Feld Thoughts

MARCH 31, 2020

In addition, these are both localized (in a community), at a state level, a national level, and a global level. I lived in Boston, one of the cities where HIV / AIDS was visible, and the social dynamics, politics, and stigma around it were front and center. Yeah – that’s a lot. I’m 54.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. One partnership was clearly very divided and a vocal minority of GPs thought consumer internet companies were a massive waste of time and money. We three partners are working hard. Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). link] leehower.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. (And It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. (And It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). The folks at Yipit did a detailed analyis of the Boston data and concluded Groupon’s model is deteriorating there.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

According to the National Venture Capital Association/Dow Jones VentureSource, the VC industry is dominated by men (89% of VC Partners), specifically white men (76% of the total). Of all VC Partners studied, just 10% identified as Asian, 1% as African-American, and less than 1% as Latino.

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View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

While the startup environment in Boston has vastly improved over the last several years , I continue to hear the sentiment that it’s really tough to build a great consumer startup in Boston. This is expressed by people outside of Boston, but it often comes from those within our community too.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

INFOGRAPHIC] How Agencies Are Spending Online Media Budgets [INFOGRAPHIC] Global Internet Traffic Expected to Quadruple by 2015 [INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Advertising on Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC] What Makes the Modern Media Agency [INFOGRAPHIC] How Does the iPad 2 Compare to the Tablet Competition? Have an account?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, January 2, 2010 Towards a new entrepreneurship When I started writing about the lean startup , my aspiration was to do more than just share a handful of tips and tricks that work for consumer internet startups. This belief led me to the lean startup, and to an amazing 2009.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

brevsin : CEO of CampusLive.com Boris Revsin discusses the startup life and his love for Boston. kelkelly : Founder and CEO of Kel & Partners Kel Kelly discusses what it’s like to run an anti-agency agency that works in social media. PaulKirchoff : CEO of SaleAMP Paul Kirchoff tweets about performance Internet marketing.

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Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

So it took me a minute to describe to my partners why SaaS for cows is incredibly exciting… Farmeron is a SaaS company focused on the data management challenges facing the agriculture sector. Thanks Andy, we’re excited to partner with and help the company. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Franchises Franchises Home Franchise 500 Home-Based Low Cost Top New Fast Growing Top Global Biz Opportunities Franchises for Sale Franchises A Bright Forecast for a Solar Panel Installation Franchise. Posted in Internet/E-Commerce 26 days ago How Do Master Franchise Owners Get Paid? Then, start thinking about the numbers.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

No need to leave the couch to find a potential partner, just sit and swipe in your comfy tracksuit pants. The market size is over $US10 billion globally in revenue. An AI girlfriend who is there for her “partner’s” every beck and call, giving him (and it is mostly men), the kind of response he wants, every single time.

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Mauritius Artificial Inteligence Indonesia Generative AI 62

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

Also all the big anchor companies that a startup might want to partner with at that time (eBay, Google, Oracle, Yahoo!, So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago? This is true well before the internet era of Facebook, Yahoo! et al) were down on the peninsula. Filed under Uncategorized.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Establish credibility with potential partners. You need to combine your product with others, and this requires partners like OEMs or system integrators. A marketing launch can help you get in the door with those partners, if youre having trouble getting their attention. Do some Customer Development instead.

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San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

He said that people who download “standard” software (like TurboTax) from the internet should pay sales taxes, just like someone who buys TurboTax in a box at BestBuy. How about a person who moves here from Boston but keeps his Boston phone number on his SmartPhone and uses it to surf the web and order “software?”

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www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

With 1,100 lawyers, 150 practice areas and a global presence, Holland & Knight offers the experience and resources to handle your most difficult legal challenges. When members see connections, they often partner with one another, backstopping and expanding each other’s capabilities and skills or forming entirely new ventures.

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Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Vesting San Diego 40

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Speakers: - Bob Dahl, HBS Alumni Angel, formerly head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group. David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Dahl served as co-head of healthcare investment banking in North America at Credit Suisse First Boston.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Connecting to the Internet of Things, the smart stick guides the people who are blind safely by accessing information from traffic lights, cross walks, buses and construction and weather reports. Sensors at stores let them know if the store is open, what it sells, where the entrance is, etc. Do you really know what your residents want?

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Mistake #3: Global Searches Ok, not too bad. But wait…those are global searches. “Global searches are just people searching Google from around the world, right? In software and the Internet, that’s near zero so your capital costs more or less reduce to your cost of building the product. Except not.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

I'm really fortunate that I'd found a wonderful development outsource partner in them. We also make sure they have a reliable internet connection for skype conferences. Boston Globe" Pilots Site Checkins a. I'd approached Advanced Millennium Technologies, to develop our ERP software, last September.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

In my field—online English language teaching—there are a lot of literal business names out there: Joe’s Internet English School, Learn English Online via Skype, etc. I came up with the name Excel Global Partners for my corporate consulting firm because of the vision I had for the company. Nowlin, Excel Global Partners ! #10-

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had a chance to discuss a topic that continues to bother me endlessly - the Internet's obsession with FREE. In 1M/1M premium, we do invest in certain companies on a revenue sharing basis and create channel partnerships with one or more of our partners. Desi Sauda.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. This global reach is a new model of early stage venture, one that we believe we will see more of in the future. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. This global reach is a new model of early stage venture, one that we believe we will see more of in the future.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

She is a globally recognized expert on strategy, innovation and growth, and also the author of a fairly new book called Seeing Around Corners: How to spot inflection points in business before they happen. You may remember the years, at the end of the 90s when we were transitioning from dial-up modems to always on high speed internet.

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eCommerce Norway Internet Advertising 58

thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

The front page of the Internet. To have been responsible for funding and nuturing something that legitimately calls itself the “front page of the Internet”, the Y Combinator program has to have done something right. I flew out from Seattle, where I lived, to Boston to Paul’s lecture on the back of his essay,” Phil tells me.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

It also had to reflect our plans for global expansion. I launched my business on the south shore of Boston, MA—a tight-knit, coastal community filled with numerous small business owners who are making it happen, while eliminating the dreaded commute into the city. Thanks to Joe Horan, Wrightwood Homes ! #15-

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

First of all, can we structure all of the resources that Khan Academy already has and other things on the internet so that we can help parents and teachers get their legs under them? We were based in Boston. I showed them around Boston, while they were up. Sometimes, I'm in negotiations with partners around revenue or something.

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