Feld Thoughts

APRIL 15, 2013

We funded the first TechStars program in Boulder in 2007 with $230,000. We ran the second program in 2008, expanded to Boston in 2009, and adopted a funding strategy for each local program which we continue to use to this day. Startup Communities accelerator global accelerator network government startup communities TechStars'

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Feedburner Network. Paperblog network.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

How about a person who moves here from Boston but keeps his Boston phone number on his SmartPhone and uses it to surf the web and order “software?” These are tricky but important details. At the other end of the size/complexity spectrum, it gets even worse. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5,

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 5, 2013

In 2007 Todd Davis, CEO of the identity theft protection company LifeLock, decided to pursue a great new marketing effort. The Cartoon Network is known as much for outrageous marketing as it is for outrageous content. cities, including several in various locations in Boston. Identity Theft Role Reversal. Aqua Teen Hunger Fail.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

We met through YEO in Boston in the early 1990s when we were each running our first company. When we started Foundry Group in 2007, we stated that we would invest in companies throughout the United States. My long standing relationship with Mike.

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

This is true not just for entirely new product categories like tablets, but even existing ones… smartphones had been around for 5+ years before the first gen iPhone launched in 2007 (remember Palm Treos and the original Blackberry phones?). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now. All of the companies but one were funded in NYC, with the other in Boston. A couple of years ago, I went to a networking event sponsored by a top tier VC firm.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The wealth and experience created in these companies propelled Silicon Valley further ahead of its global competitors as the easiest place to found a startup, and Boston, the only meaningful competing start-up centre, fell by the wayside. When the cost to start a company fell dramatically things started to change.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Besides the financial benefits that sharing space provides, coworking offers access to networking and communities that can be invaluable to any new or growing business. Since 2007 it’s helped find, fund, and nurture technology companies out of its 65,000 square foot workspace in downtown’s Lyric Opera building. Merchandise Mart Plaza.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 20, 2011

Michael Port Called “an uncommonly honest author&# by the Boston Globe and a “marketing guru&# by The Wall Street Journal, Michael Port is a New York Times Bestselling author of four bestselling books including Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Booked Solid, The Contrarian Effect and The Think Big Manifesto.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. The same applies to cities.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 14, 2013

Were you surprised that the Boston Marathon bombers were caught on video? 2007, “It’s one of the ironies of modern life that cooking shows and books are so hugely popular when much of the time we eat on the move or settle down in front of the TV with a microwaved frozen dinner. You shouldn’t have been.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. In fact, only 13% of VCs investing in the US are based in NYC. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2008

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← A Squeeze On Boston Venture Valuations Geek Quotes → How Much Is A Free Customer Worth? ← A Squeeze On Boston Venture Valuations Geek Quotes → Comments are closed. Bookmark the permalink.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. In fact, only 13% of VCs investing in the US are based in NYC.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 20, 2011

Michael Port Called “an uncommonly honest author&# by the Boston Globe and a “marketing guru&# by The Wall Street Journal, Michael Port is a New York Times Bestselling author of four bestselling books including Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Booked Solid, The Contrarian Effect and The Think Big Manifesto.

Small Business 35

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Altgate

DECEMBER 27, 2008

Although, I confess that in 2008 I’ve gotten my 15 minutes of fame by getting on the front page of the BBJ , a mention by Wolf Blitzer on CNN, an article in Wired and a few blurbs in the Boston Globe , among others. I did my first post in 2005 and my second post in 2007. I recently installed Lijit and am loving it.

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Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

  For example, I included TheFunded which is not a single author blog but rather a feed from a members-only network of entrepreneurs and I included Marc Andreesson who has great stuff on his blog but he just hasn't written anything new in a while.   In compiling the list I made several exceptions. 

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aweissman.com

APRIL 30, 2007

Apr 30, 2007. Some comments on Carmun from around the world today: Networking aims beyond facebooks: Boston Globe New Resource Rating and Sharing site: Out of the Jungle Carmun: Helpful Student Tool or Evil Conspiracy -- Connecting the Dots. skip to main | skip to sidebar. aweissman.com. Maximizing the serendipity around you.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

" Mies van der Rohe » October 03, 2007. Zipcar, the Boston-based local car sharing service, began in exactly that way. Zipcar, the Boston-based local car sharing service, began in exactly that way. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Google Ads.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. The funds with sophisticated non-venture center outbound origination programs were almost all able to raise funds equal or larger than their preceding fund in the economically challenging period 2007-2010.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 2011

Broadcom provides system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. Limelight Networks Inc. Limelight Networks, Inc. Limelight Networks, Inc. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

Here in Boston the same dynamic as Silicon Valley has been afoot… at least in the software/internet sphere, the majority of startups have migrated from the suburban loop of Rt 128 back into the urban core of Boston & Cambridge. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Could we have built the first college-based social network five years before Facebook ? Im confident of that last statement, because I made the same mistake again a few years later, when I won an award in 2007. Maybe, but the thought never even entered our minds. Take a look and let me know what you think. Amazon PostRank

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. This was a really fun episode for me because Mo is informed and knowledgeable on so many topics and being a Boston / NYC VC it gave us so much to talk about relative to just covering California VCs.

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thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

Mikhail is now the Associate Director of Product at Merchantry, an e-commerce merchant network, after being introduced to the co-founders by someone he met while at ClickFacts. I flew out from Seattle, where I lived, to Boston to Paul’s lecture on the back of his essay,” Phil tells me.

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Transformify

MARCH 4, 2018

Not only one of the leading temporary staffing agencies but also among the women-owned businesses in Boston. Having 70 000+ employees in 60+ countries, Adecco is also a member of National Minority Supplier Development Council, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, and Elite Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business Network.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The strategies are: understand your buyers and create great content to reach those buyers, and reach them in real time using social networks and things like newsjacking. John Jantsch: Yeah, I mean … It’s not in … 2007, spring of 2007 Duct Tape Marketing came out, first edition, and I did not cover social media.

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