Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

I get up at 5am, catch up on email (holy s**t – is it already 6:37?), Fitbit launched two new products yesterday ( Fitbit Zip and Fitbit One ), Return Path launches three today (Email Intelligence!), My fourth book, Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City comes out at the end of the month.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

Austin Mayor Steve Adler The event was kicked off by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and MCed by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett. Officers can access RideAlong through the 911 system en route to calls, allowing the police to help connect vulnerable residents with long-term care and effectively directing limited city resources.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2011

Veritas team put it into overdrive and did mass interviews of city officials across the United States. In Williamstown, West Virginia they spoke to the city planner and a member of the budget committee. In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma it was the city engineer and director of public works. The pressure was on.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Email readers, continue here…] The Berkus Method assigns a number, a financial valuation, to each of four major elements of risk faced by all young companies – after crediting the entrepreneur some basic value for the quality and potential of the idea itself. Today, for me, that hurdle number is $20 million.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 24, 2015

Think of it like this: let’s say you live in Oklahoma City, and you plan to drive to Los Angeles, somewhere you’ve never been. Survey your email list or Twitter followers; find out what they want to know and use that information to create your themes and your content. It keeps me organized. Solve your audience’s problems.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Here’s an email exchange that I had in the past 24 hours with an entrepreneur. Remember, I try to answer all of my emails and be responsive to any inquiry – this was a random one (which I get between 25 and 100 a day). Entrepreneur: I just wanted to touch base with you and see if you are taking on new startups right now.

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