Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

I remember my friend Ryan Martens sitting down with me and Chris Wand around 2001 and walking us through his idea for changing the how he approached managing the software development process. For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2014

She might tell herself, Well, last time this happened I just shredded the document , or, I’ll just delete the customer’s email again. Or when he knows he won’t be able to meet a deadline, he emails the client and claims to have been out of commission for a few days due to the flu. “Do No one noticed before.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Its chaos and insanity melds into a working city that was predicted by the architect Rem Koolhaas (with the Harvard Project on the City) in the 2001 book Mutations when he said that Lagos was a city of the future and one that Western cities would eventually base themselves on. But somehow Lagos works. Slowly overcoming its reputation.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Email habits change. Value brands can also effectively reach out to pained-but-patient consumers who previously bought higher-end brands, a strategy Wal-Mart aggressively used with its ‘everyday low prices’ policy in the 2001 recession.” Ross Simmonds of Foundation Inc. echoes Labay’s sentiment: Search habits change.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2020

million people or 12% of the population worked for themselves in 2001. For example, you can use a CRM system to keep track of your customers, an email service for your email marketing campaigns, and PayPal to keep track of your customers’ payments and bills. According to ONS data , 3.3 That spiked to 4.8

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): Hey, did you know that HubSpot's annual inbound conference is coming up? From, you know, when I first stood up, my very first e-commerce site literally was in 2001 , I was Eloqua or Eloqua's beta client and constant contacts beta client. Like this show? That's right.

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OnlyOnce

JUNE 23, 2022

I was trading emails a few weeks ago Elliot Noss from Tucows about the current state of the economy after being on a panel together about it, and he wrote: The market is fascinating right now. And yet there are days and circumstances that feel like 2001 or 2009. Heated competition AND layoffs and hiring freezes. That’s weird.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Dev-first API for interactive emails?—?will Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned. Smallstep , Clay , Dark , and Windmill emerged out of stealth. All are developer first companies respectively in zero trust security, automation, and developer productivity.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2014

The next time something comes up, you’ll think, Well, last time this happened I just shredded the document , or, I’ll just delete the customer’s email again. A colleague sends you several emails prompting you for the feedback you promised. You also run the risk of setting a bad precedent for yourself. No one noticed before.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

The memories I have of Joel on Software , especially from 2001-2004, run deep. Though his blog has been pretty quiet for a few years now, I can still remember the bolts of insight I experienced as I read those early articles; always within minutes of receiving his email announcing it had been published.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

So can public recognition at a meeting or through a company-wide email. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. When employees do the things you want them to do — persevering through tough tasks, innovating, taking calculated risks—reward them.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 1, 2021

Green Dot Corporation was formed by an entrepreneur in the year 2001 to create a product to permit those without credit cards to purchase items on the Internet. My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments. Early market experience can cause a need to pivot.

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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. Enter the famous Sequoia “RIP Good Times” presentation and Ron Conway’s publicly leaked emails calling for big slashes in burn rates.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2014

So can public recognition at a meeting or through a company-wide email. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. When employees do the things you want them to do — persevering through tough tasks, innovating, taking calculated risks — reward them.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2023

And that also maybe makes it so that people don't need to work a hundred hours a week or aren't getting emails at, you know, 11:00 PM at night. And you know, my historical example from this in the book is that in 2001, right, the, the Patriots had just signed Drew Bledso for $103 million. Sign up to receive email updates.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

More people than ever have taken the plunge to go self-employed; the number of self-employed workers has been increasing in the UK since 2001 — and they now account for around 15% of the working population. Make some calls, write those emails and start getting your name out there. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay. And who knows?

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Ben's Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

We have a very high churn rate, but as soon as we turn on email marketing to our user base, people will come back” – Yes, of course. Back at the tail end of the Great Internet Bubble in 2001, as all the big technology companies began missing their quarters by giant amounts, I found myself wondering how none of them saw it coming.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2017

No more sending unsecured emails with large attachments that could get lost or hacked. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc. Customizable security settings give you the power to adjust settings to work best for you. Some DMS have a web portal, you’re able to share documents quickly and securely with clients or employees.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2017

If an email looks unfamiliar, or has a suspicious link, do not click it. If you do not recognize the sender of the email or remember subscribing to the company they say they are from, delete it. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc. Don’t waste time trying to decide if it’s safe or not.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This lasted from about 2001-2004. Founded in Sunnyvale, CA in 2001. Invoices are scanned faxed or emailed into the service and then electronically routed to the necessary people for approval. This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 8, 2015

Since I’m still getting emails about it, I thought I’d republish the Q&A here. A: After I became depressed for the second time, in my mid-30s — in 2001 just after Sept. The last three months of 2001 were awful for me after an 18-month stretch from the peak of the Internet bubble — spring 2000 through Sept.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2019

You can simply send the person an email and the app installs itself without their knowledge. The last federal legislation to address this issue was the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 , updated in the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and subsequent amendments.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

From 1996 to 2001, I spent a lot of time with Len in New York, where Interliant was headquartered. Since then, his daughter Ellen has been my conduit to him, via emails that I’d been sending a few times each week. I learned how to complete a negotiation, walk away from the table, be empathetic, and be available. Ellen, thank you.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 7, 2015

In 2001, we had several companies lose over $1m (including one that was public that lost $7.5m) in corporate bonds, which were being pushed on startups by the various banks as “safe.” I remember seeing the email about the public company that had $7.5m This scares the s**t out of me. disappear from their balance sheet.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2015

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. She’d love to meet you on Twitter @temafrank or by email. Tema Frank is a customer experience & digital marketing pioneer.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 18, 2013

For example, when a buyer posts a project on crowdSPRING , I email them, thanking them for their business. The email also offers a few tips on how they can get the most out of their project. The email is automated, but I include my email address and direct phone number. Others call.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Name and email address are required. Email address will not be displayed with the comment.). Please enter a valid email address. Ive had the good fortune to both work for and invest in successful tech start-ups. Ive also invested in a number of start-up failures.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 30, 2014

He had just read my post on being uncomfortable with the phase of the current cycle and told me an anecdote from the great Internet bubble of 2001 that I hadn’t heard. This morning I woke up to an email thread from a founder of a company I’m an investor in. Or what happens when they go down to a 3x valuation?

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finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

FORTUNE -- Its no secret that venture capitalists were hit hard by last decades dotcom bust, considering that median returns for 1998-2001 vintage funds are all underwater. The information is based on part of a confidential year-end 2011 investment report distributed to investors in a fund-of-funds that made commitments between 1999 and 2001.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

If you are a leader in your entrepreneurial community and have something you want to add , email me 500 – 1000 words. The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). I’m looking for feedback on this table of contents. The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2017

Additionally, email is also digital, but not anywhere near as secure as people believe: email has multiple points where information stops in transit, and these locations are susceptible to breach. So next time you think about emailing a client’s sensitive information, think again. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Working professionals/white collar use emails, but most users grew up instant messaging on TenCent’s QQ and most are moving to Weixin/WeChat. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. Google retreated to Hong Kong and Baidu took its place.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 1, 2015

I don’t think I’ve ever physically been in the same place as Ben, but we’ve exchanged emails in the past and he was willing to allow me to republish his classic essay The Struggle in the book I wrote with my wife Amy – Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur. Dan is a new friend.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 2, 2015

By 1987 I was regularly using faxes and Federal Express (the only overnight mail I was aware of), but a mobile phone and email didn’t really show up until around 1993 for me. The web appeared in 1994 and a completely different method of communication started its long march into integrating in our universe.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 18, 2010

Well, it just so happens that we’ve fitted Ross’s 2001 Subaru with a flux capacitor, gotten our hands on some plutonium and we’re about to hit eighty eight miles per hour! Leave a comment or email us at contact@lottay.com. Here’s what we plan to say: Write it Down. We’d love to know what you think. Do these ring true to you?

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