Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2021

He was investing in Detroit and eager to write a book about the art and science of venture capital. I immediately introduced Mahendra to a bunch of Foundry Group LPs, partners, and entrepreneurs. A decade ago, I got a cold email from Mahendra. Mahendra and I kept in touch.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2021

I’ve had the privilege to work with many great entrepreneurs, both in my operating days at the start of my career and over the last decade plus on the VC investing side. And if we’re investing in the company, it then impacts how I might be most helpful as a thought partner to the entrepreneur depending on their archetype.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Eric Paley , managing partner at Founder Collective , told me that they had implemented a city-wide program in Boston to help local university students get internships at local tech startups. It creates recycled capital + 2nd-time entrepreneurs … on steroids. The key is to be able to keep the best ones local. Maker Studios.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

View More in Detroit ›. Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. Detroit Events ›. In fact, by using analytics software that relies on a different way of measuring risk, the San Diego firm is becoming known in some circles as “the Moneyball of venture capital,” according to David Coats, a co-founder and managing partner.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Google today launched Google for Entrepreneurs both at google.com/entrepreneurs and of course Google+. Mountain View says Google for Entrepreneurs is “the umbrella” for the company’s several dozen programs and partnerships around the world that support startups and entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Which is why I often tell people to start being entrepreneurs when one is young. ” 31:45 Is there truth to the idea that you shouldn’t force change upon entrepreneurs? 33:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show. I talk about it often including in my own personal narrative.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

There was a computer training lab run by a company called Prosoft, but that's like having an Apex Tech and expecting to be the next Detroit. Companies can't find the partners and employees they need. Sun's space was for it's customer assistance unit and Cornell just had a demo space patched into a supercomputer back on campus.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 20, 2014

I was getting ready for a Google Hangout back to my office with my partners and I noticed something about an explosion at the Boston Marathon on twitter. My partners were all shaken also – Seth lived in Boston for many years, Ryan has done several marathons, and Jason just did his first marathon last year in Detroit.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

After a week at home I hit the road again around the release of Startup Communities and spent almost all of October on the road, reaching Boise, Oklahoma City, Chicago, Des Moines, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Lexington, and Louisville. I get to work with incredible companies and entrepreneurs every day.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

George), Vermont (Burlington), and Michigan (Detroit) in October. George, Chicago, Des Moines, Burlington, Seattle, Detroit, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Lexington (KY), and Palm Desert. This is the first time I’ve done three weekends back to back (I’ve done two before). ” I’m enjoying the edge this semester.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

These topics were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern.) Look at the history of America and what has been the role models or the examples of a way out for a lot of underrepresented entrepreneurs minorities?

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

I haven’t run a marathon since October 2012 when I ran the Detroit Marathon but after a year of struggling to get into a rhythm I’m once again motivated – and interested – in doing another marathon. Tech entrepreneur I hadn’t seen in a decade describing his new thing. New VC in town in the natural foods market.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2017

I saw a tweet from Dan Primack saying the North Hall was basically indistinguishable from the Detroit Auto Show. My experience with James, his partner Eric, and Fitbit continues to be one of the most rewarding and enjoyable – at all levels – professional experience I’ve ever had. We started at the LVCC.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Amy and I shipped the final draft of Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur yesterday. The only thing in front of me for the next seven hours is the Detroit Marathon which I’m going to go suit up for after I finish writing this blog post.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2018

And, as the Wall Street Journal reported last week, cities that didn’t make the short list — among them Detroit, Cincinnati, and Sacramento — are rushing to make changes based on Amazon’s feedback on where they fell short. They can partner with companies to develop specific training programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. Hope you’re enjoying the show.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 3, 2012

It was entirely my fault and my partner Ryan McIntyre, who I crashed into, saved me from much more severe damage. I ended up running the Detroit Marathon on 10/21 and did fine, but I was completely wiped out physically by the end of October. This period started off on 9/5 in Kobarid, Solvenia with a bike accident.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

When we see entrepreneurs come up with great ideas (and we see many), we hope that they also remember that while an idea is key, it won’t go anywhere without the right team in place. As entrepreneurs we need to recognize the importance of having a solid support system. be the manager and product developer).

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Austin Startup

APRIL 7, 2017

I spent the next seven years in the tech ecosystems of San Francisco, New York City, and even back in hometown Detroit, taking on various operating and investing roles. I’m excited to begin Part 2 in Austin with the amazing team at Silverton Partners. It’s a very competitive market for VCs. I imagine SF must be worse.)

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

This time I told him I’d run it by my partners and get their feedback. Through YEO, I got to know Mike and Cindy (who is also an entrepreneur and was in YEO) very well. A week later we had an awesome dinner at Oak and then Mike, Cindy, and I stayed up until after midnight at the St. Julien talking about AvidXchange.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Additionally, Microsoft will provide its startups with four to eight months of advice, design and development help, discounted access to Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace APIs, and introductions to potential partners or customers. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Venture capital.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

For about a year and a half, I worked in downtown Detroit and it was a 10-minute walk to and from my office. Ann Arbor as a whole is a very forward thinking, supportive, entrepreneur-friendly community for startups and tech companies. Street harassment has real, physical and psychological effects on people. Don’t be in a rush.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 18, 2018

In spite of all the ink that journalists, analysts, and pundits have spilled on Uber over the years, no mainstream article has focused on what I consider to be the most elegant feature of this now ubiquitous, high growth global service — no driver-partner is ever told where or when to work.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how they came up with their business name. #1- I came up with the name Excel Global Partners for my corporate consulting firm because of the vision I had for the company. Partners – I didn’t want my company to simply work for its clients, I wanted it to work with its clients.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

It is the first in a series of posts he’s writing about the decisions a young entrepreneur needs to make when she/he is first starting a business. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. No phone system. No legal muck.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2011

And on the rare occasion, they'll give some blunt feedback to the entrepreneurs that pitch them day in and day out. Since they tend to express exactly what the VCs are thinking when speaking with you, the entrepreneur. So, every year, VCs are probably sitting through 1,000 entrepreneur presentations. That's a lot.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

So you want to be an entrepreneur, huh? A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. Your customers and your investors like partners? So you wanted to be an entrepreneur, huh? I am Eric Ries.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

We met at a private party hosted by his venture partner Mike Yavonditte and I outlined my concerns for the lack of precision of the algorithm. Don’t be surprised if you see me bagsie that idea for GRP Partners. Thank you also to Detroit Venture Partners. I was used to this debate.

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