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Interviews in Adelaide, Sydney, and Minneapolis

Feld Thoughts

I start with a short one from when I was in Adelaide, then a longer one from Sydney, and wrap it up with what is one of the most fun interviews I’ve ever done – this time in Minneapolis with my partner Seth. The post Interviews in Adelaide, Sydney, and Minneapolis appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Seth Asks Me Difficult Questions in Minneapolis

Feld Thoughts

On Tuesday 8/23, my partner Seth will be doing a Q&A with me at Beta.MN at the Target Plaza Commons in Minneapolis from 5pm – 8:30pm. The post Seth Asks Me Difficult Questions in Minneapolis appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry. The model was simple: we’d build a SMS texting tool that matched the food insecure with a free meal from a partner restaurant, all covered by donor dollars. We could build a technical backend that matched food insecure individuals with partner restaurants.

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Turning the microphone over

Startup Lessons Learned

George Floyd: In Minneapolis, George Floyd was held to the ground by a police officer kneeling on his neck during an arrest. Our store and HR teams are working with all of our displaced team members, including the more than 200 team members from our Lake Street store in Minneapolis. She responded by threatening to call the police."I'm

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. And he said ok got it.

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It’s All About The Entrepreneur

Feld Thoughts

I’m in Minneapolis with my partner Seth. It’s two full days of immersion in the Minneapolis startup community. We are at the Techstars Retail Accelerator again today, then at Leadpages for a board meeting, and wrapping up with an internal Target event and an external startup community event put on by Beta.MN.

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Shadow Boxing

VC Adventure

There’s nothing I value more about what we’ve created at Foundry than the relationship I have with my partners. Brad, Jason, Ryan and I are not just business partners, but best friends. And really my own role as an absolute, not as compared to my partners. The highlight was a Beta.MN