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The Mother Of All Demos

Feld Thoughts

I was talking to a friend last week about demos. She mentioned the Steve Jobs iPhone demo from 2007 and I referred to Doug Engelbart’s Mother of All Demos from 1968. She hadn’t heard of it, or him, which wasn’t that surprising since she was born at least 15 years after Englebart’s canonical demo.

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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. For investors life is no different.

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The R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator, Powered by Techstars

Feld Thoughts

We’ve been investing in this area since we started Foundry Group in 2007 through our human computer interaction theme and recently added an investment in Dragon Innovation into the mix. It’s super exciting to me to do an accelerator program specifically around connected devices with Techstars.

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Hands On Demo With Oblong In Washington, DC

Feld Thoughts

We invested in them in 2007 when they were four people building on the incredible research and ideas of John Underkoffler. If you are in the Washington DC area and want to see a live demo, email me.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights. Visionary CEOs don’t need someone else to demo the company’s key products for them.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights. Visionary CEOs don’t need someone else to demo the company’s key products for them.

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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

Feld Thoughts

His most recent company, Filtrbox, participated in the inaugural Techstars class (Techstars Boulder 2007) and was a win for all parties involved; Filtrbox was acquired in 2010 by Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE). Eventually early product demos start happening but they’re rough and the product looks very alpha.

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