Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2023

Each one took a ton of work from the leadership team. 2001 was a dreadful year for me. I have 14 other stories from the companies in our portfolio that I’m responsible for. My partners have another 50+. Each one is different. 2002 sucked, but it wasn’t as dreadful. But it still sucked. 2003 was hard.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” In fact, we just announced that we hired a new head of our Growth Platform, (follow him on Twitter here ?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2015

Farbood is a former educator who was named 2001 National Teacher of the Year by the Princeton Review. Advice For The Young At Heart Farbood Nivi leadership learning self-learning' Farbood Nivi is CEO of Learnist , which allows individuals to read content, review how-to guides, and watch educational videos on virtually any subject.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2014

Consider the following quote from its vice chairman, excerpted from “ The Soft Edge “: “I believe in leadership rather than management,” Tom Mendoza of NetApp explained. You can be loud, you can be quiet, but leadership is what you are, not what you say.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2023

Key Takeaway: Leadership has gone through a dramatic shift and we’re missing out on the opportunity to use businesses as a way to grow human beings as leaders. Questions I ask Robert Glazer: [1:45] Would you characterize this as the new generation of leadership? [2:35] You know, titled leadership folks.

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ConversionXL

JULY 15, 2020

To top it off, marketers even have their own Agile marketing manifesto , separate from the Agile manifesto created by software developers in 2001. These user stories are overarching and encompass large initiatives defined by leadership during quarterly planning, referred to as Big Room Planning.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

Consider the following quote from its president, excerpted from The Soft Edge : “I believe in leadership rather than management,” Tom Mendoza of NetApp explained. You can be loud, you can be quiet, but leadership is what you are, not what you say.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2014

Do not promote employees with problems with accountability, especially if they’ll be moving into a leadership position. If you’re interviewing a candidate for a leadership position, you might say, “Summarize a difficult conversation you had with an employee who had failed to meet a commitment.” Hire accountable people.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Surprisingly (or perhaps unsurprisingly), the answer to these are “NO” Not at least according to “ Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t “, a phenomenal business bestseller published in 2001 by renowned business author Jim Collins.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“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.” Flexibility is essential for decision making and leadership, too. Premium-brand market leaders [.] recession in 2009.”.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2014

He is also the publisher of Forbes magazine, where he writes a column, Innovation Rules, known for its witty assessment of business and leadership issues. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

Effective leadership, a positive culture, and aligning the goals of the organization with the needs of employees are crucial for creating a balanced EX and CX. 10:07] How much would you say is just leadership or is it maybe just culture? [11:38] What do you think? [10:07] So how has that made an a greater challenge?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2014

In 2001, drawing on their respective years of experience in senior global leadership at Motorola, Julie Miller and Brian Bedford joined forces to establish MillerBedford Executive Solutions. MillerBedford helps businesses and organizations improve strategy, culture, and leadership, while addressing issues that limit success.

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Babbling VC

AUGUST 10, 2011

I am seriously babbling like everyone else did in 2001, 2008 and now again in 2011. This is where leadership truly comes into play and you as management have to keep your game-face on. . If you're a private investor in stocks, you better get ready for a financial beating unless you sold everything a couple weeks ago. .

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2014

Drupal was launched in 2001, and Acquia started in 2007. Angel Investor Drupal founder PHP Revenue Growth SaaS Scalability startup startup CEO venture Cash Flow CEOing leadership scalability tom nora venture capital' Acquia, Inc. more info on the funding round from @thewhir [link].

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. » Dig for Leadership - Stories that try to make the world a better place. , AKPC_IDS += "1128,"; (No Ratings Yet) Loading … Posted in Leadership | Tagged [.] tags: vc entrepreneurship) [.] Reply Can You Trust Any VC’s Under 40?

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2019

If you are familiar with the concept of servant leadership, the sentence above will resonate with you. I straddled the operator / investor world until 2001 when the Internet bubble burst and my work world exploded into tiny pieces that collected into a huge mountain of s**t that I had to work through.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

In 2001, drawing on their respective years of experience in senior global leadership at Motorola, Julie Miller and Brian Bedford joined forces to establish MillerBedford Executive Solutions. MillerBedford helps businesses and organizations improve strategy, culture, and leadership, while addressing issues that limit success.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

He is also the publisher of Forbes magazine, where he writes a column, Innovation Rules, known for its witty assessment of business and leadership issues. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001.

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 16, 2014

It was early 2001 and we were a five person web design company. By 2001, one of our major strategies was to work with other firms to help them produce websites. Entrepreneurship Leadership' There was one firm in particular, let’s just call it Blue Ocean, that was using us quite a bit.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). Keys of Leadership Culture. The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). The Beginning of the Next Wave (2003 – 2011). Led By Entrepreneurs.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 27, 2011

In recognition of his phenomenal vision and execution, BEA named Alfred its new Chief Executive Officer in October 2001. Alfred’s tiny, expensive acquisition became the company and the company became great.

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

In terms of someone’s question below about lay-offs, we fortunately haven’t had to do those since 2001, but if I recall, even then, we were extremely transparent about our financial position and that we might need to cut jobs in 30 days. Business Entrepreneurship Leadership Management Return Path Startup CEO'

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2013

If you think that the trend of big corporations and their heads misbehaving started with Enron back in 2001, I won’t take it against you. Thinking Aloud leader leadership making a difference' by Stacey Thompson. Stacey Thompson is a professional writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and a lover of weird little animals.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

He is also the publisher of Forbes magazine, where he writes a column, Innovation Rules, known for its witty assessment of business and leadership issues. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2014

In 2001, drawing on their respective years of experience in senior global leadership at Motorola, Julie Miller and Brian Bedford joined forces to establish MillerBedford Executive Solutions. MillerBedford helps businesses and organizations improve strategy, culture, and leadership, while addressing issues that limit success.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2021

Published in early 2001, Positioning remains as relevant and actionable now as it was then. On personal effectiveness and leadership. The mind, as a defense against the volume of today’s communications, screens and rejects much of the information offered. – Al Ries. The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker (1966).

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

by Ken Blanchard, author of the best selling “ The New One Minute Manager ” and the new “ Servant Leadership in Action: How You Can Achieve Great Relationships and Results “ To me, servant leadership is the only way to guarantee great relationships and great results. Answered by Stephen M.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The market seemed crowded and our leadership position that had been built over many years seemed to not matter any more. 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.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. They had a great managment team, A list VCs, great technology, excellent sales traction and market leadership in a very exciting space. 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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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Prior to joining Oversee, he spent 10 years in executive leadership positions building SaaS-businesses that leveraged the power of the Internet as a platform for growth and efficiency. Prior to business school, Mr. Barhydt held various sales and marketing leadership positions for smaller high-tech companies.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2019

The Best Practice Institute is a think tank and solutions incubator founded in 2001. We have over 900 experts, thought leaders, professors, and university department chairs contributing original research, innovative publications, and practice on management and leadership. We ask Louis about his latest book on organizational management.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2018

In 2001, I moved from Citibank to become the CMO of Morgan Stanley’s brokerage business, where I was tasked with modernizing and reviving the brokerage business there. I decided I wanted to teach big companies how to implement their own reinvention, by using Lean Startup as the core for updating their culture and leadership.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2017

Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc. But like any seemingly insurmountable task, chipping away at making your boss like you piece-by-piece through the above strategies can ease tension and completely change the dynamic of your workplace culture for the better. Jesse Wood is the CEO of document management vendor, eFileCabinet.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

It was decimated because of lack of performance between 2001 and 2009, just like much of the rest of the VC industry around the US. .” Peter is right about the context, but has two fundamental things wrong here. First, the VC industry in Colorado wasn’t decimated through the economic downtown.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I got my greencard approval in 2001, a few months after 9/11. Technology leadership and innovation knows no bounds. By this point, I had already sold my first company and founded two additional companies. My first company employed about 20 US citizens (I was the only “alien”).

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