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As a side note if you’ve never been to Alaska it is truly one of the most beautiful, spectacular and awe-inspiring places I’ve visited. So we’re off to Alaska. Why does everybody always ask that when you tell them you’re going to Alaska?!? Like many people these days, I spent much of my 20’s and early 30’s thinking about work & fun and not too much about “the future.” MORE
I met the co-founder Laura Oden when I was in Anchorage last month to speak at the Accelerate Alaska event. When you think of Alaska, you probably do not think of it as a popular location for producing shoes. While Alaska is not a shoe capital, it is now headquarters to a shoe company addressing a global problem. I love origin stories that link to Techstars, and this one combines Techstars, Alaska, women-entrepreneurs, and shoes that I’m loving. MORE
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Missouri is our fourth state to go live following Massachusetts, Colorado, and Alaska. On September 15, 2016, UMSL Accelerate joined the Global EIR network and began taking applications for its international accelerator program, Gateway Accelerate. Today is the last day to apply , so if you are considering it, don’t wait. The goal of this program is to contribute to St. MORE
Amy and I have been in Homer, Alaska for the last ten days. Places alaska homerAbove is the view from the parking lot at the ocean in Anchor Point , which is literally “the end of the road on the western side of the US.” ” Amy grew up here and it’s one of the places I go when I want to get some distance from everything. When we started coming here in the mid-1990s together, we’d literally have to disconnect in a lot of the places we hung out at. MORE
There are some good gardening ones in the agriculture category) Free Sample Site (another site that keeps updated free sample lists for you) Free Beautiful Alaska Travel Book 40 Free Prints from York Photo (sign up and put them in your account while the deal is still good) Related articles Thirteen Freebies Top Five Freebie Offers Top Five Free Deals. Some of these have a limit so if the link no longer works then the freebie is gone (I will try to keep up with the broken links). MORE
Amy and I have been up at our house in Homer, Alaska for the last two weeks. Tags: Work-Life Balance alaska homer We try to spent every July up here – something we’ve tried to do every year for the past decade (we missed in 2007 and 2009.) MORE
Places alaska polar bearJust foreshadowing. We are going to the edge of the United States to see them. Experiencing this puts a lot of things in perspective for me. And, happy birthday mom. The post Ursus Maritimus appeared first on Feld Thoughts. MORE
But you can never really take the girl out of Alaska. 20 years. Just amazing. You are my favorite person on this planet. Here are some pictures from the past 20 years. Fashion has clearly never been my strong sense. Fortunately, my t-shirts are rubbing off on you. And your class and grace is rubbing off on me. And one never really does leave Wellesley, does one? And some things never change. I love you. The post Happy 20th Anniversary Amy appeared first on Feld Thoughts. MORE
I was at a Nima board meeting today and was asked by a new friend on the team about my link to Homer, Alaska. The post Homer, Alaska and the Super Bowl appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Places alaska homer mcdonaldsAfter a brief explanation, I said “McDonald’s made Homer famous around some Super Bowl by making a completely inappropriate TV ad there.” ” I couldn’t remember the year – I thought it was in the 1980s somewhere. It was 1990. MORE
When I opened my daily folder, a beautiful picture of an Aurora Over Alaska graced the front page of APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). Just another reason to love Alaska. Tags: Alaska alaska apod MORE
Ever since reading Jack London, I’ve wanted to go to Alaska. Looks like July is the time to go as its Alaska Startup week and there are events throughout the state, from lean startup workshops to pitch competitions. 2017 is the Year of Innovation in Alaska. From Naomi Klauda at the Alaska Journal of Commerce : The seasonal cycle featured the Innovation Summit in Juneau Feb. 15-16, the online Alaska Business Model Competition Feb. MORE
You can also forget about Alaska. Real Estate Alaska Colorado costs Delaware Education entrepreneurs growth journey launch Location Missouri moving opportunities Silicon Valley Startups unemployment rates workforce MORE
Alaska had a plan like this in effect for 36 years with the oil dividend. The Republican governor of Alaska in 1982 asked people of Alaska, ‘who would you rather get the money: the government, who is just going to screw it up? Or you, the people of Alaska?’, and the people of Alaska said, ‘uh us please’. Exploring The Everyday is an interview series exploring interesting individuals or companies who are trying to make an impact on the lives of everyday people. MORE
July in Alaska helps (although this summer has a fun, European twist). It’s Sunday morning. Take a deep breath. It’s summer time. Go for a walk. Or a run. Play with your family. Take a nap this afternoon. Read a book. Go to a movie. Chill. Last week, I had two close friends tell me some version of “I’m too busy.&# One insightfully said “I have no time these days. I’m doing too much.&# MORE
Her family are our neighbors in Homer, Alaska and we’ve known Jessica since she was 12. Amy and I collect contemporary art. We often make friends with the artists who we collect. Occasionally people who are our friends become artists. Jessica Schallock fits into this category. We’ve been friends with Jessica for a decade. We’ve watched, with much joy, as she’s grown into an amazingly talented young women. One of those talents is art. MORE
I’ve got a two board meeting day tomorrow ( Impinj and Gist ) as I gear up to head to Alaska for the month of July. After a long and awesome day in Seattle ending with a great dinner with the BigDoor board at Emmer & Rye , I came back to my room and watched Episode 6 of this year’s TechStars Founders video serious. It was about the TechStars reunion event and included scenes from the world’s largest Ignite event as well as some beautiful Boulder pictures. MORE
During one of the long conversations we had at the time about our future, we started talking about calling it quits and moving to Homer, Alaska. We didn’t know anyone there and I didn’t have any business there, but it was a lot more centrally located in the US than Homer, Alaska. After moving to Boulder, we continued to spend a few weeks in Alaska each summer. It feels like coming home to be back in Alaska. Life alaska anchorage homer MORE
If you live in New Jersey, Alaska or California, you can expect to earn a better living than locksmiths in other states. If you believe the locksmith profession has more to do with the past than the future, then you couldn’t be more wrong! MORE
Amy and I ordinarily spend the month of July at our house in Homer, Alaska. We decided to do it this summer and we turned our month in Alaska into two months in Europe. Rosabeth Moss Kanter has an excellent post up on the HBR Blog titled Should Leaders Go on Vacation? Recently, I’ve seen plenty of commentary in the popular press (especially Fox News articles) about the inappropriateness of leaders taking vacation. MORE
The awesome Alaska Brown Bear above is the photo I used (from an Alaska trip in 2004) and it’s now hanging on the wall in my office next to my couch. If you walk in my office, you’ll notice a lot of art on the walls. Amy and I are huge art collectors and are always on a quest for new and beautiful things. MORE
Wasilla, Alaska. Most famous for being headquarters for the Iditarod Sled-dog race, Wasilla is also the home of Alaska’s most visible celebrity, former 2008 Vice-Presidential hopeful and governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. Wasilla, Alaska is actually more business oriented than most people (including me) realize. It’s also one of six hubs for Alaska’s Small Business Development Centers and the fastest growing city in Alaska. MORE
He believes using the Surge strategy will help him since he is in a hyper niched business in Alaska and is struggling to grow. Greg and his wife Kim have been operating Magpie Clothing Exchange as a storefront in Palmer Alaska, and online worldwide since 2014. Greg is lifelong entrepreneur with a small 25 year break between projects, and lead vocalist of Alaska’s most middle aged punk band. Also Available On. Show Summary. MORE
On the summer solstice in 1993 we went to the top of Ester Dome in Fairbanks, Alaska and exchanged vows. Amy and I have been married for 18 years. Earlier that day we went to Pay ‘n Save and bought our wedding rings (I think we got six for $1.99). I wrote the word “vows&# on a piece of paper twice, tore it in half, and gave one of the vows to Amy to give to me when we got to the top. MORE
While I have a house in Alaska, I never lived there (that’s where Amy grew up.). Did you know that 28.5714% of the partners at Foundry Group are Texans? Recently, I was asked if I consider myself a Texan. I answered that I grew up in Texas, live in Colorado, was born in Arkansas, and went to school in Massachusetts. I hadn’t really thought about this before I answered the question. While Massachusetts was very good to me, I never felt at home living in Boston or Cambridge. MORE
The more adventurous will move to Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming. January 3, 2020, seems like a very long time ago. That day, I wrote a post titled The Future Of Work Is Distributed. MORE
For example, hiring the most experienced criminal defense lawyer near Anchorage Alaska gives you access to this perspective, which can actually get you out of the fix. MORE
A week ago I had just gotten home after a month in Homer, Alaska. I was totally chilled out – I worked plenty in July but had very little physical human interaction with anyone other than Amy. I’m sitting here in my Boulder condo today thinking about the entrepreneurial tour de force that was the last six days. I think I interacted with more different people each day than I did cumulatively over the previous 30 days in Homer. MORE
For much of the last decade, Amy and I have spent the month of July at our house in Homer, Alaska. Amy grew up in Alaska and I have a great love of the place. Every year when we head to Alaska, many people who don’t know us that well say “have a great vacation.&# We’ve built one month away each year in a different location into our annual rhythm which we’ve come to treasure as a key part of our lives. We are trying something different this year. MORE
Amy and I just funded all of the unfunded DonorsChoose projects in Alaska as part of the annual DonorsChoose #BestSchoolDay event. In all of the Alaska projects, Aspect Ventures matched our donation. Amy grew up in Alaska and we have a house in Homer, which is what motivated us to support Alaska this year on #BestSchoolDay. The post Funding All Projects on DonorsChoose in Alaska appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Philanthropy #BestSchoolDay alaska donorschoose MORE
Alaska provides an exception for commercial fishermen. by Veronica Baxter. Perhaps. Statutory workers’ compensation laws are particular to each state, but in general, businesses having employees that are not large enough to self-insure must carry workers’ comp insurance. MORE
While I was swimming that since I was going to be in Alaska for July, I’d just bring my MacBook, my iPhone, and my iPad. Ross (my IT guy) bet me $100 that I’d beg him to ship my Windows desktop to me within a few days of getting to Alaska. My post yesterday titled Rethinking The Laptop resulted in three very specific pieces of feedback followed by me taking one specific action. The feedback was: Dump Outlook. Get a solid state drive. Get a Mac. MORE
2 years – Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado (3 years for car accidents); Connecticut; Delaware; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Minnesota; Nevada; New Jersey; Ohio, Oklahoma; Oregon; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia; . MORE
Kaktovik lies at the far northern edge of Alaska’s North Slope region, about 640 miles north of Anchorage (and almost 400 north of Fairbanks). From what I could gather the town in large part exists because of the stipends that Inupiat receive from the Alaska Native Corporation (royalties received from the US government; payback in the government’s mind for stealing their lands generations ago). Current Affairs alaska kaktovik polar bears MORE
Amy grew up in Alaska and we have a house there so I just went and funded all the book projects in Alaska. Amy and I love to read. Growing up, one of my favorite places in the world was the hammock in our backyard with a book. As an adult, one of my favorite places is our living room, on my couch, with Amy on her couch, and the dogs laying on the floor between us, while we read. I also love DonorsChoose. MORE
I won’t be there as Amy and I are hiding in Homer, Alaska for the month, but my mom is coming down from Keystone and I know she’d love to see my friends if you are around. If you are a fan of my mom’s art ( Cecelia Feld ), she’s part of an exhibit at the St. Julien Hotel in Boulder called Splash. The opening is this Wednesday July 7th from 6pm to 8pm. MORE
I had become comfortable with Seattle the city, Amy and I were spending more time at our house in Alaska (so Seattle was occasionally a stop on the way to Alaska), and I’d started to enjoy the rain. I’m in Seattle for the next few days. I’ve built this trip around Techstars Seattle Demo, a bunch of time at PSL, and a Moz board meeting. Oh – and time with several of our portfolio companies as well as some nice social stuff with long time friends. MORE
We were on vacation in Alaska, hanging out in Fairbanks at the time. We thought briefly about moving to Homer, Alaska but decided instead to buy a house up here and spend a month each summer up here. Lots of people get married on the summer solstice. To all of them – including those getting married today – congrats and welcome to the club! MORE
She and her four dogs live in beautiful – and remote – Alaska, while she runs a successful business with clients all over the US. WK: We have offices in Sitka, Alaska and Boise, Idaho and we have clients all over the country. Being able to see what your client sees, while they’re seeing it used to be the benefit of a face-to-face meeting, but Skype makes that possible between Arizona and Alaska. Entrepreneur Stories 23 kazoos alaska entrepreneur skype wendy kenney MORE
I bet that we were watching TV simultaneously, me in Dallas, Texas, and Amy in Anchor Point, Alaska. For the past nine months, Amy and I have started our morning together. MORE
It’s the closest place on earth I’ve been to Alaska, which I love dearly. I’m at Startup Iceland today. I like Iceland – this is the second time I’ve been here. And it’s fun to see and hang out with my friend Bala Kamallakharan. As a super bonus, Om Malik – who I adore – is also here. Om and I did a fireside chat with Bala. At the end, Bala asked about the future and what we were uncomfortable with. Neither of us is uncomfortable. MORE
We ended up fully funding all the DonorChoose projects in Alaska, Boulder, Longmont, Brighton, Breckenridge, Richardson, and Detroit. Amy grew up in Alaska and we have a house in Homer. When I sat down this morning with Amy she started reading off people who had funded entire cities worth of projects on DonorsChoose this morning. Amy has DonorsChoose in her twitter feed and we quickly figured out what was going on. MORE
And while Mars is a lot more desolate than Homer, Alaska, I disconnected from the human race several times right in the middle of a work week because of the amazingness of this book. The Martian by Andy Weir is the best book I’ve read in a while. I consumed it in the last 24 hours. But first, here’s what I woke up to this morning. No – I’m not on Mars. But Mark Watney was. MORE
So, if you live in Anchorage, you could find a line of credit option through CreditFresh in Alaska and see whether you’re eligible to apply. Working from home recently surged in popularity because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it seems like the work-style is here to stay. MORE
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OCTOBER 6, 2010
When I opened my daily folder, a beautiful picture of an Aurora Over Alaska graced the front page of APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). Just another reason to love Alaska. Tags: Alaska alaska apod
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 29, 2017
Amy and I just funded all of the unfunded DonorsChoose projects in Alaska as part of the annual DonorsChoose #BestSchoolDay event. In all of the Alaska projects, Aspect Ventures matched our donation. Amy grew up in Alaska and we have a house in Homer, which is what motivated us to support Alaska this year on #BestSchoolDay. The post Funding All Projects on DonorsChoose in Alaska appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Philanthropy #BestSchoolDay alaska donorschoose
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Feld Thoughts
JUNE 14, 2014
During one of the long conversations we had at the time about our future, we started talking about calling it quits and moving to Homer, Alaska. We didn’t know anyone there and I didn’t have any business there, but it was a lot more centrally located in the US than Homer, Alaska. After moving to Boulder, we continued to spend a few weeks in Alaska each summer. It feels like coming home to be back in Alaska. Life alaska anchorage homer
Feld Thoughts
MAY 31, 2016
I was at a Nima board meeting today and was asked by a new friend on the team about my link to Homer, Alaska. The post Homer, Alaska and the Super Bowl appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Places alaska homer mcdonaldsAfter a brief explanation, I said “McDonald’s made Homer famous around some Super Bowl by making a completely inappropriate TV ad there.” ” I couldn’t remember the year – I thought it was in the 1980s somewhere. It was 1990.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 17, 2010
Amy and I have been up at our house in Homer, Alaska for the last two weeks. Tags: Work-Life Balance alaska homer We try to spent every July up here – something we’ve tried to do every year for the past decade (we missed in 2007 and 2009.)
Campus Entrepreneurship
JULY 24, 2017
Ever since reading Jack London, I’ve wanted to go to Alaska. Looks like July is the time to go as its Alaska Startup week and there are events throughout the state, from lean startup workshops to pitch competitions. 2017 is the Year of Innovation in Alaska. From Naomi Klauda at the Alaska Journal of Commerce : The seasonal cycle featured the Innovation Summit in Juneau Feb. 15-16, the online Alaska Business Model Competition Feb.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
You can also forget about Alaska. Real Estate Alaska Colorado costs Delaware Education entrepreneurs growth journey launch Location Missouri moving opportunities Silicon Valley Startups unemployment rates workforce
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Places alaska polar bearJust foreshadowing. We are going to the edge of the United States to see them. Experiencing this puts a lot of things in perspective for me. And, happy birthday mom. The post Ursus Maritimus appeared first on Feld Thoughts.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Amy and I have been in Homer, Alaska for the last ten days. Places alaska homerAbove is the view from the parking lot at the ocean in Anchor Point , which is literally “the end of the road on the western side of the US.” ” Amy grew up here and it’s one of the places I go when I want to get some distance from everything. When we started coming here in the mid-1990s together, we’d literally have to disconnect in a lot of the places we hung out at.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Amy grew up in Alaska and we have a house there so I just went and funded all the book projects in Alaska. Amy and I love to read. Growing up, one of my favorite places in the world was the hammock in our backyard with a book. As an adult, one of my favorite places is our living room, on my couch, with Amy on her couch, and the dogs laying on the floor between us, while we read. I also love DonorsChoose.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 28, 2019
I met the co-founder Laura Oden when I was in Anchorage last month to speak at the Accelerate Alaska event. When you think of Alaska, you probably do not think of it as a popular location for producing shoes. While Alaska is not a shoe capital, it is now headquarters to a shoe company addressing a global problem. I love origin stories that link to Techstars, and this one combines Techstars, Alaska, women-entrepreneurs, and shoes that I’m loving.
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 14, 2020
The more adventurous will move to Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming. January 3, 2020, seems like a very long time ago. That day, I wrote a post titled The Future Of Work Is Distributed.
The Startup Magazine
DECEMBER 22, 2021
So, if you live in Anchorage, you could find a line of credit option through CreditFresh in Alaska and see whether you’re eligible to apply. Working from home recently surged in popularity because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it seems like the work-style is here to stay.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 21, 2013
But you can never really take the girl out of Alaska. 20 years. Just amazing. You are my favorite person on this planet. Here are some pictures from the past 20 years. Fashion has clearly never been my strong sense. Fortunately, my t-shirts are rubbing off on you. And your class and grace is rubbing off on me. And one never really does leave Wellesley, does one? And some things never change. I love you. The post Happy 20th Anniversary Amy appeared first on Feld Thoughts.
Mike Michalowicz
DECEMBER 2, 2013
She and her four dogs live in beautiful – and remote – Alaska, while she runs a successful business with clients all over the US. WK: We have offices in Sitka, Alaska and Boise, Idaho and we have clients all over the country. Being able to see what your client sees, while they’re seeing it used to be the benefit of a face-to-face meeting, but Skype makes that possible between Arizona and Alaska. Entrepreneur Stories 23 kazoos alaska entrepreneur skype wendy kenney
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 30, 2020
Alaska provides an exception for commercial fishermen. by Veronica Baxter. Perhaps. Statutory workers’ compensation laws are particular to each state, but in general, businesses having employees that are not large enough to self-insure must carry workers’ comp insurance.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 20, 2018
While I have a house in Alaska, I never lived there (that’s where Amy grew up.). Did you know that 28.5714% of the partners at Foundry Group are Texans? Recently, I was asked if I consider myself a Texan. I answered that I grew up in Texas, live in Colorado, was born in Arkansas, and went to school in Massachusetts. I hadn’t really thought about this before I answered the question. While Massachusetts was very good to me, I never felt at home living in Boston or Cambridge.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 8, 2021
I bet that we were watching TV simultaneously, me in Dallas, Texas, and Amy in Anchor Point, Alaska. For the past nine months, Amy and I have started our morning together.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 1, 2011
For much of the last decade, Amy and I have spent the month of July at our house in Homer, Alaska. Amy grew up in Alaska and I have a great love of the place. Every year when we head to Alaska, many people who don’t know us that well say “have a great vacation.&# We’ve built one month away each year in a different location into our annual rhythm which we’ve come to treasure as a key part of our lives. We are trying something different this year.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 5, 2010
I won’t be there as Amy and I are hiding in Homer, Alaska for the month, but my mom is coming down from Keystone and I know she’d love to see my friends if you are around. If you are a fan of my mom’s art ( Cecelia Feld ), she’s part of an exhibit at the St. Julien Hotel in Boulder called Splash. The opening is this Wednesday July 7th from 6pm to 8pm.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2017
As a side note if you’ve never been to Alaska it is truly one of the most beautiful, spectacular and awe-inspiring places I’ve visited. So we’re off to Alaska. Why does everybody always ask that when you tell them you’re going to Alaska?!? Like many people these days, I spent much of my 20’s and early 30’s thinking about work & fun and not too much about “the future.”
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 10, 2016
We ended up fully funding all the DonorChoose projects in Alaska, Boulder, Longmont, Brighton, Breckenridge, Richardson, and Detroit. Amy grew up in Alaska and we have a house in Homer. When I sat down this morning with Amy she started reading off people who had funded entire cities worth of projects on DonorsChoose this morning. Amy has DonorsChoose in her twitter feed and we quickly figured out what was going on.
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 17, 2018
I had become comfortable with Seattle the city, Amy and I were spending more time at our house in Alaska (so Seattle was occasionally a stop on the way to Alaska), and I’d started to enjoy the rain. I’m in Seattle for the next few days. I’ve built this trip around Techstars Seattle Demo, a bunch of time at PSL, and a Moz board meeting. Oh – and time with several of our portfolio companies as well as some nice social stuff with long time friends.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 11, 2011
The awesome Alaska Brown Bear above is the photo I used (from an Alaska trip in 2004) and it’s now hanging on the wall in my office next to my couch. If you walk in my office, you’ll notice a lot of art on the walls. Amy and I are huge art collectors and are always on a quest for new and beautiful things.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Missouri is our fourth state to go live following Massachusetts, Colorado, and Alaska. On September 15, 2016, UMSL Accelerate joined the Global EIR network and began taking applications for its international accelerator program, Gateway Accelerate. Today is the last day to apply , so if you are considering it, don’t wait. The goal of this program is to contribute to St.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 29, 2010
I’ve got a two board meeting day tomorrow ( Impinj and Gist ) as I gear up to head to Alaska for the month of July. After a long and awesome day in Seattle ending with a great dinner with the BigDoor board at Emmer & Rye , I came back to my room and watched Episode 6 of this year’s TechStars Founders video serious. It was about the TechStars reunion event and included scenes from the world’s largest Ignite event as well as some beautiful Boulder pictures.
Mike Michalowicz
AUGUST 15, 2016
He believes using the Surge strategy will help him since he is in a hyper niched business in Alaska and is struggling to grow. Greg and his wife Kim have been operating Magpie Clothing Exchange as a storefront in Palmer Alaska, and online worldwide since 2014. Greg is lifelong entrepreneur with a small 25 year break between projects, and lead vocalist of Alaska’s most middle aged punk band. Also Available On. Show Summary.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 26, 2020
If you live in New Jersey, Alaska or California, you can expect to earn a better living than locksmiths in other states. If you believe the locksmith profession has more to do with the past than the future, then you couldn’t be more wrong!
Feld Thoughts
MAY 27, 2015
It’s the closest place on earth I’ve been to Alaska, which I love dearly. I’m at Startup Iceland today. I like Iceland – this is the second time I’ve been here. And it’s fun to see and hang out with my friend Bala Kamallakharan. As a super bonus, Om Malik – who I adore – is also here. Om and I did a fireside chat with Bala. At the end, Bala asked about the future and what we were uncomfortable with. Neither of us is uncomfortable.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 4, 2021
2 years – Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado (3 years for car accidents); Connecticut; Delaware; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Minnesota; Nevada; New Jersey; Ohio, Oklahoma; Oregon; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia; .
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 20, 2010
While I was swimming that since I was going to be in Alaska for July, I’d just bring my MacBook, my iPhone, and my iPad. Ross (my IT guy) bet me $100 that I’d beg him to ship my Windows desktop to me within a few days of getting to Alaska. My post yesterday titled Rethinking The Laptop resulted in three very specific pieces of feedback followed by me taking one specific action. The feedback was: Dump Outlook. Get a solid state drive. Get a Mac.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
There are some good gardening ones in the agriculture category) Free Sample Site (another site that keeps updated free sample lists for you) Free Beautiful Alaska Travel Book 40 Free Prints from York Photo (sign up and put them in your account while the deal is still good) Related articles Thirteen Freebies Top Five Freebie Offers Top Five Free Deals. Some of these have a limit so if the link no longer works then the freebie is gone (I will try to keep up with the broken links).
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 21, 2014
We were on vacation in Alaska, hanging out in Fairbanks at the time. We thought briefly about moving to Homer, Alaska but decided instead to buy a house up here and spend a month each summer up here. Lots of people get married on the summer solstice. To all of them – including those getting married today – congrats and welcome to the club!
YoungUpstarts
MAY 27, 2020
For example, hiring the most experienced criminal defense lawyer near Anchorage Alaska gives you access to this perspective, which can actually get you out of the fix.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 21, 2011
Her family are our neighbors in Homer, Alaska and we’ve known Jessica since she was 12. Amy and I collect contemporary art. We often make friends with the artists who we collect. Occasionally people who are our friends become artists. Jessica Schallock fits into this category. We’ve been friends with Jessica for a decade. We’ve watched, with much joy, as she’s grown into an amazingly talented young women. One of those talents is art.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 17, 2014
And while Mars is a lot more desolate than Homer, Alaska, I disconnected from the human race several times right in the middle of a work week because of the amazingness of this book. The Martian by Andy Weir is the best book I’ve read in a while. I consumed it in the last 24 hours. But first, here’s what I woke up to this morning. No – I’m not on Mars. But Mark Watney was.
Mike Michalowicz
JUNE 3, 2013
Wasilla, Alaska. Most famous for being headquarters for the Iditarod Sled-dog race, Wasilla is also the home of Alaska’s most visible celebrity, former 2008 Vice-Presidential hopeful and governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. Wasilla, Alaska is actually more business oriented than most people (including me) realize. It’s also one of six hubs for Alaska’s Small Business Development Centers and the fastest growing city in Alaska.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 28, 2011
Amy and I ordinarily spend the month of July at our house in Homer, Alaska. We decided to do it this summer and we turned our month in Alaska into two months in Europe. Rosabeth Moss Kanter has an excellent post up on the HBR Blog titled Should Leaders Go on Vacation? Recently, I’ve seen plenty of commentary in the popular press (especially Fox News articles) about the inappropriateness of leaders taking vacation.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 21, 2011
On the summer solstice in 1993 we went to the top of Ester Dome in Fairbanks, Alaska and exchanged vows. Amy and I have been married for 18 years. Earlier that day we went to Pay ‘n Save and bought our wedding rings (I think we got six for $1.99). I wrote the word “vows&# on a piece of paper twice, tore it in half, and gave one of the vows to Amy to give to me when we got to the top.
View from Seed
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Alaska had a plan like this in effect for 36 years with the oil dividend. The Republican governor of Alaska in 1982 asked people of Alaska, ‘who would you rather get the money: the government, who is just going to screw it up? Or you, the people of Alaska?’, and the people of Alaska said, ‘uh us please’. Exploring The Everyday is an interview series exploring interesting individuals or companies who are trying to make an impact on the lives of everyday people.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 26, 2011
July in Alaska helps (although this summer has a fun, European twist). It’s Sunday morning. Take a deep breath. It’s summer time. Go for a walk. Or a run. Play with your family. Take a nap this afternoon. Read a book. Go to a movie. Chill. Last week, I had two close friends tell me some version of “I’m too busy.&# One insightfully said “I have no time these days. I’m doing too much.&#
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 8, 2010
A week ago I had just gotten home after a month in Homer, Alaska. I was totally chilled out – I worked plenty in July but had very little physical human interaction with anyone other than Amy. I’m sitting here in my Boulder condo today thinking about the entrepreneurial tour de force that was the last six days. I think I interacted with more different people each day than I did cumulatively over the previous 30 days in Homer.
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