Feld Thoughts

JULY 11, 2015

In the article The biggest tech company founders from every state I win the callout for Arkansas. He’s most known for founding Foundry Group, a prominent venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investment, but also co-founded startup accelerator Techstars.” The post Are You From Where Your Were Born?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The right answer is to find a co-founder with complementary skills. Network to find co-founders just as you network to find investors. Co-founders are business partners for startups, so don’t be afraid to join and explore sites such as StartupWeekend, StartupAgents and CoFoundersLab.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2018

In my experience, the initial idea for a new product usually comes from a single entrepreneur, but the implementation plan for a new business requires a team, or at least a co-founder. As a mentor to aspiring business owners, I often get asked to find that partner for them, since founders are usually too busy with their solution.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Today I’m thrilled to share the story of my long-time friends and Kansas Citians Casey and Sloane Simmons, co-founders of a store called Stuff , as a part of the “Amex Welcomed” program with @americanexpress , which is showcasing the people behind our favorite local businesses that welcome American Express.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2012

It’s hard to believe that the genius behind the co-creation of software giant Microsoft never finished college, but it’s clear he didn’t need his diploma to do big things. Sergey Brin is a co-founder of Google and one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. Sergey Brin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

The right answer is to find a co-founder with complementary skills. Network to find co-founders just as you network to find investors. Co-founders are business partners for startups, so don’t be afraid to join and explore sites such as StartupWeekend, StartupAgents and CoFoundersLab.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

By this time, Erin had already spent 4 years in operations at a startup that was in skyrocket growth mode, so she knew her knowledge in scaling operations was as valuable as this idea; she became my co-founder. I’m an architect turned entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Cheekd a mobile dating app that makes missed connections obsolete.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

For today’s show the microphone has been turned as the host for this week is Douglas Burdett, founder of Artillery Marketing and host of the Marketing Book Podcast. Phil and I are co-authors of SEO For Growth: The Ultimate Guide for Marketers, Web Designers & Entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2015

The right answer is to find a co-founder with complementary skills. Network to find co-founders just as you network to find investors. Co-founders are business partners for startups, so don’t be afraid to join and explore sites such as StartupWeekend, StartupAgents and CoFoundersLab.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

My co-founder, Dr. Jeff Tarrant , wrote the book on neuromeditation. Louis and Kansas City in the “silicon prairie.” My co-founder, Dr. Jeff Tarrant, was my husband’s business partner when they had a psychology practice together. It’s a portable digital chill pill that gives the user virtual superpowers.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 18, 2011

Danny Wong is the co-founder of Blank Label Group and runs the e-commerce startups Blank Label , Thread Tradition and RE:custom. So, here are a few tips that startups should keep in mind to ensure they'?re re hiring the right candidates for their jobs the first time around. Ask Questions That Matter.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 10, 2013

My friend, superstar student entrepreneur Caroline Pugh , co-founder of VirtualU , sent me this great piece by Mark Bauerlein in Bloomberg Businessweek. Here is a snippet: “Entrepreneurship programs have exploded on U.S. campuses, and administrators love to talk about them. They aren’t just for business students.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I interviewed Jason Fried , co-founder of Basecamp and author of REMOTE , for the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast recently and he shared this view as well. I’ve rented 150 square feet of private space in a co-working space in Kansas City called Think Big Coworking.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I interviewed Jason Fried , co-founder of Basecamp and author of REMOTE , for the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast recently and he shared this view as well. I’ve rented 150 square feet of private space in a co-working space in Kansas City called Think Big Coworking.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He is the founder and CEO of Stackify. Matt Watson: Based in the Kansas City area. We didn’t talk about this ahead of time, but that’s what I’m standing in Kansas City, Missouri recording this. As a founder of a company, a CEO of a company. Go check it out. Podcastbookers.com. Does that make sense?

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

PaidContent.org Founder Launches Travel Media and Data Company. MOST READ on FOLIO: F+W Acquires Aspire Media. Merging Brands with Technology. Defining Mobile Opportunities and Strategies. Reports: Major Layoffs at Spin. FOLIO: Alerts & Newsletters. Sign up for our news alerts, special offers & feature updates: Your Email Address. California.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

So my co-founder, Amit Vij, and I built a new database from the ground up, centered around massive parallelization combining the power of the GPU (typically used to quickly process and generate graphics in video games) and CPU to explore and visualize streaming and historical data in space and time—an approach that we then patented.

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Up and Running

JUNE 17, 2015

Wright, serial entrepreneur and founder of investment firm The Resourceful CEO. “I I applied, pitched, and was accepted into BetaBlox —a Kansas City-based startup incubator—in June of 2014,” says Shane Park, CEO of Coinplay. See Also Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak. See Also Got “Founder Fit”?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2023

And it was based on a book that was written by Whole Foods co-founder and Seed. And, you know, I'm blessed to live here in Kansas City and we have the Kansas City Chiefs, and we just won the Super Bowl. Next time I'm in Kansas City or on the road somewhere. John Love John Mackey and Raj.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2010

The company’s two co-founders had created a new technology and an innovative business strategy. The engineering co-founder had created a consumer electronics security product that created an entirely new category. Over time the co-founder responsible for the original business innovations departed.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

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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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It just seemed like a fitting title for a company built around narrative by a founder who used to write stories for a living. I'm joined by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Red Sea Ventures, NucleasHG, the founders of Seamless, a host of extremely helpful angels, and a CircleUp syndicate led by my friend Tom Potter, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2017

He is the CEO of cofounder of Influence and Company and the author of a book we’re going to talk about today called Top of Mind, use content to unleash your influence and engage those who matter to you, so John thanks for joining me. John: So are you in Kansas City today or are you in Columbia? John: Awesome.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2016

Guest post by Melissa Moore, co-founder of Lean Startup Co. AOL co-founder Steve Case , who just released his new book, The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future , is one of the big thinkers we’re excited to team up with. (I To this day, I’ve never had a better title.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko. Co-founder and CTO, Sharethrough. Co-founder and CTO, Saygent. Founder, BlueSpark. Co-founder, Polyvore. Founder, Monsoon and Badmash. Founder, Tout. Founder, Crowdvine. phdc Flip 'n' Learn Shivani Khanna.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Most small business and Startup founders are talking about customer engagement and social presence beyond the customary likes and one-post-a-month schedules. Niraj Ranjan Rout is the founder of Hiver (formerly GrexIt). Martin Harrison , Co-founder, Copify. Martin Harrison is co-founder of online content service Copify .

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 12, 2017

He was one of the founders of a conference called Local You and now is a co-founder of getfivestarts.com a review service that helps local businesses. He is the undisputed king of all things local search, in fact, he started a blog back eons ago called understanding Google maps and local search. So Mike, thanks for joining me.

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