10 years which means operating through at least one full economic cycle, if not two. You know what I’m talking about.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

All the way from 1993 to 2000. As India’s IT sector boomed and so did its companies, these new hires grew too, making IT the hottest career choice at the turn of the century. Lot of these hires kept growing within their companies and the industry doing one thing—managing people. Enter outsourcing. Enter India.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. You either had to do “on deck / on portal&# deals where your app was rolled out through the carriers sh*tty operating platform or you had to go “off deck&# which meant you had no customers. These phones were so over hyped.

Flash 326

Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

… (They were operating like) there’s an opportunity and there’s a market need. (So) Among these was the realization that a formal onboarding process for new hires is critical. Anand : …We hire really high achieving people, and they felt that they weren’t achieving anything. You hire really smart people-.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Cofounder Channel 120

A Crowded Space

JANUARY 17, 2019

In most marketplaces, we’ve been operating in a one size fits all mode. If we could merely separate the top quartile, we would have ridiculously valuable data for recruiting and hiring. I was chatting with the founder of interviewing.io It made me realize that we’ve all been making a big mistake with feedback systems.

Software Review 60

Software Review Software Developers Software Development Search 60

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Productive Programming - Gabriel Weinberg , August 31, 2010 BIG disclaimer: I'm not formally trained in computer science (aside from two classes at MIT in 2000) and I haven't worked closely with that many programmers or teams (maybe 10 or so). In my last post, I mentioned that you should strive to hire people with the right kind of ambition.

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

percent in 2000 to 19.6 It is almost a given that your business will operate at a loss for the first three to six months while your client base grows and you get on a regular billing cycle with Medicare and Medicaid. The home care license and operation requirements and standards will vary from state to state. population.

North America 95

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2018

We hire the right people and provide an environment where they can flourish. Add in mobile and analytics and you change the game for how businesses and public sector organizations operate. In 2000, Louisiana gave our five-person company (at that time) a multimillion-dollar contract to implement a mission-critical system.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

If you want to scale sales, you hire more sales reps. When you analyze it carefully, unless you can support large quotas due to very large deal sizes, it can simply be too expensive to hire senior sales representatives, distribute them around the country, set up offices and support them. I''ll discuss each one below.

Sales 50

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

So I helped, I was one of his first employees and wound up becoming the chief operating officer and running part of the firm and we grew at our peak to around 50 people or so. But a lot of the people that we hired in after me had organizational development backgrounds and PhDs in psychology, master’s in organizational behavior.

Leadership 73

Leadership Developer Curation Hiring 73

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. FACEBOOK BUYS ISRAELI FEATURE PHONE MAKER SNAPTU.

Java 79

Java Database Argentina 79

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Helping American businesses access the information and services that will help them grow, hire American workers, and export to foreign markets. It can be difficult to locate information about government assistance programs or find and complete the correct forms for taxes or business operations. MyUSA is working to solve these problems.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). He continues: It’s OK to continue to operate.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. They are operators, through and through.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

The second step involves obtaining a license to operate. The industry has been met with the hacking menace and an online casino needs to invest in hiring professionals to guarantee security of the server. The launching of the site took happened in the year 2000, and since then, it continues to leave a mark in the people’s lives.

Securities and Exchange Commission 68

Securities and Exchange Commission Software Review United Kingdom Affiliate 68

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

And we've now over a thousand student, over 2000 students, I've gone through that program. Mike Michalowicz (07:39): Steven hired Joel because his friend asked him to do him a favor, which is the worst way to hire someone. I hired you for your brain. We hire a lot of part-time employees. This is why I'm confused.

Employee 91

Employee Design Networking Differentiation 91

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. Kaufer originally hired writers to product professional reviews and allowed user reviews on a whim.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company. Carpe Diem.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Hiring is a chapter unto itself, but it deserves to lead off any discussion of context. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. You can’t be too careful in determining comp packages for your new hires. Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. It is hard to understand the implications of the behavior inherent in Path Length – which means you’ll hire more clever Digital Analysts for hour business. Evaluate.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

John also spent several years at The New York Times Company at NYTimes.com running strategy, marketing, and operations. He also spent a number of years at the New York times company at NYT, I guess it's NY times dot com, running strategy, marketing, and operations. There was a, a guide.

Community 68

Community New York Small Business New York City 68

www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Wanted: High Frequency Performance Operations Specialist at Two Sigma Investments (New York, New York United States). Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder.

Software Review 48

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