Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. He co-founded it in partnership with High Alpha (we are LPs) and SVB. I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Fred Wilson was his lead investor.

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Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 195

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

Here's my conversation with the founders of Revolution Foods. I'm the co founder and Chief Impact Officer at Revolution Foods. I'm the co-founder and CEO of Revolution Foods. I co-founded Revolution Foods with Kirsten Tobey in 2006 to ensure quality food access for all children across the nation.

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Cofounder Security Founder Entrepreneur 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

But while Amazon blew away existing physical distribution channels to deliver products to you, we are blowing away existing physical infrastructure to help you store the things you want to keep – just not at your home. And for the next several months the founders literally ran the business.

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Technical Review Software Review Cofounder CTO Hire 380

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2020

To be fair, many businesses had distributed teams even before COVID-19 blindsided us. In fact, according to Founders Forum’s survey of 400+ startup owners, 94% of the respondents were already working from home before the pandemic. Out-of-sync teams: The communication gap between co-workers can throw the entire team off-track.

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Technical Review Startup Belgium Software Review 200

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

by Saumya Bhatnagar, CTO and Co-founder of InvolveSoft. Although several startups were able to sustain themselves, others shut down within a few months of operating. It is necessary to involve the rest of the family members and distribute this workload amongst them, at the end of the day, even superwoman can use some help.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Founder United States Cofounder 113

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. If you are a typical startup operation, consisting of an unpaid founder and co-founder, both working part-time, outsourcing is not likely the solution to your resource constraints. The world is becoming a smaller place, and more homogeneous.

Intellectual Property 238

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Software Review Offshore 238

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed.

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Still, COVID-19 helped tip the balance towards a globally distributed model. What’s more, outsourcing projects and ongoing operations to offshore teams on a contract basis is a more flexible model that’s easy to scale. A globally distributed business model allows you to hire the best talent wherever in the world it is.

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Distribution Global Agile Startup 145

nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Finding a Technical Co-Founder. In the recent weeks, I have also had no less than three people email me and ask about finding a technical co-founder, which has also been a very frequent topic on the Hacker News forums. Ask former co-workers. New Web Order. 5th November 2010. #. Ideas alone are not worth a lot.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Web Founder South Korea 40

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Union Square Ventures – one of our favorite co-investors – added to Top Hat’s existing investors and USV’s Albert Wenger joined their Board of Directors. They took an innovative approach to distribution. Top Hat had an early and continuous focus on revenue; they have been operating profitably since their launch in 2009.

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Vertical Technical Review Cofounder Sales Cycle 132

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

When Sloan arrived at GM in 1920 he realized that the traditional centralized management structures organized by function (sales, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing) were a poor fit for managing GM’s diverse product lines. If you’re following Tesla, you might be interested to know that Sloan wasn’t the founder of GM.

Michigan 268

Michigan Cofounder Stock Forecast 268

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2024

Some of these folks are founders and CEOs, but not at high-growth tech startups. On the other hand, they could be the opposite—much more focused on near-term cash distributions than long-term equity appreciation. Role When I was a lowly Analyst at Union Square Ventures, I had so many ideas for the founders we worked with.

.Net 88

.Net Cap Table Startup Technical Review 88

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

The fundamental objective and aim of seed investment is to assist a company in launching its operations successfully. Seed money can range from a relatively modest sum to a sizeable one, depending not only on the nature of the startup, the sector in which it will operate, and any other pertinent business aspects.

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Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 126

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2011

In a developer panel discussion this morning, there was a muted but robust discussion around the creation, distribution and monetization of apps. CEO and co-founder of Swagsoft Aldric Chang recommended search engine optimization (SEO), especially for apps that have highly targeted audiences, such as those for legal and medical use.

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Asia Singapore Application Development Social Media 196

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. If you are a typical startup operation, consisting of an unpaid founder and co-founder, both working part-time, outsourcing is not likely the solution to your resource constraints. The world is becoming a smaller place, and more homogeneous.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Software Review Technical Review 120

VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

It forces the founders and investors to understand where the technology can play a pivotal role in shifting control from the big tech companies to the user, and where it needs to improve, such as the negative environmental impact of mining etc. A persistent, infinitely-scaling virtual space with its own economy and identity system.

Cloud 200

Cloud Venture Capital Cofounder Non-Compete 200

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. He co-founded it in partnership with High Alpha (we are LPs) and SVB. I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Fred Wilson was his lead investor.

Fractional CTO 70

Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 70

Austin Startup

MARCH 13, 2020

Q1 2020 marks Reset ’s two year anniversary, from when we had our first conversation about how we could help distributed teams find affordable space to meet and work. Your partner matters To all those solo-founders out there?—?kudos kudos to ya’ll.

B2C 62

B2C Austin B2B Cofounder 62

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). OpenVC is a new, open-source initiative to collect and analyze all publicly available VC theses, to help founders more efficiently find the right investors, and vice-versa. Technical founders .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2015

While the standard is that ownership is determined based on each owner’s contribution to the LLC, the Articles of Organization or the company’s Operating Agreement can change this, so the amount any owner invests does not necessarily determine the member’s share in profits (or losses) of the company. Verdict : It’s a tie! Verdict : LLC.

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LLC Technical Review Software Review Limited Liability Company 100

Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

While some investors will be willing to help you build your team, they will not be willing to invest in your startup if you are not willing to distribute responsibility and bring on diversified expertise. This helps to better divide the work, make people accountable, and show investors just why each founder/hire is key to the organization.

Part-Time VPE 79

Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE Cofounder CTO Hire 79

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Brunner (@heatherjbrunner) | Twitter Preston James Co-founder & CEO DivInc Preston is at the center of everything Diversity & Inclusion in Austin. Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally. Carolyn was recognized by Inc.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 48

View from Seed

MAY 14, 2015

As an operator, not an investor, I’m amazed at how many casual, throwaway comments that happen inside a VC’s office would be genuinely useful to entrepreneurs building their businesses. But since almost every founder goes through this, I feel it’s a necessary one. Know that there’s a very real impact on the company culture.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Startup Cofounder Technical Review 120

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2023

Estate planning is often associated with allocating how your assets and resources will be distributed upon your death in a way that complies with your wishes, avoids burdensome taxation, and allows your beneficiaries to avoid the lengthy and complicated probate process. Estate planning can be exactly that.

Security 154

Security Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Cofounder 154

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Once achieved, leadership in a Glengarry Glen Ross market can provide decades of substantially profitable operations, repaying and justifying the costs incurred in blitzscaling. Distribution. A good product with great distribution is more likely to win a Glengarry Glen Ross market than a great product with poor distribution.

Silicon Valley 53

Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review United Kingdom 53

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Businesses that operate with no margin for recovery are doomed go get a bad image, if not total failure. Be ready to complement your strengths by partnering with a complementary co-founder, distributor, or even an established competitor. Don’t assume that all your first marketing initiatives will work.

Marketing 333

Marketing Revenue Matching Viral 333

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. Knowing these will help a founder position her pitch to get investors’ attention. Founders need to keep their eye on the prize — not just the next funding round. Business Model.

Cofounder 429

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Idealistic founders believe they will break the mold when they scale, and not turn into a “typical big company.” Small companies operate this way by necessity, and it works! Or it’s fatal because that was a co-founder. Communication and decision-making occupy the minimum possible time.

Government 223

Government Startup Cofounder Technical Support 223

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. .

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Camden is the Founder and CEO of the Nonprofit Organization Beyond the Crisis Beyond the Crisis, the food-distribution charity, which has distributed over 100,000 dollars of food items to housing communities and homeless shelters across Massachusetts. This is John Jan, and my guest today is Camden Francis.

Entrepreneur 72

Entrepreneur Massachusetts Distribution Networking 72

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 1, 2023

6/ Apple consolidates operating systems into Apple OS across phone, tablets, desktops, and cars. I still want this to happen, but as I love to tell founders Hope isn’t a strategy. I am still a huge fan of this co and use mine (mainly for the screen!) 1: I really hate being right about this one. 1: Failed it. 1: Failed it.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet ChatGPT Technical Review Software Review 60

Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

6/ Apple consolidates operating systems into Apple OS across phone, tablets, desktops, and cars. I still want this to happen, but as I love to tell founders Hope isn’t a strategy. I am still a huge fan of this co and use mine (mainly for the screen!) 1: I really hate being right about this one. 1: Failed it. 1: Failed it.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet ChatGPT Technical Review Software Review 60

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

Chicago 177

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 177

Mike Michalowicz

JULY 25, 2016

Too add, by implementing Profit First, within the first two weeks of starting the business, the company took their first distribution check! As founder and CTO of several businesses, I love to see ideas become reality and build sustainable businesses that create real value. Welcome to Episode 106 of the Profit First Podcast!

Fractional CTO 60

Fractional CTO New Jersey New York City United States 60

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company. He is also the co-founder of Traction, a community empowering over 100k innovators through connections, content, and capital. He is the co-founder of Boast.ai This is John Jansen.

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Community Kuwait Cofounder Bootstrapping 53