Feld Thoughts

MAY 22, 2016

I first met Eliot several years ago when he emailed me a few chapters of the first book he was working on about a fictional tech startup in Boulder. When Eliot wrote Cumulus, he moved away from Mara but retrenched in his home town of Oakland. And then came Neon Fever Rising.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. Last up, Ashesh Patel from Oakland, California, pitched StyleShop247.com StyleShop247.com.

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Diego Basch

MARCH 13, 2012

The obvious question is, what if I need to be in Oakland for a 5:30 pm meeting for which I just cannot be late? I would want to run the query in the morning, and have the service send me an update (SMS, email) any time my suggested departure time changes. Google says it would take me 50 minutes if I left now. Would I pay for this?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 19, 2015

Read on to see where video can be used most effectively and how you can incorporate it into your marketing mix, in a way consumers will respond: Boost email open rates. Our survey revealed that consumers are nearly 50 percent more likely to read email newsletters that include links to video. Encourage engagement on social media.

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Gust

AUGUST 8, 2012

Here’s where it really gets good: Of course I remember my own email and snail mail addresses, but my credit card is stowed along with my briefcase in the overhead compartment. Surely for Internet access they take PayPal or Google Wallet, which would solve this problem in about 30 seconds?

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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2015

In the last year alone, several have opened across the United States, with cafes in New York City, Oakland, California, and soon, Portland Oregon. Phone calls and emails only go so far. While you might be inclined to seek information via email, Kristen says a face-to-face meeting is often the better way to go.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

One prospect said to me in an email, “ I’d like to try and improve the actual conversion rates, instead of doing all the testing or gathering feedback.” It’s about the Oakland A’s and their General Manager Billy Beane. The Art & Science of Web Design by Jeffrey Veen. What’s Moneyball? million events.

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