Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 10, 2011

I’ve been friends with and co-invested with Rich Levandov , one of Avalon’s partners, since the mid-1990′s, most recently in Standing Cloud , Zynga , and NewsGator. Congrats to my friends at Avalon Ventures on raising their new $200 million fund.

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Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2021

Her local Small Business Development Center (SBDC), a resources partner of the SBA, assisted them in developing marketing materials that effectively showcased the company’s unusual range of proficiencies.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2023

For those of you older than 40, it sort of felt like 2000. My partners have another 50+. Almost all of the prognosticating I heard in 2022 was similar to what I heard and often said in 2000. If you are younger than 40, a massive tech bubble just burst. I expect you know that. I think the best VCs didn’t prognosticate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

Assuming 60 companies are accepted in a specific batch, that would mean around 2000 companies applied. I believe the real value of an incubator is in the relationships you can build there, with peers as well as domain experts, investors, and potential strategic partners. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

billion from 49 listings, and represented the strongest annual period for IPOs since 2000. Investment firms specialize by business sectors, and each partner within the firm has a specialty. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Identify the right people in the right venture firms.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. You need your key negotiating partner and both sets of lawyers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. Klarna is apparently the first European board for legendary Sequoia partner, Michael Moritz. Rumored to be appox. Paperless billing for consumers.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Some disgruntled younger partners left to go start a new firm in 1965 called Greylock. Some disgruntled younger partners left in the 90s to form what is now Redpoint Ventures (IT team) and Versant Ventures (healthcare team). Big success was Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in which ARD invested about $2.1M

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 25, 2012

He described his new business in the words of his last successful business, which exited in 2000. I have no idea what he’s done between 2000 and 2012 – he didn’t go into it, but he used his 1996 – 2000 experience to explain why his new business was going to be great.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Assuming 60 companies are accepted in a specific batch, that would mean around 2000 companies applied. I believe the real value of an incubator is in the relationships you can build there, with peers as well as domain experts, investors, and potential strategic partners. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

As the technical partner, we want to be real partners in the business-making sure the technology helps achieve the business objectives. A site with a million users is much easier to manage today than it was in 2000. Our business model nudges us slightly toward the sound, safe (stodgy?) Those requests had better be worth it!

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

In 2000, during the Dot Com boom, an enormous amount of money flowed into companies even though they did not have viable ideas and were also not disciplined with spending money, said […] The post LiveOak Venture Partners Sees Lots of Quality Startup Deals in Austin and Texas appeared first on SiliconHills.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It’s unlikely the product is sufficient out-of-the-box, and you might need in-house professional services or to partner with consulting firms for implementation. 10,000/mo means larger companies only. If something goes wrong they’ll cancel and not be willing to pay out the rest. ZenDesk, Box) or performance-based (e.g.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

And for those who don’t know Jerry’s past, he was an extremely successful venture capitalist, founding Flatiron Partners with Fred Wilson in the mid-1990s before retiring from venture capital in the early 2000′s. While Jerry is referred to as a CEO coach, he most certainly is a CEO Whisperer. As a mentor.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. Andersen had lost its long-time CEO, George Shaheen, was hemorrhaging staff and wasn’t exactly known as being an Internet pioneer.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). Partners make investment decisions. Meet in person. They’re buying you.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. And covered we did.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner Scott Kupor to the U.S. By way of background, I am the Managing Partner for Andreessen Horowitz, a $16.5 In fact, if you exclude the Dot Com Bubble of 1999-2000, they have been steady for nearly thirty years. 1999-2000 51.6% IPO market. 1990-1998 13.3%

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. Yahoo would hit $104/share in March 2000 with a market cap of $104 billion.) 4) help nurture and grow the companies they invest in.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

This week I sat down with Chris Dixon, co-founder / CEO of Hunch and Partner at Founder Collective in the most recent installment of This Week in Venture Capital. If you like the quick summary notes, please check out Adam’s blog on tech, entrepreneurship & VC as a thank you.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Our premise when we started doing branded accelerators with large companies was that we’d get deep mentor involvement from execs at the company we are partnering with. Len and his partner Jerry Poch bought my first company in 1993. In 2000, I invested via Mobius Venture Capital in The Feld Group and joined the board.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. Office Hours – Two or three partners post a sign-up sheet to meet with entrepreneurs. These partners travel to a city and take ten minute pitches from the entrepreneurs. and Half.com. The same limit also kept them from investing in Zynga.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

In fact, since 2000, more than 10 million Americans have filed personal bankruptcy due to their employers’ failed health insurance plan. Partner with a defined contribution software provider. Partnering with a defined contribution provider can solve these challenges. For many, it’s been a struggle.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Partnering with trusted service providers who already uphold a strong compliance program, can also help shift this burden so your business can focus more on operations and success, helping young businesses ensure customers and data are safeguarded throughout the holiday season and beyond. [1]

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

I’m excited to let you know that David Norris joined us today as my Partner. Today I am proud to join Forward Partners as a VC. I’ve worked in digital businesses since 2000 as Product Manager, ECommerce Operations Director and most recently as Chief Operating Officer (3 companies). Forward Partners, London.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. A good piece covering the contracting VC market is by Bill Gurley So partners at many firms are racing around to the limited number of pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, family offices, etc.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Fred Wilson has been a venture investor and director in Return Path since 2000, first with Flatiron Partners and then with Union Square Ventures. Here are a few tips for ending up with the best long-term partner as an investor. Selecting Your Investors. We’ve been through a lot of wars together.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

A huge thank you to all of the Limited Partners who have entrusted us with your capital, time and reputations. Upfront’s Base As you probably know we are based in Santa Monica and as my partner Greg Bettinelli coined, we’re #LongLA. We’ll invest in about 15 new companies every year or just over 2 per partner.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

2 nd decade (early 2000): The First Content Management Systems (CMS). 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. If you wanted a website, you had to pay someone a lot of money to set it up for you.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2019

Prospects, recruiters, colleagues and potential business partners rely on your profile to understand you. What can you do for prospective employers or business partners? You have about 2000 characters to work with. It’s the internet’s version of making a first professional impression.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

in February 2000 – part time, with the goal to quit my full-time job within one year. By the end of December, 2000 I had sold over $100,000 in Hunter Douglas shadings, through my company, Custom Blinds for Less, Inc. I started this in business part-time, in 2000, loaded with a prayer and a fully stocked min-van.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 7, 2017

At the peak in the spring of 2000 Interliant hit $55 / share and was worth over $3 billion. In addition to my role as co-chairman of Interliant (Len was my co-chairman), I was also a partner at Mobius Venture Capital, sitting on over 25 boards, including five non-US companies. billion market cap) in the spring of 2000.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Partner with a provider that will bring out the best as you continue with the journey. However, if you chose to work with a partner ensure they offer user-friendly front end, a gaming management system, payment module and access to betting markets and top events. The first move involves identifying a software provider.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The two decades from 1979 when pension funds fueled the expansion of venture capital to 2000 when the dot-com bubble burst were the Golden Age for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms. VC’s invested their limited partners’ “risk capital” in a portfolio of startups in exchange for illiquid stock. Take a look at the chart below. (It

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Best practices in software development started to move to agile development in the early 2000’s. partners 3 rd parties needed to make the activities possible. Microsoft Windows 3.0). This methodology improved on waterfall by building software iteratively and involving the customer. customer relationships to create demand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Assuming 60 companies are accepted in a specific batch, that would mean around 2000 companies applied. I believe the real value of an incubator is in the relationships you can build there, with peers as well as domain experts, investors, and potential strategic partners. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

Personally, I think it would be pretty awesome if all of the people who subscribe to my weekly newsletter could put $2000 towards supporting the early stage tech ecosystem in NYC. Want to know why there aren't more female partners at VC funds? [scratches bald head]. If you're raising a few million, it isn't worth their time.

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