Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

We met through YEO in Boston in the early 1990s when we were each running our first company. Before making a decision to invest, we talked to each member of our advisory board to get their feedback. Their feedback, as one would hope from an advisory board, was direct, clear, and ultimately supportive.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Establish a customer advisory board. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Let them connect with each other, but also with you. Amazon PostRank

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

It would be great if we could have a sort of advisory board, and we ended up inviting five other people, that happened to be from all over the country, that also have software companies, to a joint meeting in Las Vegas that we were going to spend a day talking about our businesses. We thought exactly the same thing.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2016

Globally, the Boston Consulting Group reports millennials and non-millennials spend about the same amount of time online, but millennials are more likely to use the Internet as a platform to broadcast their thoughts and experiences, as well as contributing user-generated content.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 18, 2005

Given my travel schedule of late, I decided to go to Linuxworld in Boston for a day and follow Demo from many of the bloggers like Jeff Nolan. According to Reflective and NIST (full disclosure I am an advisory board member) it costs less than $0.10 The post Linuxworld Boston appeared first on BeyondVC.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2009

pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. With accompanying slides: Continuous Deployment View more presentations from TimothyFitz. Amazon PostRank

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We can now look to extensive research from academia and analyst firms ( Harvard Business Review , Boston Consulting Group , Forbes , Deloitte ) showing that more diverse and inclusive companies are more profitable.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

should the test subjects be part of the customer advisory board? Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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The Startup Toolkit

JULY 20, 2012

If that person was to join your advisory board, would it change your answer? Barcelona or Boston? Was it spent answering that question? What about yesterday? If you could have an undisturbed lunch with any person currently living, who could be most helpful? Who can we introduce you to? What are you going to do next?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Don't forget that Facebook started in a Boston dorm room. Make an advisory board, and this is a chance to get some important mentors on board. Photo Credit: Lachlan de Crespigny. In my opinion, it's tempting to want your product to be the next instant global brand, but you need to remember to start small.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Why vanity metrics are dangerous ► November (1) ▼ October (7) A real Customer Advisory Board Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Each cycle was punctuated by a meeting of our Business Advisory Board (BAB). Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Heres what it looked like.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Advisory Board. Baptiste , a new writer at OnStartups and local Boston entrepreneur. You Negotiate Commodities, But You Seize Opportunities - Steve Blank , September 16, 2010 It took losing something important to understand the difference between a commodity and an opportunity. Carpe Diem. What Does a CEO Do, Anyway?

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www.collegemogul.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

For additional advice, I recommend reading " Finding a Technical Partner for your Startup ), by Daniel Kehoe, a CTO Consultant, who was kind enough to hear my struggles out and offered advice suggesting that we should supplement our current Advisory Board with a Technical Advisor. Starting a company while being a student is tough.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Why vanity metrics are dangerous ► November (1) ▼ October (7) A real Customer Advisory Board Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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San Francisco Architecture Lean Continuous Deployment 133

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Why vanity metrics are dangerous ► November (1) ▼ October (7) A real Customer Advisory Board Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

While people think a Southern drawl is smooth, and a Boston accent is “so Boston”, unfortunately you’re going to be judged harshly (and quietly) based on how you speak. Jeanne Sullivan , co-founder, StarVest Partners, strongly recommends creating an advisory board, especially in the early days.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Why vanity metrics are dangerous ► November (1) ▼ October (7) A real Customer Advisory Board Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 111

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Why vanity metrics are dangerous ► November (1) ▼ October (7) A real Customer Advisory Board Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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San Francisco Customer Wiki Lean 144