Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. “By January 1984, investors had turned away from hardware toward software.” This isn’t true. This statement is scary to me.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). People also buy for defensive reasons or ego but that’s a different story.

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paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Writing software is a great way to solve (b), but you can still end up constrained in (a). If you write software to teach Tibetan to Hungarian speakers, youll be able to reach most of the people who want it, but there wont be many of them. If you make software to teach English to Chinese speakers, however, youre in startup territory.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 25, 2011

I didn’t use any software and most of the payments I received back then was via check or money order in the mail. Paid reviews For a brief period on my blog I invited people to submit their product, service or website for a paid review. Some kids would even send money and even coins (!)

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