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Moving To Homer, Alaska

Feld Thoughts

By the end of 1994 I had a staff job, reporting to the co-chairmen of AmeriData where I travelled all over the US helping with acquisitions and generally causing trouble. 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.

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Pandere Shoes, Anchorage Startups, and Techstars

Feld Thoughts

I met the co-founder Laura Oden when I was in Anchorage last month to speak at the Accelerate Alaska event. She described how she met her founders at Techstars Startup Weekend in 2016. When you think of Alaska, you probably do not think of it as a popular location for producing shoes.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects.

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Introducing FG Press

Feld Thoughts

For example, in 2006, we co-founded Techstars. At the time David Cohen, the co-founder and CEO, was unhappy with how angel investing worked. I remember sitting at my kitchen table in Homer, Alaska in July 2010 at 2am almost crying with frustration. We worked with our publisher Wiley, who took a chance on us.

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Attention: Female Founders on the Rise

The Startup Magazine

Native American/Alaska. These small groups in confidential settings help dynamic female founders collectively ask questions for feedback to solve difficult issues when growing revenue. The post Attention: Female Founders on the Rise appeared first on The Startup Magazine. All minority-owned. African American. Asian American.

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Fun and Games with BigDoor

Feld Thoughts

The founder/CEO Keith Smith wrote a wonderful love story about the deal which was picked up by the WSJ VC Dispatch in a post titled A Summer Romance Between Founder And Venture Capitalist ? Yes, I’ve fallen in love (in a very non-sexual way) with Keith, his co-founder Jeff Malek, and BigDoor.

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Book: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Feld Thoughts

The view from my living room in Homer, Alaska. While I’ve never met Abbi, I’ve known David since the late 1990s when I was on the board of PeoplePC and he was a co-founder. Amy and I arrived in Homer this evening for some time in a different place. We are TV-free up here, so that means, well, books.