Feld Thoughts

JULY 25, 2013

I spent a year on the Dean campaign Web Team during the presidential campaign of 2004. You will remember this work, your time on The Frontier, for the rest of your life. We lost the campaign badly , but we won a major battle on The Frontier of Global Politics in the age of the Internet.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

We’ve had success when we give a “taste” of the content in the newsletter, then drive them to a site or blog for the rest of the story. Get People TO Your Content If you’re writing a great email newsletter and you’ve lured them in with your snappy subject line, good for you! If you find content on Facebook interesting, click the Like link.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi. 5 Steps to Successful Fac. Currently Facebook boasts somewhere in excess of 400 mi.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). conference happened at the end of 2004). The rest, as they say, is history. We ultimately had a good outcome with our Series A but I assure you it required some hard work and we faced plenty of skepticism. ″ is popularized by Tim O’Reilly (the first Web 2.0

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

Whilst teaching 16-18-year-old college students part-time, I had taken on a Flash website build in mid-2004 for a highly-reputed jewelry company in Bristol, UK, referred to me by a friend, and done a good job, other website opportunities started to come in. It's safe to say I've never looked back! Thanks to Mariah Althoff. #20-

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). The key takeaway is that it seems like the top of the pack is moving further away from the rest, and the power law is increasing. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages?

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). The key takeaway is that it seems like the top of the pack is moving further away from the rest, and the power law is increasing. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. I was an early investor in a company called Harmonics which ended creating Guitar Hero … that got bought by Activision and then the rest of the company got bought by MTV and they created RockBand. “. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. Your brand is your reputation – that intangible thing that determines whether your customers trust you above the rest. You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right? In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

In 2004, Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman launched Reddit. If you have good experience then the VC will be leaning forward for the rest of the presentation.”. If your investor is a match with your industry, believe it or not, the next most important thing is YOU and your TEAM. Market Share and a Competitive Advantage. “We

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 15, 2013

Tweet During the dot com boom around the year 2000, and the years that followed it (this was before I started blogging in 2004), I was a guy in his early twenties looking for a business idea to make my riches with online.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

The memories I have of Joel on Software , especially from 2001-2004, run deep. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Surely you’ve heard the news by now. Joel Spolsky is going to wrap-up his blog on its 10-year anniversary, just a few days from now. Love live the king. Check out my book Like this post?

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David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

One in 2004 and one in 2006. For the rest of our lives, we’ll all remember this global pandemic that changed everything. The financial markets quickly gave up more than a trillion dollars. Travel, insurance, and similar industries took huge hits. Sudden change. I started more new companies. One worked, one didn’t. Sudden change.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 21, 2014

When I started blogging in 2004, it was all about transparency. ” Whenever I hear that, I automatically insert the word “not” in between “I’m” and the rest of the phrase. Authenticity has once again become a trendy word. Fred Wilson led the way and I happily followed.

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Software By Rob

JULY 13, 2010

If you want to read the manifesto and don’t want to bother with the rest of this post, simply go here and click “Yes, please write this manifesto.&# Background The idea for ChangeThis came from Seth Godin, and the site was built by a group of talented developers in 2004. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). The key takeaway is that it seems like the top of the pack is moving further away from the rest, and the power law is increasing. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2013

The rest is just digital noise. min magazine named her one of the “Most Intriguing People” of 2004, Gotham magazine named her one of its “40 under 40” in 2003, and Advertising Age named her a “Woman to Watch” in 2003. Otherwise, you’re just wasting time and ticking people off (which, for brands, means potentially losing customers).

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2014

” You now can do whatever you want with the rest of your life. We figured we could easily live for the rest of our life on consulting income and what we’d managed to save, even if none of the angel investments I was making turned into anything.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 15, 2012

He was named Australian Entrepreneur of the Year back in 2004 and has written a stack of books on… Read the rest of this entry » Justin has made tens of millions of dollars in the clothing business , having launched his first brand, Attitude , with just $50 to his name.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 16, 2018

I got involved shortly after it was founded in 2004 and became the board chair in 2005 (which I served as until I resigned all my non-profit board positions at the end of last year.) Scott, Google, and the rest of your team at Google Boulder – THANK YOU!

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JULY 23, 2012

Congratulations to Martin, Steve, Rob, Alan, JJ, Paul, Denis and the entire Nicira team – for me, and the rest of the Lightspeed team, it’s truly a privilege to have been a part of the effort where an entrepreneurial team realizes a vision and begins to transform an industry.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2012

No longer do people join a company and devote the rest of their working lives to it. After a rest, Shackleton and two of his men hiked and climbed across treacherous mountains to a whaling station, where Shackleton procured a ship and sailed to rescue his comrades. by Jeremy Kingsley , president of OneLife Leadership.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. Part of the deal was bringing in a new CEO, Richard Rosenblatt.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The rest will follow. Not only is it an optimistic call to action, but it reminds us that the greatest ability to shape our days rests not with technology but from within. There’s an expression: “Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.” So I would say to both an entrepreneur and early investor, let your genius free.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Backups should occur automatically so the latest version of the information is available at all times and sensitive files should be encrypted both at rest and in transit to secure against hackers looking to take advantage of companies in a vulnerable position.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 20, 2011

We do this once a month and have committed to each other to try to do this every month for the rest of our lives. Over the next four years, I worked closely with Charlie and his partners at The Feld Group as they built the company before selling it to EDS in 2004. For the first 25 years of my life we weren’t that close.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 30, 2011

The key, of course, to unlocking this constraint rests in the organization’s ability to document how and why everything is done through the vision and receptors of the owner. jepoirrier via Flickr It’s not that the owner’s thinking is flawed, it’s that most of knowledge, mission, vision and basic how to do stuff stays locked up there.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. In 2004, investors regained interest in the consumer internet again.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

It was fall 2004, and the presidential election was in full swing. If we don't get a certain amount of signups on that splash page, we don't develop the rest of the site becuase they will not have any customer. Hopefully that will take some of the sting out of the fact that you had to engage in a little trickery.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 20, 2011

Over the past 25 years, I have sold many millions of dollars worth of products and services using that approach. It’s a super-effective, low pressure and extremely enjoyable way to do business. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Because while having a Web site is great, taking the steps you need to build your promotional army to help you GROW that site is even better. Otherwise, yeah, nice Web site, dude. No one cares. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Attend the Living Gluten Free lecture at the Atlanta Whole Foods Market If all of this sounds like too much work, you could always revert back to the standard marketing practice of optimistic business owners: stare at your phone and pray it will ring. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2013

And analyzing the results in the 2004 Olympics, researchers have found that red also means dominance. They examined boxing, taekwondo, Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling, basically all of the one-one-one sports in the 2004 Olympics. Similar tendencies were found in the 2004 European Soccer Championship. Red means hot.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

If you want to continue to get found online, you need to generate a constant flow of fresh, remarkable content. The good news is: inbound marketing success is relative to the size of your brain, not the size of your wallet, so the possibilities are endless! Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 4, 2011

Gideon and I talked about taking on 100 members as a base level of “success&# , where we would be happy to continue to build the course (we launched with about 10% to 20% of the course complete, as per my launch formula, the rest we built along with the first group of members). I look forward to seeing you as one of our new members.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

Then within the ebook, have a secondary offer that requires registration that you can use to capture leads. A secondary offer might be a Webinar or free trial or something else of value. This hybrid approach will both spread your ideas and generate leads! Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

In 2004 I was a part-time flight attendant with a 10-year-old son living in Los Angeles. in December of 2004 with just our one little product, and by the end of 2005 we had sold 1 million Finders Key Purse(r). Thanks to Rob Golden, ReST ! #26-After I guess you could say the rest was history. 12- I needed to pay my rent!

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