Feld Thoughts

MAY 4, 2010

I participated in the financing as an angel investor (it was during the period of time between funds where I was once again making angel investments) and since then they have commercialized several products and spun off several companies, including my favorite, TrashCo, which makes a product called Flings. Seriously, what a great name.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2011

And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Portland too. Greater Vancouver accounts for more than 60% of the province's 600+ digital media companies, and it's also one of the leading centers for video game production. When you talk about vibrant West Coast startup scenes, obviously Silicon Valley dominates the conversation.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

One of the 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Arist was also named one of 20 education-focused finalists in Fast Company ’s 2019 World-Changing Ideas competition , which recognizes companies, non-profits, and individuals that commit to social good through breakthrough innovation. “Our As a high school student in Portland, Ore.,

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

One of the 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Arist was also named one of 20 education-focused finalists in Fast Company ’s 2019 World-Changing Ideas competition , which recognizes companies, non-profits, and individuals that commit to social good through breakthrough innovation. “Our As a high school student in Portland, Ore.,

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Hearpreneur

MAY 29, 2016

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I started thinking about my company’s name by being honest about the criticism in my industry. 1 – Clear Company Value.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The studio’s design talent boasts some famous names among the list of partners, including Paula Scher, Michael Beirut, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Harry Pearce, and many more. Since then, it has taken on design work for clients large and small, including big names like The Economist and Apple. Headquarters: London. Frog Design.

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Up and Running

JULY 19, 2016

After graduating last month from the University of Portland with focuses in marketing, social media, theater, and entrepreneurship, I am thrilled to pass on my story to fledgling entrepreneurs. I had to research the best value product to put in my machine—and the cheapest place to buy it. Heck, I had to know what a profit margin was!

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Up and Running

JANUARY 3, 2019

Here’s the simple truth of business: Without customers to buy your products, you’re not going to make any money. Buyers” are the people who make the spending decisions while “users” are the people who actually use your product. Success in marketing and product development comes from a deep understanding of your target customer.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

The company is named after their son Jude, who was experiencing health problems before it was determined that he should be on a gluten-free diet. I googled “How do you sell a food product?” “Just very naturally we, out of our own life, created a great product.” This is too much.”

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Whether you love Apple or hate it, you can’t deny they’ve designed more than a place to sell products with their stores worldwide. Apple has created a store experience that’s as sleek and user-friendly as their products, and, as anyone who has battled through the weekend crowds can tell you, immensely popular.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

David: That’s exactly right and I think voice is — it’s certainly informing a lot of the product decisions that Google is making. I think over the years the Google hotel finder has eaten a ton of organic traffic that’s now part of a — sort of a paid inclusion product. David: Absolutely.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 14, 2012

I recently got back from a cross-country road trip where I drove from Chicago to Portland, OR. The name is derived from the Latin words “hora” meaning hour and “azura,” meaning blue. Besides putting nearly 5,000 miles on our rental car, my travel companion and I also became connoisseurs of gas station coffee.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 6, 2019

John Jantsch: Let’s get your definition of ultralearning since that’s the name of the book. I found that there was a general sort of approach to this and what it was is people who take self-directed aggressive learning products. I’ll give a shout out to World Domination Summit in Portland.

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Bryce Dot VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

When the product you’re offering is money, it can be challenging to determine how real product/market fit actually is, but we’ve been encouraged by the enthusiastic response. In that same time we’ve hosted 4 meetups in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco and Portland.

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Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

Helmed by husband-and-wife team Stuart (Director of Sales and Marketing) and Emily (Managing Director, Board Chair, and Chief Ice Cream Inventor) Philips, during 2015 and 2016 Red Wagon is preparing for a big “regional-national” leap in production and distribution—in part by taking advantage of a new public investing program.

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak at the XOXO Festival in Portland Oregon. I know it’s an uncomfortable contradiction because every time I talk to Andy Baio about it, the conversation starts with, oh, that name. Are you really going to use that name? Because that name. He doesn’t like the name.

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Up and Running

MAY 18, 2015

While quotes will maintain the use of the name oDesk, we will refer to the site as Upwork. As I write this, I am currently sitting in my home office, overlooking my sleepy little neighborhood in Southeast Portland. See Also What You Absolutely Cannot Afford to Forget When Pricing Your Products.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 12, 2019

John Jantsch: So, you’ve been doing this conference for a few years, and I guess the first question I have is, what’s with the name? ” Rich Brooks: I couldn’t use the same name, and I wanted to bring in search and mobile marketing to the mix, because I feel like social is just one aspect of what we should be doing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

She has written books called The Writer’s Process about the inner game of writing creatively and productively, and The Workplace Writers’ Process, something that all these content marketers probably need to know a little bit about. This is John Jantsch, and my guest today is Anne Janzer. Anne Janzer: Yeah. John Jantsch: Yeah.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 11, 2016

While it’s clear that Instagram is an important social media platform to capitalize on, many businesses feel that, unless they have a highly visual product, the picture-centric nature of Instagram makes it a bad fit for their business. This could be a link back to your main page, your newest product, or your latest blog post.

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Andrew Payne

APRIL 20, 2014

Cities want the hospitality tax (Airbnb is moving to collect taxes in New York, San Francisco, and Portland) and the hospitality industry doesn’t want the competition. Can you name any other industry where a manufacturer can’t sell their own product?

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

Sticker Mule ’s original homepage (featured below) contained just four top-tier products and everything essentially lived “above the fold.” Adding all of their products to the homepage hurt revenue by nearly 48%. Irrelevant images are the bane of low-converting product pages and ads. How to Be Simple. people and places).

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Up and Running

MAY 24, 2013

Magazine whipped up 14 simple ways that we can be more productive. Portland, Ore has become “Silicon Forest,” New Orleans is “Silicon Bayou,” and even Iowa is taking on the name “Silcorn Valley.” You’ll probably see 100 of these articles a year, but I really think this one is great.

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conversionxl.com

OCTOBER 31, 2011

For one thing people will tell you what they WANT to pay—which is obviously much less than what your product or service is actually WORTH. What will work for you depends on your industry, product and customer. This mental process has a name. If the final price of your service / product is a result of negotiations, start high.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Etsy: Etsy has become known as the ideal marketplace for the creatively inclined, and for good reason; setting up an Etsy shop is incredibly simple, and as the platform is geared heavily toward handcrafted products, if you have a craft, you’ll be in good company. Image via The Boss Stitch. Do you enjoy making jewelry on the side?

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

His name is Charlie and he responded to our question last week about whether you should stick to the plan or change it. Peter: Well, fortunately I know how to pronounce his name because I felt and that was some of his incubator work but Joe is a local entrepreneurial champion here in Oregon. He says, “Hey guys. Great episode.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 23, 2013

The page that people see first and which sole responsibility is to make them understand what the product is, how it’s beneficial to them and get them to take action. We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved “Bon Voyage!”

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

They point out that of 123 statements about typography in Burt’s book, only three – 3 – were either supported by data or by reference to named sources (Rooum, 1981; Hartley and Rooum, 1983; in Lund, 1995 ). Required fields are marked * Name *. Products (3). Morris, R. Aquilante, K., You can’t know.

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allthingsd.com

AUGUST 24, 2012

View all videos » api-video/find_all_videos.asp&fields=id,thumbnailURL,guid,video320kMP4Url,name,duration&count=4&doctype=128&type=allthingsd-section&query=BoomTown. Cisco Partner - Pacific Star Communications - Portland, OR. Product Manager - Innovation. August 21, 2012 at 10:00 am PT. Latest Video. Featured Reviews.

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