Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

A few weeks ago I had lunch with John Dearie to discuss a new non-profit he has started called The Center for American Entrepreneurship. Several friends and people I respect a lot are on the board , including Lucy Sanders (NCWIT), Troy Henikoff (Techstars Chicago), Bob Litan (Brookings Institute), Rebecca Lovell (Seattle’s Office of Economic Development), Monisha Merchant (formerly Senator Bennet’s Economic Advisor), Jonathan Ortmans (Global Entrepreneurship Network), Jason Seats (Techsta

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2016

We’ve got some bad news. Your customers are probably ignoring you. Sure, there are an infinite number of YouTube commercials, product placements, sponsored blog content, and a whole cacophony of other messages being thrown into the interwebs by companies trying to get some brand attention on the daily, but is their target audience really seeing all of these marketing messages?

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 28, 2016

This essay originally appeared on MIT Sloan Management Review as part of their Frontiers Essay Series. Each essay is a response to this question: “Within the next five years, how will technology change the practice of management in a way we have not yet witnessed?”. • • •. Artificial Intelligence is about to transform management from an art into a combination of art and science.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2016

Startup businesses are a major player in today’s economy. These exciting businesses are changing the way we do business and interact with technology. While running a startup may be one of the most exhilarating things in the workplace there are many mistakes made by startup beginners. Here are 3 things every startup should know (and established startups wish the had known!

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 28, 2016

About two to three years post launch, companies typically undergo an interesting transition: they’ve made it through the survival phase and are maturing. It’s time to focus on building a company long term. For most companies, this is a hard transition to make. In the early days, the goals were crystal clear: Survive! Find product-market-fit! Get to the next funding round!

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2016

Setting up your own, brand new business is one of the most exciting experiences you can witness. This can also be one of the most rewarding things in case you get things done in the right way. Entrepreneurship is a very popular activity and more and more people are attracted by this idea every year. It seems that setting up a business is now easier than ever, so there is no reason why someone should not give this activity a try.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2016

StickerRide , a mobile app that connects brands and drivers to provide an efficient targeted on-vehicle advertising platform, recently announced plans to enter the US market starting with the ever-busy city of Los Angeles. Founded in 2013, StickerRide has already seen great success as a worldwide car-advertising platform in Europe. StickerRide is currently being used by over 40,000 drivers and leading brand names.

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YFS Magazine

JUNE 28, 2016

With the rising trend in remote working and distributed teams many entrepreneurs and their team members find the prospect of having a home office exciting.

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SVPG

JUNE 28, 2016

Most people by now have read Marc Andreessen’s Why Software Is Eating The World. This was written back in 2011, and I’ve been watching his predictions play out in companies all around the world. While my focus is primarily on technology-powered software products, services and devices, I’m also very interested to find other industries where the techniques of modern product are used to disrupt their spaces.

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YFS Magazine

JUNE 28, 2016

Enlisting the help of professional mobile app developers who can turn your vision into a reality is a key step that can yield a tremendous reward down the road.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2016

A year or two ago, it would have been unthinkable. Even as the vote grew closer, most predicted it would fail. The exit polls suggested we were safe. But when the more than 33 million votes cast were finally counted, it became a dizzying reality: Britain had voted to leave the European Union. Global markets turned chaotic as that reality hit. The pound fell below even 2008 levels to its lowest point since 1985 while the Euro fell against other world currencies.

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Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 28, 2016

I’m currently devouring the book, Shoe Dog , which is the story of how Phil Knight started Nike. I had no idea the backstory of this company, and I love to hear these success stories that started out as anything but. Through each of the companies I’ve been a part of, we’ve had big ups and big downs, and hearing the stories of Phil Knight, and Jobs , and Musk , help me remember that this job of being a CEO is tough!

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2016

How and Why You Must Do Competitive Research written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. The term competitive research often conjures up notions of spying and espionage, but the fact is, you must commit to ongoing competitive research as a way to grow and evolve. When I talk about the concept of competitive research as a core practice, I sometimes encounter some pushback from business owners.

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Up and Running

JUNE 28, 2016

Before anything else, realize that yes, you do have competition. No matter how new your business, you do have competition. I’m in several groups that watch startup pitches as investors, and I can guarantee you that if you say you don’t have competition, your audience is rolling its collective eyes and dismissing you as naive. Once in an extremely rare while, a new technology will appear, for a short time, as if it has no competition.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 28, 2016

Developing organizational trust in your process and results is the most critical piece in the optimization process. An organization that has been burnt by broken tests or disillusioned by a trough of losing tests won’t be able to maintain enthusiasm for its testing program. And a culture of experimentation is important, not only for your job security, but for the effectiveness of your testing program.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2016

Do you have a great idea for a new app and thinking about starting a new software company? Maybe you already have a startup and want to make sure it is a success. Startup software companies can be exciting and lucrative but they are also risky and involve a lot of hard work. Here are some tips for creating or maintaining a successful software startup: K.I.S.S.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 28, 2016

“There’s a 30% chance of rain today.” And then it didn’t rain. So, was the forecast accurate? Or what if it did rain. Does that mean the forecast was inaccurate? How do you hold forecasters accountable, when the forecast is only a probability? The answer appears tricky, then simple, then tricky again, then ends up being simple enough to answer it with Google Spreadsheets.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 28, 2016

I was having coffee with Brittany Lanzone, Founder of kitchen design company Rae Design , when she shared a fascinating fact with me. The kitchen cabinet standard recently increased from the former 12 inches of depth to 13 inches. Why? To accommodate larger plates. To make them more accessible. Instantly. Easily. As you may know, I make a big deal out of plate size because our behavior with plate size and the food we consume runs in direct parallel with how entrepreneurs manage money.

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