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Mattermark – An Example of How We Decide to Invest

Feld Thoughts

At some point, Seth and I had the look I referred to at the beginning of this post. This kicked me in the ass very, very hard between 2001 and 2004. While it didn’t make me cynical, I calibrated my filters as I slogged through three more very long years between 2004 and 2007.

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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

This is evident in the widespread use of Jugaad, a Hindi term that refers to improvised or makeshift solutions. The Renault Logan , released in 2004, is a prime example of frugal innovation. In recent years, however, frugal innovation has also gained traction in developed countries. The Renault Logan.

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What Just Happened

Feld Thoughts

2004 was the beginning of what I now refer to as “the grind,” which ended for me around 2007. I was wrong, and then 9/11 happened, and then Enron and Worldcom happened, and business kept getting worse. 2001 was a dreadful year for me. 2002 sucked, but it wasn’t as dreadful. But it still sucked. 2003 was hard.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founding Date: 2004. Only 7% of the search queries are performed by users referred by search engines, meaning Kayak’s brand is very strong and they continue to build it ($39M spent in 2010 on brand advertising, nearly $92M in total marketing spend). round closed in June 2004. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004.

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We Don’t Talk Enough About Money In Silicon Valley, Revisited

Hunter Walker

In a Slack channel for former employees called Giraffe Money — an apparent reference to wealth that can support casual giraffe ownership — many anticipated their windfalls by sharing links, mostly in jest, to absurdly expensive home listings and boats, one former employee said.

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Mentors 6/18: The Best Mentor Relationships Eventually Become Two-Way

Feld Thoughts

I referred to him as Uncle Charlie the other day in my post From Punch Cards to Implants. The Feld Group grew rapidly during this time period until it was acquired in 2004 by EDS. Len’s 82 and I’m 48, so he’s definitely the mentor and I’m the mentee in the relationship.

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The Evolution Of The Podcast

Duct Tape Marketing

He is a podcast advertising specialist, and he founded the Tech Podcast Network in 2004. He's a podcast advertising specialist and also founded the tech podcast network way back in the dinosaur days of podcasting 2004. That was the one they started in 2004. So Todd, welcome to the show. So you're right there with me.

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