Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

It was big news in Charlotte, North Carolina where AvidXchange announced the groundbreaking on a new headquarters complex in the N.C. Their experience in Charlotte has been similar to ours in Boulder, as they made it their home and immediately went to work building their next business and their life. When the opportunity to invest in one of the fastest growing, and most significant tech companies in Charlotte appeared, we couldn’t resist.

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Up and Running

JUNE 15, 2010

I’m quoted a lot in Writing a Business Plan: 5 Things You Need to Know by Charlotte Jenses on the AOL Small Business site this morning. Charlotte Jensen did an excellent summary, and it’s a valuable piece.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2010

Writing a Business Plan: 5 Things You Need to Know Charlotte Jensen interviewed me for this post and I think she did a great job. Tags: Recommendations blogging AOLSMallBiz Charlotte Jensen Entrepreneur.com seth godin I’m hoping to be able to do this more often in the future. I tend to put blog posts I like on twitter, but I’m trying to keep track of them better, so I can also share them with readers of this blog.

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SiliconHills

MAY 3, 2018

In 2012, Kapil Rjurkar founded Preschool2me in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company started out as a side project, Rjurkar said. Rjurkar wanted to be able to keep tabs on his son at his preschool so he created an app that allowed him to connect with his son’s school.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2018

Charlotte’s Web: Brand Perception. The Stanley brothers – founders of Charlotte’s Web – know this well. Charlotte’s Web. The Stanley Brothers (Charlotte’s Web) – Image courtesy of LA Weekly. We all like to acquire new things.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Charlotte. This southern city has traditionally been known as a major banking hub; for this reason, many financial technology (fintech) startups have been moving to Charlotte in recent years.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

When I reflect on where some of our investments are, they are in cities like Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Minneapolis, Boulder, Denver, Charlotte, Lexington, New York, and Boston.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2018

Charlotte’s Web: Brand Perception. The Stanley brothers – founders of Charlotte’s Web – know this well. Charlotte’s Web. The Stanley Brothers (Charlotte’s Web) – Image courtesy of LA Weekly. We all like to acquire new things.

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Up and Running

JULY 5, 2016

Charlotte, NC. Coming in at number seven overall, Charlotte also ranks as the second best city after Grand Rapids when it comes to growth in number of small businesses. Charlotte Business Resources: Licensing and Permitting. Charlotte Chamber of Commerce: Starting a Business.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 25, 2015

I’m grateful to the team, specially, Charlotte Bosman and Edith Schreurs who took time out for answering some of the questions we shared with them! Earlier in May, I visited the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. It was an exceptional visit. It prompted me to visit Arles and St.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Nationwide, it’s in eight markets including Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte and Nashville. Carvana, a startup that lets people buy used cars online for next day delivery, launched this month in Austin and San Antonio. Carvana is also in Houston and Dallas. With Carvana, you can buy a car entirely online – from financing, to trade-in to […] The post Carvana Launches into Austin and San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin San Antonio

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Several years ago on a Saturday I found myself at Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte. I had gone for a three hour run early in the morning on a beautiful spring day in Charlotte and my mind was wandering all over the place. I was attending the second National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) Awards for Aspirations in Computing event.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2015

Singapore’s startup scene looks set to become even more vibrant with the entrance of Sydney-based startup accelerator muru-D.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

We talked about what happened in Charlotte. Yesterday was the opening of the African American Museum in Washington DC, dedicated to the role that African Americans have played in building our country and our culture. It was signed into law 13 years ago by then president George W.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2013

by Charlotte Benedict. After nearly a decade working in public relations, Charlotte Benedict enrolled in an online university to earn her MBA with a concentration in marketing.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 31, 2012

It doesn’t surprise me that I feel down and flat as I sit here in the Charlotte, North Carolina airport on my way to Lexington, Kentucky on day 16 of a 19 day trip. Amy and I wrote a meaningful amount about entrepreneurs and depression in Startup Life. Since we finished the final draft a few weeks ago, I’ve given several talks where depression came up as I’ve woven my own experience with depression into the short (less than 15 minute) version of my story.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 17, 2018

A study by UNC Charlotte found that fifty percent of burglars would not intrude a property with a visible burglar alarm. When your workplace has been a victim of a burglary, your whole world comes to a temporary halt.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2011

Charlotte, North Carolina-based H360 Capital is focused on companies developing ‘market disrupting’ technologies and, through its “Big Ideas Initiative: B2i” will invest up to US$50,000 in 20 technology start-ups in the Newark area.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

by Taffy Williams, author of “ Think Agile: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed “ The New Year brings new events that may positively or negatively affect your business. Known events are possible to plan for in advance.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Adam Bridgers is an associate in Fisher Phillips’ Charlotte, N.C. by Rich Meneghello, Adam Bridgers, and Benjamin Ebbink of Fisher Phillips. Don’t be embarrassed if you’ve heard of bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies but don’t quite understand them (or if you haven’t heard of them at all).

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

com, Charlotte Russe, Petco and Forever 21. By Haresh Kumar VP of Marketing, Moovweb. Retailers are losing $18 billion annually due to shopping cart abandonment. Research shows over 2 out of 3 users who add items to their online shopping cart leave without making a purchase.

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Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 16, 2014

This was particularly evident at UNC-Charlotte where I was the 5th or 6th best player on the team and the guys ahead of me were far, far more talented. Jim Courier and Andre Agassi were both at Bollettieri’s tennis academy when they were junior tennis players.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 11, 2018

I got a job as a software developer at Wells Fargo, and a few months later moved to Charlotte, NC. Technology is changing the way people think and do things. It’s through it that one entrepreneur builds a mobile technology platform, theCut , that powers the barbershop industry.

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Jeff Hilimire

JULY 23, 2015

As I walked through my story, starting in the dorm room at UNC-Charlotte and ending up at Dragon Army, I pointed to the list that I had written on the whiteboard behind me to help emphasize to them the personal characteristics they would need to succeed.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 20, 2010

I had a great three hour run in Charlotte the first week of April and thought I was ready to roll. I had a new experience today. At 7am I had my first MRI at the Boulder Community Hospital. I was a little nervous, although I’m not entirely sure why. I was in and out in 45 minutes – it was fascinating. I hurt my lower back about five months ago (actually, exactly on March 13th at about 1pm at my parents house in Dallas).

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

After talking, we determined we needed to acquire a job/customer for $35 if the emergency clog removal was all they sold–a very challenging number to achieve in a market as big and competitive as Charlotte.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

New Hampshire: Portsmouth New Mexico: Albuquerque New York: Brooklyn Ithaca Manhattan North Carolina: Asheville Charlotte Durham Ohio: Athens Cincinnati, The Brandery, 1141 Vine St. One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Dave is proud of my Likeable business accomplishments but prouder of Charlotte and Kate, my two daughters. Dave is proud of my Likeable business accomplishments but prouder of Charlotte and Kate, my two daughters. Also Available On. Show Summary. On today’s episode, we talk about the importance of people skills and how it dramatically affects profitability with Dave Kerpen.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

When we expanded our health-care business from Raleigh into Charlotte, N.C., As a result, our operation in Charlotte never reached profitability. Developing a sound business model is key to the successful launch of a business. But you should never assume the business modeling is finished once the business begins to grow. Keeping a business model current is critical for long-term success.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 29, 2018

And then this past weekend I was out in Snellville and realized I was about to drive past our first official office (the first “office” was our dorm room at UNC-Charlotte and our second “office” was my mother’s basement.) It stood for Nothing But Net, because Raj and I started the company at UNC-Charlotte which, back then, was a pretty good basketball school.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

With over 18 years of corporate IT experience, solutions engineer for Peak 10’s Charlotte operations Reginald Staples has provided professional engagement services across SMBs to large international enterprises.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 19, 2016

As my “champions” did this for me, I hope to be a champion for my nieces, Cassidy, Katelyn, Cayley and Charlotte. I’ve been wanting to write on the topic of gender for a long time now, but haven’t been able to find the words. And admittedly, I’m still trying to find my position in all this. It’s a tricky subject for me to navigate: on one hand, sharing challenges might paint me as weak, a victim, or a radical feminist (even the word “feminist” seems to have a negative connotation).

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Right now, we run programs here in Atlanta (where we started the company) as well as in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, NC. I was doing an early-stage startup in Chicago and Betsy was running a physical product development company in Charlotte that she’d recently sold.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2014

Count Me In offers lots of resources like the upcoming Business Accelerators in Los Angeles, Detroit and Charlotte, NC, as well as free webinars and a Meet Up Groups in 12 cities across the country. By Nell Merlino, CEO of Count Me In.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 10, 2014

They saved us from making a lot of big mistakes, like the time we thought we should open a second office in Charlotte. I find that sometimes the answer is obvious, you just need someone else to tell you. This photo really captures that. Want to know if its windy? Is the rock swinging?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 23, 2011

I have been getting emails and tweets all day from people upset that they cannot get into Startup Lessones Learned 2011 - either here in SF, where we're sold out, or in one of the more than 100 simulcast locations around the world, many of which are sold out, too. We struggle with this issue every year, because we strongly encourage everyone who can to participate with their local entrepreneurship community. Strengthening ties between entrepreneurs is one of our most important values.

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 30, 2012

I had the great fortune this weekend to spend all day Saturday with my college tennis coach and some former teammates in Charlotte. The reason we were all there was to commemorate the new tennis facility – its amazing – and dedicate it to coach.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

As a brand unto himself, he not only acted as a spokesman, endorsing numerous other brands, but is also the owner of the NBA Charlotte Bobcats, which he bought for around $175 million in 2010. We all have a great deal to learn as entrepreneurs and we look in many directions for inspiration.

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Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 16, 2011

I’d guess it was 35 degrees outside on the campus of UNC-Charlotte and the windchill must have been around 25. That last half hour was the quietest half hour of UNC-Charlotte tennis practice ever, I’m certain of that. It was freezing.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 8, 2017

If you want to read more about volunteering, check out Volunteer by Charlotte Hindle. Learn Entrepreneurship By Volunteering. If I offered you a chance at an internship that would rock your business, and your business potential, more than any class you could take anywhere, would you sign up?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 28, 2015

Kenneth Cole and Charlotte Russe place user-generated content on their mobile sites to enhance the customer shopping experience. How Customer Photos Improve Mobile Shopping written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I met Raj in college at UNC-Charlotte in 1996. I can ensure you that he had more fun in his one semester at UNC-Charlotte than I did during my entire time. To say its been a strange few weeks for me would be an understatement. Excellent, exciting, invigorating…but yeah, strange.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 4, 2011

As a brand unto himself, he not only acted as a spokesman, endorsing numerous other brands, but is also the owner of the NBA Charlotte Bobcats, which he bought for around $175 million in 2010.

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