Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

This is the final post (18) of the Techstars Mentor Manifesto. As with item 17, Jay Batson , a long-time Techstars Boston mentor, nudged me several times to finish this up and wrote a draft from his perspective. Following is item #18 of the Techstars Mentor Manifesto, in Jay’s words. During one of the Techstars Boston cohorts where I’ve been Mentor-in-Residence, I worked with a 20-something CEO founder (code named Mary) who, shortly after raising a seed round of several million dollars, hired a

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

by Stacey Brown Randall , author of “ Generating Business Referrals Without Asking: A Simple Five Step Plan to a Referral Explosion “ Networking, cold calling, advertising, thought leadership, sponsorships, cold emailing, publicity, pay-per-click, social media posting, trade shows, direct mail… the list goes on and on and I left many off the list.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is “how do I get a job in venture?” In fact, I’ve written two posts over the years on this topic – one way back in 2005 and a follow-up to that a few years later in 2008 (the 2nd of the post is the more practical advice if you’re pressed for time; or just keep reading below).

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Having a carefully-developed sales strategy is crucial if you want to grow your business. Regardless of which industry you’re targeting, you need to have a full and clear understanding of the market and specific objectives that you want to reach over the coming year. Whether you’re setting up your sales strategy for the very first time, or updating your current document, here’s our top pointers for developing a clear and well-rounded plan that will help drive your business̵

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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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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Winners in 10 categories will be announced at the Pitch Award Ceremony at 6:30 pm Sunday, March 10, at the Hilton Austin. A finalist in the Blockchain category , which will pitch on at 9:30 am Sunday, March 10, Knowbella has a mission to create a publicly available scientific ecosystem whereby all t

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It might be everyone’s dream to move to Portugal. Beautiful beaches, amazing food, and weather. Its vibrant startup scene is now another reason to add to the list. Like in neighboring Spain, the country was hit hard with a headache-inducing unemployment rate that was concentrated primarily on Portugal’s youth. Instead of plunging the country into a deeper recession, this moment inspired an entrepreneurial zeitgeist that hurled Portugal headfirst into a technological renaissance.

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YFS Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

By YFS Magazine. When leaders ask these three questions each morning they are better equipped to lead a happier, more productive, and focused day. YFS Magazine - Young, Fabulous & Self-Employed – © YFS Magazine. All Rights Reserved. Copying prohibited. All material is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this material is prohibited.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

In a recent A16Z podcast, Marc Andreessen said he believes that VR will be “like 1000 times bigger” than AR. He also recognised that this is a very contrarian view to consensus in the Valley, which. This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Starting a business isn’t for everyone. However, the people that label themselves as entrepreneurs prioritize starting a business within their lives, and are constantly seeking new opportunities for them to break into. Still, it can be tough to decide exactly what type of company you should start. There are countless industries that you can choose from and running two companies at the same time will only cause chaos within your life.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

If you run a business and are not happy with your current results, you are likely wondering how you can boost your sales to the next level. Crafting a viable sales process that you can scale is the best way to reach your goals and get the sales rate you have always wanted. Finding a […]. The post Steps to Building a Successful and Scalable Sales Process appeared first on ReadWrite.

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YFS Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

By YFS Magazine. Ready to enter the fashion business? Here are five essential steps required to successfully launch your own clothing line. YFS Magazine - Young, Fabulous & Self-Employed – © YFS Magazine. All Rights Reserved. Copying prohibited. All material is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this material is prohibited.

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Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Yossi Hasson MD @ TechStars. Tuesday night I attended the kickoff for mentors and got to hear from the companies that have joined the Alchemist Blockchain Techstars Accelerator in New York – it was a lot of fun and well executed by the managing director of the program Yossi Hasson. He has put together an incredible team it seems with folks like David Gogel.

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YFS Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

By YFS Magazine. What does it take to succeed? Success coach Sheryl Grant reveals 3 ways a mental road map can help entrepreneurs reach business and life goals. YFS Magazine - Young, Fabulous & Self-Employed – © YFS Magazine. All Rights Reserved. Copying prohibited. All material is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this material is prohibited.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Think you don’t use negotiation most every day of your life? From the time we learn to manipulate our parents from the crib to today, we learn to negotiate to obtain our wants and needs. As we grow, we negotiate constantly with our parents, then with our peers. As we enter the business world, we negotiate with our bosses and our subordinates. We negotiate with our suppliers, customers, investors, and even our auditors.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Today I was in a little talk circle among a few friends at the PauseFest event. We all made some introductions to each other and then proceeded to ask each other did for a living. Then something weird happened. None of us could explain exactly what we did for a living. It turns out all of us are ‘ projecteers ‘, we do a number of small projects and tasks for a variety of customers.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Think you don’t use negotiation most every day of your life? From the time we learn to manipulate our parents from the crib to today, we learn to negotiate to obtain our wants and needs. As we grow, we negotiate constantly with our parents, then with our peers. As we enter the business world, we negotiate with our bosses and our subordinates. We negotiate with our suppliers, customers, investors, and even our auditors.

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Our Own Start-up

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The real estate industry can be a pretty difficult one to enter starting out.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s so lucky when you get to work with your friends! I love bringing inspirational leaders into our ‘lair’ at Dragon Army to share their experiences with my team. Recently we’ve had the privilege of hearing Ashley from Love Not Lost and Terence from Love Beyond Walls share their stories (both produced tears from many of us as their stories are INCREDIBLE.)*.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Running a small business means keeping a lot of different balls in the air. There are text, presentations, spreadsheets, and other documents you need to share. Files you need to collaborate on with others, sometimes across different time zones. And then there’s all of the critical information, like legal contracts and forms, you and your employees need to access.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

In the design of social apps, we’ll sometimes talk about how there’s a Friend Graph and an Interest Graph, and they don’t always mix. Well for my personal Venn diagram of those two, Adam Davidson sits squarely in the the overlap. We first got connected via a mutual friend around the cause of independently funded journalism, but found the topics of mutual joy (and distress) to be even broader.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Exploring The Everyday is an interview series exploring interesting individuals or companies who are trying to make an impact on the lives of everyday people. You can learn more about this series here. Universal Basic Income is a hot dinner party topic around the country right now. There are a lot of opinions on this topic, and we could spend forever debating the pros and cons of this potential project.

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