Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

On Monday I was at the White House to help announce the Startup America Partnership. For an awesome description of Startup America, please read Aneesh Chopra’s (the United States CTO) post on TechCrunch titled Startup America: A Campaign To Celebrate, Inspire And Accelerate Entrepreneurship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Fight for More Government and Policy Support: Small businesses now believe they have played a key role in the U.S. economic recovery, but in spite of, rather than assisted by, support from the federal government. A healthy manufacturing sector, likely to gain even more strength in 2015, is creating an impetus to invest.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 13, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Tell us about the startup ecosystem there. This has created a natural ecosystem of technology startups, investors, and services.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Are lean innovation and the Startup Way a failure in large companies?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

In 2018, Canada had a record-low unemployment rate and as a result we are seeing more companies, startups and online-based businesses dedicated to serving the niche-jobs industry. Since 2015, the rising interest abroad continues to contribute to steady growth. This generated $16 billion in annual revenues in 2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Now there are dozens of online equity portals, including WeFunder and Microventures , already geared up to help regular people buy equity in a startup, without qualifying as an accredited investor. Lack of checks and balances on startup valuations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Now there are dozens of online equity portals, including WeFunder and Microventures , already geared up to help regular people buy equity in a startup, without qualifying as an accredited investor. Lack of checks and balances on startup valuations.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Auckland-based startup Niesh, which has developed a student discount platform, is on a rapid growth trajectory and has had to decide if it should grow locally, or prioritise opportunities overseas. We are sharing common objectives to support startups and contribute to GDP. This could offer a competitive advantage when they do expand.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Bullish in this space since 2015 I see the air cover in place for institutions and private wealth managers to now take the plunge. Startups pave the way for in person only monthly, quarterly, or bi-annually and large corps have 2 day a week in offices. Startups are more likely to pay mercenaries with expertise (like me!)

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2015

Every investor in your startup, even friends and family, normally expects a share of your company (equity), which means your return for all your effort goes down quickly. Funding is a seemingly never-ending task for startups, so make sure all your research, business plan work and execution plans will work in either environment.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. It was adopted by the National Institutes of Health as I-Corps at NIH in 2014 and at the National Security Agency in 2015. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. I’m sure people said similar things to Heather when she joined as our CEO. We remain steadfast in our commitment to continuing to increase all of the above.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

We have also been selected to be part of the official Hamburg Startups Delegation to SXSW (though our headquarters are in London, one of our investors is from Germany). We also won second place at the Startups@Reeperbahn Festival 2017 in Hamburg, Germany, which we are really proud of. Same in startup world, keep working on the product.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

As a company, we participated in 2017 in the Startup areas and we were also a part of the Team Quebec’s exhibit. Many of us have known each other for more than 10 years but the company was founded in 2015 and that’s when we all started coming together again?—?the What are your favorite parts of the startup experience?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 22, 2015

A massive rain storm blew through San Francisco in the middle of last year’s Lean Startup Conference. These community-led experiences were so much fun -- and became a source of such serendipitous, fruitful connections -- that we’ve decided to iterate on the idea for the 2015 conference and make it a core part of our program.

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The Next Web

JULY 18, 2013

If you think about the UK tech startup scene, London’s Tech City in the east of town will probably jump to mind. But look a little closer and you’d realize that while most focus goes on the Silicon Roundabout area of the city, there are other parts of the capital, and country, with a burgeoning startup scene. To the future.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Here are some the places that entrepreneurs world over, might do well to start a business in, in 2015. ” Austin features a government-sponsored small business development program, and a reputable university business incubator. Are you planning to start a business in 2015? Download our free eBook: Business Startup Guide.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2020

As part of The Startup Magazine Female Founder series , we sat down with award-winning entrepreneur Elizabeth Colón. We partner with healthcare organizations, government services, and corporations nationally to proactively enable growth through proper compliance, improved communication, and increase human connection. Elizabeth Colón.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. What would a startup team look like based on this data only? Lagos, a Nigerian port city, is the home of more than 60 startups focused on solving social problems. What would a startup team look like based on this data only?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

As CEO of Quintessence Group, Melinda educates entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies on subjects including small business startup, business development, and social media marketing. You got to understand that and be okay with that and not go through some melodramatic midlife crisis because you’re working in a struggling startup business.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

I started Good Dog Labs in early 2014 and a year later I officially became a co-founder with the on-boarding of my brother Dino in 2015. More importantly I want to share what I have learned, my expertise, and the opportunity I had back to the Austin tech and startup community. You can also reach me at giovanny.pietro@gmail.com.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2016

500 Startups announced their $10 Vietnam fund in March , while FPT Ventures has a Seed Fund and Golden Gate Ventures maintains a rep focused on Vietnam. Another Vietnamese government arm, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), published their intention to launch a VC fund in 2015. Vietnam’s promising start-up ecosystem.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2015

What follows is a guest post by Kirsten Cluthe, the new Editorial Director of The Lean Startup Conference. With a career that’s spanned from the music industry to General Electric to the Olympics, Kirsten brings deep event programming experience to the Lean Startup team. What is your Lean Startup story? Now, we turn to you.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2014

Transforming an innovative idea into a commercially viable business is no small feat for any startup — let alone one competing in the biotechnology industry. Although it’s a tightly regulated field with high barriers to entry, current market trends give a promising prognosis for startups probing this field. Know the key players.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Governments everywhere are looking for ways to increase border security without making the border crossing process more onerous for both the passengers and the people responsible for security. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) started testing systems using facial recognition at Dulles Airport in back in 2015.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2020

The following is reprinted by The Startup Magazine with permission of author Henry S. Your organization could be a corporation, department or division, partnership, small business, government body, association, educational institution, charity or other organized entity. He served as SmithBucklin President & CEO from 2002 to 2015.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 27, 2014

There are four panels that I’m part of for 2015’s event and if you had a moment to click on over and vote for our submissions, it would be great. Building Gender Balanced Startups. How Your Startup Can Win The New VC And M&A Game. For the last decade, local has been considered the next frontier for startups.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

The quickest and cheapest way to startup an online casino. This next level will also require that you work with government regulators. The government will not allow you to conduct your business without a license. The startup websites are now fully developed, and they are functioning properly. It made £1.5bn in 2015.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 9, 2015

On March 16, I''ve promised to talk about " Everything Eric Ries Has Learned Since 2011 " - the ways the Lean Startup movement has grown and transformed since I published The Lean Startup. Hypergrowth pre-IPO tech startups? Massive government bureaucracies? Three guys working on a garage on a new app? Small business?

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 17, 2017

Engine Advocacy , Y Combinator , and Techstars are organizing a letter opposing these actions, signed by startups, investors, accelerators, incubators, and entrepreneurs. Help us send a message from startups and entrepreneurs that his rumored action to undermine net neutrality is not ok. Congress is lining up behind him.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Change agents inside a corporation or government agency know how to build consensus and be a rebel at work. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Don Burke has worked 24+ years in the Federal government.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A look at some telling statistics show a litany of challenges—along with business opportunities for solutions: 32 states reported that there more than 59,000,000 total Medicaid NEMT trips between 2015 to 2018, for issues related to behavioral health, dialysis, preventative care, and specialist care. ADA-compliant vans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2015

Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out. Make sure the government waits for a stock sale to collect taxes. Retain the right to reclaim stock from anyone leaving the startup. In the U.S., Key founder vesting should have no cliff.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

See Also: Business Startup Checklist. Do you qualify for any government economic programs or incentives? See Also: Estimating Realistic Startup Costs. See Also: 20 Business Laws Every Entrepreneur Should Know in 2015. As a tech startup, it was paramount for us to be located in what is called ‘The Silicon Roundabout.’

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2016

In fact, the latest figures show that crowdfunding has already grown to over $30 billion in 2015, exceeding the amounts contributed by either angel groups or VCs alone. In 2015, the new Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Have you ever wondered what professional startup investors think about all this? Risk is increased.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 16, 2019

I’ve been working on the Startup Visa since I first wrote about it 2009 in my post The Founders Visa Movement. After a decade, it’s clear that our federal government has broadly failed us on this front. In 2015, I announced the Global EIR initiative to try something different.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2017

One startup in particular, Descartes Labs , is already doing this. Something that has the potential to save thousands of lives by allowing governments to prepare for coming food shortages. Another startup, Oslo based Iris.AI On top of these three startups, there is so much more than can, and has been achieved with AI technology.

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