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The Agony and Ecstasy of Selling My First Company

Feld Thoughts

It 1993, I sold my first company, Feld Technologies, to a company called Sage Alerting Systems (which, after several name changes, became AmeriData Technologies.) I can’t remember the name but it was a funky place I went to all the time. A new guy I hadn’t heard of yet named Jerry LeBow came in.

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Empowering Women And People Of Color In The Workplace

Duct Tape Marketing

They feature Q and A sessions with successful business leaders, keynote presentations and conversations on sales, marketing, business, startups and entrepreneurship. He worked his way up from a male sort all the way to postmaster general in the state of Connecticut. I, I totally agree. Is there any way I can help you in your career?

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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NAME Comcast. NAME Verizon Communications. NAME Yahoo. NAME Shikhar Ghosh. NAME Toby Stuart. NAME Daniel Dreymann. NAME Charles Holloway. NAME David Cowan. Domain Name/Basic Site. Connecticut. Connecticut. COMPANY AOL COMPANY|AOL. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. Social Services.

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How Women Can Achieve Success In Male Dominated Professions

YoungUpstarts

However, once I got married, my career path changed, as my husband’s job was transferred back up to Connecticut (where I’m originally from). In Connecticut I chose to make the transition from working at a large public accounting firm, to a small privately owned company.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Options and future value are great ‘add ons’ but not for a welfare check salary until ‘this great idea makes it.’ if you have some thoughts on this you could add to the conversation and provide some advice. ’ Maybe this article is a little too simplistic, a fairy tale. it is always product first.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

In my case, I grew up in Connecticut and spent a fair amount of time in New York – all the while trying to start companies, relatively unsuccessfully. Keep salaries smaller, smaller smaller. Keep salaries smaller, smaller smaller. The ecosystem is just hard to beat. Find money anywhere in the world EXCEPT from VCs.