Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2015

I was in the middle of that with Interliant (I was a co-founder) – we bought 20+ companies, at one point has an almost $3 billion market cap (on $200 million of revenue – recognize the multiple), but went bankrupt in 2002.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Modern theories of economics and finance teach us that in a world of perfect information, the market will decide what a fair price is for any company’s stock at any point in time based on its current financial condition, results of past operations, analysts’ forecasts of future performance, industry conditions and so on.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2018

For small businesses, this is actually great news, as it opens the door to capturing market share from larger, less nimble competitors. The big “IF” however, is whether your brand is RELEVANT to your target market. Why do brands of all sizes assume that certain holidays will “get” their target market to buy a product?

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The controlled decentralization of major industries has been dubbed a “socialist market” movement. This populace will also have a pent-up demand for goods and services, and an on-the-ground familiarity of market opportunities in these markets. Enter Modi. We need this dedication now more than ever.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

With the speed of change and volume of market feedback today, as well as the advances in machine learning, Amazon, Alibaba, and others have proven the value of software driven strategy decisions. This is a new class of software that can adapt in real time to market changes. The efficiency gain is tremendous.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

Boris is currently based in Vancouver, Canada and has been since 2002, after his own company, JustBooks, was acquired by AbeBooks. Really, its a precursor to product/market fit. You may know “the secret of the market,” a secret that is revealed by spending time on something. The internet makes this easy enough.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 11, 2018

3G: Opening Up the App Market. 3G emerged from the growth of the internet during the 1990s , which created a demand for mobile phones that could support both SMS texting and multimedia MMS transmission of image, sound and video files. One economic outgrowth of 3G was the explosion of the mobile app market.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2014

Right now, today, appearing in virtually every corner of the the internet you can be find my neighbor’s video along with thousands of others and witness one of the most successful, most impressive viral media campaigns of all time. Related posts: 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!).

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Nigeria itself is home to 170 million people, a figure that is expected to rise to 400 million by 2050, and the biggest market in Africa. This was a $33 billion market in Nigeria in 2012 in which the two biggest brick-and-mortar players had a combined market share of 0.9 Slowly overcoming its reputation. Here come the drones.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Unlike the endless stream of predictions that are about to come out, it’s an analysis of the spread between the public market and private company valuations. Rates have risen significantly in the last eighteen months, pulling capital out of the equity markets and into the fixed income markets.

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VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

The Internet made it easy to distribute cognitive games, and mobile devices meant they could be played anywhere. Neuroscience Solutions Corporation (founded in 2002 and rebranded to BrainHQ ), Lumosity (founded in 2005) and Fitbrains (2007, now a Rosetta Stone company) are the most well known examples of second wave cognitive gaming.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

We were all investing in Internet-related stuff at the end of the 1990s. Jerry and Fred had one of the most successful VC funds during this time period until the Internet bubble burst and blew us all up for a while. ” The market responded according to plan. 1/4 on the Nasdaq Stock Market.” Disney jumped $4.81

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David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

In 2000, the Internet bubble burst. By 2002 the NASDAQ had fallen by nearly 80%. The financial markets quickly gave up more than a trillion dollars. The market sucked until around 2010 when everyone and their sister decided they wanted to create an accelerator too. The market was back! Or even working for one?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Internet commerce technology has unleashed the capabilities of ordinary Americans to take matters into their own hands and craft—often literally—their own livelihoods. Between 2002 and 2012, enterprises with over 1000 employees lost over a 1 million employees. by Bill Clerico, CEO of WePay.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 14, 2018

Last night, at the Aspen Entrepreneurs event, I was asked to describe several failures and I rolled out my story about Interliant, which, for a period of time (1999 – 2000) appeared to be hugely successful before going bankrupt in 2002. A few days ago, Fred Wilson wrote a post titled Capitulation? on January 4, 2018.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The controlled decentralization of major industries has been dubbed a “socialist market” movement. This populace will also have a pent-up demand for goods and services, and an on-the-ground familiarity of market opportunities in these markets. Enter Modi.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

In addition to market concerns, I had the unique experience of working with Dan Nordstrom and the team at Nordstrom.com in August of 1999. ecommerce Internet retailing Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech Ecommerce Retailing Stitch Fix' and John Fleming, previously EVP of Walmart and CEO of Walmart.com. https://stitchfix.com/gifts.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The founder and CEO of Blinds.com – a leading Internet retailer of custom window treatments on the internet, specializing in blinds, shades, shutters and draperies – confesses that he was a jerk of a boss who used to terrorize his employees and micro-managed every detail of his business. Transformation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 8, 2016

” The first week of 2016 in the public markets has been an entertaining reminder of this. In 1998, when I started ending up with lots of shares in public Internet companies, I came up with a formulaic approach for any public equities that are distributed to me (either from our funds or other VC funds). Or a weekly basis.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. SALES & MARKETING. Online Marketing. Internet and Online Business. Bringing Innovation to Market. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. Finance | Tuesdays. Innovation | Fridays.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

In 2002 I became exposed to the idea of “agile software development&# and subsequently was a first round investor in Rally Software which is now the market leader in Agile application lifecycle management software. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Take a look: This full-day Master Class focuses on how to build a startup from the ground up to focus on customers, markets, and speed of iteration. We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C. We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. What will be covered in the full-day program?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve? Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. It’s a very tough decision to walk away from a senior role at what I consider one of the most successful tech companies of Internet era.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

This is why Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining became 3M in 2002 and why Kentucky Fried Chicken adopted KFC in 1991. A large portion of your company’s audience will find your business on the internet, making online research a smart place to begin testing business names. Make sure your naming extends beyond the local market.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2015

— Jane Moritz owns Challah Connection now, but previously founded her own direct marketing agency, DMTG, which she ran with her husband. Maybe a month or so before my second son was born, Josh was very unhappy in a job … at another direct marketing agency in (New York) city. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. … .

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Past (1985-2002). The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Cecelia did this in 2002 which makes me think of the chaos that was in my head as I continued to unwind the mess that was my world from the collapse of the Internet bubble. This piece is called (#984) Kimono Series #6 and is a collagraph monotype sized 22×30”.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2015

Social media (2002). Facebook boasts more than 600 million users, Twitter claims that people post 500 million tweets per day, and Instagram maintains that over 13% of all Internet users utilize their service. The most amazing thing of all? Photo: Wikipedia ).

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Established in 2002 and operated for the first few years from a small single bedroom at their mother’s home, Justin and Jason Korinek have managed to increase their turnover every year for the last 17 years… they are clearly doing something right! So much business is won and lost on the internet. Know Your Target Market.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!, He joined Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Scott Edward Walker

JULY 6, 2011

at 11:40) “[In 2002,] nobody would fund consumer … Meanwhile, I was raising money for one-and-a-half years unsuccessfully, sleeping on couches; I had to set-up a set of rules for myself how long I would freeload off any one individual.” There was no identity layer for the internet. at 20:52) “[Facebook] was a real long shot.

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Austin Startup

JULY 23, 2010

So why would you not think that internet retailers are interested in maximizing pricing as well? This financial commitment from our investors will help us capitalize on increased market demand, and accelerate our market lead.”. An item’s price is the price. Or both things could be happening. CrunchBase Information.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2012

From DeSantis : Investments in education-technology companies nationwide tripled in the last decade, shooting up to $429-million in 2011 from $146-million in 2002, according to the Na­tional Venture Capital Association. This isn’t the first ed-tech boom to crowd the market with companies whose names sound alike.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 23, 2010

but I don’t recall courses on internet strategy. On January 3, the adjunct professors will tackle their newest challenge: teaching 95 Booth students who have enrolled in the course, Building Internet Start-Ups: Risk, Reward, and Failure. That is a great opportunity for Booth students.

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Austin Startup

MAY 26, 2010

With more than three million domains hosted by the company, HostGator makes up approximately two percent of the world’s internet traffic. “We Because Austin is such a hot market, we felt comfortable investing in property for our company’s continued growth.”.

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