David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

For example, we’re a significant investor in Clearpath Immigration , a company based in NY, DC, and Florida which makes immigration process easier and more affordable. Founders from ten startups had the opportunity to present in front of a panel of investors and journalists, and we’ve had conversations since with one of them about investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. They’ll invite you out to events in which you’ll meet their other clients, you can get to know them socially and hopefully develop a real mentorship relationship where every conversation is not on the clock.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Washington Dulles airport will use biometric exit technology on one flight daily from Washington, DC to Dubai. Biometric Face Recognition and Border Security was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 19, 2012

Had a great conversation today with an entrepreneur at a local startup and we discussed technical education for founders. He pointed me to Hungry Academy here in DC. The initiative is a partnership between venture backed giant LivingSocial and JumpStart Lab (both DC based).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

It is written in a conversational tone, doesnt take itself too seriously, and avoids extraneous fluff. It is written in a conversational tone, doesnt take itself too seriously, and avoids extraneous fluff. I think theyve succeeded. The Entrepreneur’s Guide is an easy read. I think theyve succeeded.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

A Conversation with Eric Ries Thursday, September 15, 2011, 7:30 PM 1855 Main St , Santa Monica , CA ( map ) Price: $30.00 /per person Eric not only created the term "Lean Startup", he has sparked a movement that is changing the way people think about startups. Details: Join us on Thursday, September 22nd for a Conversation with Eric Ries.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Way back when the money was doled out, the team made a compelling pitch about the large market that was going to adopt their new innovative product or service. Leave a comment or reply to someone else. Fostering that dialog is important.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

Im excited that well get more than the usual few minutes of Q&A, so come with a healthy appetite for conversation. If you or your company is interested in sponsoring someone with a scholarship to travel to the expo and contribute to the conversation, please leave a comment or let me know. You heard me right.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Unfortunately, the video of our sllconf conversation is not online (due to technical problems), but we have a physical tape backup which we are endeavoring to get online soon. We were colleagues briefly at KPCB, where Randy has been working not just with individual companies, but also working to change the mindset of entrepreneurs everywhere.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

The way forward requires getting everyone together in a room, and having a conversation about where were headed. My aspiration with the Lean Startup methodology has always been to provide such a framework, so that we have more intelligent conversations about what works and what doesnt for startups. Thats what this conference is for.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 16, 2019

I’m excited by the progress being made despite frustrating inaction from Washington DC after a decade of conversation about creating a startup visa. Their companies have raised $450 million and employ nearly 900 people. Local action by leaders like Global Detroit, EGI, and the William Davidson Foundation is where solutions arise.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. We quietly then launched furniture in Chicago and Washington DC and – BOOM – game changer. There are no easy answers. So we went in the opposite direction.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

“In Washington DC, it’s not right vs. left, it’s old vs. new” – Senator Michael Bennet. I’ve been thinking about this since I heard it last Sunday evening in a conversation with FCC Chair Tom Wheeler. The mess in DC is just a starting point. Michael’s statement rang true with me.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 25, 2017

Several of our conversations were self-reflective, especially around the challenges of getting investors attention to provide seed financing for a new organization. If you want to get connected to CAE or are in the DC area and want to engage around the issues of entrepreneurs and innovation, email me and I’ll connect you with John.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

SXSW Pitch: The 50 Finalists for 2020 was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Badgeholders can also attend SXSW Release It , which occurs on March 13.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Ive had at least three conversations this week about the relationship between agile methodologies and customer development. And credit once again goes to Nivi from Venture Hacks for sharing it with me. Labels: customer development , product development 8comments: Sarah Milstein said. Im pretty excited youve written this post, Eric.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

If you find yourself getting asked non-key questions, try to use your answers to steer the conversation back to the key questions. Most important slide: about the founders In a pitch meeting, try to spend as much time as possible talking about the key questions for your pitch. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

We’re seeing about a 70 to 75 conversion rate from appointments in terms of purchase ,” said Joanna Griffiths , Founder and CEO. Sephora has been doing this for well over a decade , but more recently Birchbox has seen great results opening up a popup inside of the Washington DC location of Rent the Runway. Image source ).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU. After a few months of early beta at IMVU, we discovered that our actual conversion rate was about 0.4%. That’s not too surprising, because our product was pretty bad in those days.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Hope your presentation here in Washington, DC reaches a few new minds today. There are and we do.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Then, after four years at UT and four years working in DC, Austin called me back with relative ease because entrepreneurship was always the city’s main draw for me, even more so thanSXSW or tech or Barton Springs Pool. I can make things happen here that I would have never been able to pull off in DC as a non-native or 30-something there.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, March 6, 2010 Startup Visa update As I write this, I am traveling at 30,000 feet on Virgin Americas excellent IAD->SFO nonstop, following an intense few days of conversations in Washington, DC about the Startup Visa. Our trip was bipartisan, bicameral, and bi-branches-of-government.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

You need to make sure you dont get away from trying bold new things, using some combination of your vision and in-depth customer conversations to come up with the next idea to try. But where do those ideas come from in the first place? Split-testing doesnt have to be limited to micro-optimizations, either.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

When most beginners start with conversion rate optimization, they get carried away by the rosy picture of A/B testing. There are three areas specifically that I’ve found beginning conversion rate optimizers completely miss the mark on. What kind of stuff might I get (Featured logos are Marvel, Capcom, DC etc & a sample box).

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

He is also a co-founder of XediaLabs , a DC-based incubator that provides training and technical consulting to local startups. Howard University’s approach to entrepreneurship education for students in this historically black college has them plugging into the DC-area startup ecosystem. ” Grant : Correct.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 2, 2018

And music by Boston, Journey, Rush, Pink Floyd, and AC/DC. While reading it, I felt like I was in an alternate universe from the typical conversation I have about products. Oh – and groovy. When we invested in Fitbit in 2010 , the phrase we used to describe the product was human instrumentation. It was awesome.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

We don’t know of any other location in DC or elsewhere in the country where multiple government innovation groups are colocated together with startups to create their own center of gravity. We also don’t know of any other location where anyone can just walk up and talk to real soldiers from the Army, Air Force, and DOD.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Conversion Capital. Other East Coast VCs: Fenway Summer Ventures (DC). Route Sixty-Six Ventures (DC). Aquiline Capital Partners. Broadhaven. Digital Currency Group. FinTech Collective. FTV Capital. Green Visor Capital. IA Capital Group. Motive Partners. NYCA Partners. Pivot Investment Partners. QED Investors. SenaHill Partners.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Most importantly, if you know a high-quality entrepreneur who you think would add to the conversation, would you be willing to try and convince them to attend? Would you be willing to link to the Master Class info page from your blog? Twitter about it or post it to a social media site? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Given that most recruiting channels are pay-for-performance, its usually cheaper, too, because it has a lower conversion rate. You want people to turn you down if your pitch is bad, so you have more opportunities to learn how to get better (and is it possible that the problem isnt just with your pitch?).

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 2, 2010

By all accounts, the conversation was a success. By all accounts, the conversation was a success. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, April 2, 2010 Interviews Robert Scoble came by my office to learn about the Lean Startup and the Startup Lessons Learned Conference on April 23. Of course, you can judge for yourself.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

Split-testing is great for linear optimization; making our landing pages, conversion rates, and retention metrics incrementally better day-in day-out. Remember that we can use split-testing for both the problem team and solution team, and that causes a lot of confusion. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2022

He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. He lives in DC with his family. Let's not talk about your book then let's just talk about politics in DC right now for the whole show. DC is a lovely place to live. I li as you mentioned, I live here in Washington, DC. So welcome to the show, Dan, I should say.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 30, 2010

I remembered talking about high CTR email response rates with Dave McClure and Shervin Pishevar when we were in DC on our Startup Visa trip at the beginning of March. I’d forgotten about this conversation until this email showed up while I was thinking about this.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

So with a panel of 5-6 people and 30-45 minutes it’s hard to have a real conversation. Every speaker wants to get their points in so the conversation often lacks rhythm. And often the “moderators&# are nothing more than an extra panelist hoping to score his/her key talking points as well.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

On Saturday, I read one of the books in the box – Uncensored: My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America by Zachary Wood. These books were chosen by Adam Grant, Susan Cain, Malcolm Gladwell, and Daniel Pink – several of my favorite contemporary writers and thinkers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Take a look and let me know what you think. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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