Feld Thoughts

JUNE 29, 2017

We led the financing, and I joined the board to work more closely with Greg Gottesman, Geoff Entress, Mike Galgon, and Ben Gilbert to build a long-lasting and enduring startup studio in Seattle. Julie previously was a partner at Madrona Venture Group and is deeply involved in the Seattle startup community.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

So what that means is your customers are searching for your product or service, but they don't actually click anywhere, including clicking to your website. So he's able to tap into those networks to show Google that he's gaining traction and all of that. You might end up with more zero click searches. 06:04): That's a long query.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. So there you have it.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Share this: We’ve seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks among Seattle area venture capital firms, led by Madrona Venture Group which raised $300 million last month and Divergent Ventures which pulled in $6.9 But Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Roberts, a former engineer… Read More. Location: Seattle. Contact Us.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 And I think about the “Seattle issue&# as a metaphor for startups and business in general. My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

When it became clear that waiting for government funding and support would take weeks, if not months, Lenore instead looked to her community for both, using her experience with the layoffs and her expertise as a small business owner to solve two of the massive problems crashing over our society. Lenore Estrada : Thanks.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2019

In the simplest form, a coworking space is a workplace community where people gather together and work among like-minded people in a structured atmosphere. Member events and an online member network help you make connections, collaborate, share expertise and get inspired. Greater Productivity. Networking Opportunities.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

I’m sure you’re familiar with the setup… performative, end-of-program demo days that are meant to somehow wrap the experience up in a bow… gigantic, unfamiliar cohort groups that are somehow meant to feel like close-knit communities… the list goes on and on. Allay Health: Seattle, Washington. Jambb: Boston, Massachusetts . Who you are.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

It’s an exciting time to be launching a new fund as our focus on network effects and broad geography are driving opportunities in both existing and emerging markets. We invest in companies and platforms that leverage network effects. and Canada, offering portfolio companies strong networks and resources on both sides of the border.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Communication Intelligence Corp (Redwood City, CA), Supplier of electronic signature solutions for businesses - $2.2 DigitalTown (Burnsville, MN), Developer of a national network of online communities for high school students, alumni and boosters. $10 10 million.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. As Smartphones Reach A Global Tipping Point, Why Your Product Isn't As Simple As You. Life360, A Family Networking App With More. Seattle Meetup. Seattle, WA. → Learn More.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

A friend of mine in Seattle just asked me the same question recently. If I were in Mike’s shoes, I would start by talking to people in the Philadelphia Startup community. For example, we have a mailing list in Seattle called “Seattle Tech Startups&# which is a great place to find a co-founder or developer-type.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2012

When we started TechStars in 2006, one of our premises was to help build a strong startup community in Boulder. I also believe that the best way to accelerate core technologies like what Nike has worked on is to build significant startup communities around their core products and technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. For starters they has asked him to hire a CEO (Hamet was a first timer) and that person lived in Seattle even though NextMedium was based in LA. The idea immediately resonated.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2011

Then there's Seattle, of course. Vancouver has a number of local events and programs that connect and support members of the community, including Vancouver GreenTech Exchange, Vancouver Startup Weekend, Mobile Mondays, and BCIC-New Ventures Competition. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Portland too.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Independent graphic designers from all over the world submit designs to our ongoing design competitions, and Minteds community votes to tell us what to sell. Product Passion - to many engineers, they have to be stoked about the idea to work there.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Momentum currently has a graduate base of 30,000+ and growing with offices in NYC, DC, Seattle and Los Angeles. Tell us about your products and services. Overall, though, I think the two biggest things that make us unique, is our community of graduates and our curriculum. How do you help clients? What makes you unique?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Momentum currently has a graduate base of 30,000+ and growing with offices in NYC, DC, Seattle and Los Angeles. Tell us about your products and services. Overall, though, I think the two biggest things that make us unique, is our community of graduates and our curriculum. How do you help clients? What makes you unique?

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 18, 2010

The evolution of the product over the last six months has been remarkable as it gets better every two weeks (the Gist teams’ release cycle). Learn that Name was a Startup Weekend Seattle project from a few months ago. The idea for Learn that Name came from Eric Koester, a lawyer in Cooley’s Seattle office.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 27, 2017

Hence, we know have a robust entry point and new platform to leverage the diversity of perspectives, knowledge, and needs of the disability community — a billion people worldwide — that will provide benefits for everyone. Since the disability community represents one in seven of the world’s population, it is vital that we get this right.

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

million in funding (0) Accelerator application trifecta: TechStars Seattle, Portland Seed Fund, and PIE currently accepting submissions (0) You got your Vizify in my Twitter. Community Manager. I welcome any tips, product announcements, stories, or rumors that involve Portland, Oregon, or Silicon Forest technology. Got a tip?

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Product Launches Cape Privacy launched Analytics to give users insight into what sensitive data is being used with multiple LLMs including GPT, Claude, Cohere, Llama, etc. Gain insights, best practices and inspiration with keynotes, workshops, community and exclusive experiences.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. In San Antonio we take great pride in our diverse, artistic, affordable and culturally rich community filled with a young and burgeoning creative class workforce.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. When I learned they were hiring a community manager, I threw everything I had at the interview process. We’ve basically built the products we’ve always wanted for ourselves as founders and operators. Enter Box. They gave me a shot.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

In other words, the arrival of a product or service like Uber will have zero impact on the overall market size of the car-for-hire transportation market. As Uber becomes more established in a market, pick-up times continue to fall, and the product continues to improve. There are multiple reasons why this is a flawed assumption.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

You can also look for CTO consultants in the same places you’ll find a lead developer: local technology user groups or meetups, conferences, and online communities (especially open-source software communities). I also run a small firm that provides CTO level help to start-ups in Los Angeles and Seattle.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

Over the past decade, crowdspring has helped many Canadian startups with everything from naming their business , to logo design , packaging design , product design and more. Toronto has obvious and dedicated support and enthusiasm for startups and entrepreneurs, and nowhere is that more evident than in the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

John has rightly observed that many small companies, as well as foreign companies trying to get into the United States, have limited budget, and could use 25% of the time of a sales rep in each geography, say, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle. In the case of J.J's business, the customer is the Network.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 23, 2018

Many successful products and services share the origin story of “I needed something like this, so I built it.”. And Apple is famous for taking existing ideas (wireless networks, media creation, mice, mp3 players, smartphones) and doing them really, really well. Educating consumers why a particular product matters is critical.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The leadership centers of the microcomputer world shifted from Albuquerque to the San Fernando Valley (LA), the Bay Area, and Seattle. I believe we had as much firepower as any of our peers, but we were in the hinterlands working on products not very exciting but indeed very useful.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

And some of the most popular social networks (Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr) are image-based, making photos ever more important for online marketing. Donate gift certificates or products as prizes. Jayson DeMers is the founder & CEO of AudienceBloom , a Seattle-based content marketing & social media agency.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2014

Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything. In their minds, the companies they’ve just created from scratch are the future of innovation, built around a core of community. The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. The same applies to cities.

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