Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

The most common questions I’ve gotten over the past week have been a variant of: Was SXSW worth it? Was it just one big party? Should I go next year? Why do your eyes still look so bloodshot? And I’ve learned a new term, I arrived home with SxSARS). If you didn’t read it, it’s here. I stayed out late. He was there, too.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The situation is pretty common it got us to riff a bit around how to get programmers to help him build out a proof-of-concept version for his startup. This post is admittedly the outcome of a conversation with a few people over some beers. Some of it is a bit tongue-in-cheek and certainly we are greatly simplifying things. Is it big data?

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 25, 2017

At Venture Atlanta, part of his keynote was a riff on the Attributes of Great SaaS Leaders. A few weeks ago I was in Atlanta for Techstars Atlanta Demo Day and the Venture Atlanta Conference. I had a great time and it’s fun to see the vibrancy of the Atlanta startup community. I put him in the awesome category. Are always learning.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. If you haven’t spent time over there you should. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute: Tenacity. Two quick stories from just yesterday.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 5, 2024

Avoid These Common Pitfalls For a Winning Sales Presentation written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Terri Sjodin, a seasoned expert in public speaking and sales presentations.

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OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Last week , I blogged a podcast riff I did about the biggest mistakes early stage founders make and what to do about them. Here’s a summary of part 2 of what I said about later stage founders. Misreading Product/Market Fit or a lack of Product/Market Fit. The opposite is also true. Founders have to learn to embrace the tear-down.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 20, 2012

David and I wrote a book last year called Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup and this is his riff to a room full of developers about some of his top tips. He starts out with the assertion that “developers are the new investors” - how could you not be interested in hearing more about that?

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 18, 2017

Unlike Pink Floyd, where I’ve got most of the albums memorized, I hang on to individual riffs. Unlike Pink Floyd, where I’ve got most of the albums memorized, I hang on to individual riffs. I’m sitting in my condo downtown, drinking coffee, listening to Soundgarden, and contemplating the dissonance of so many things.

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aweissman.com

MARCH 14, 2017

Today we have have posted The Riff #1 to Soundcloud (and soon to iTunes , Google Play and other places I suppose). The Riff is a 24 minute, unedited single conversation about one topic with one person who knows something about that topic (ie, a riff). By that I mean these riffs are hard to do. 1 is about tv news.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Editor’s note: Understanding how to divide founder equity at a startup can be tricky, even to the point of reaching emotional riffs between founders. Below, Lee Hower offers advice for approaching these equity discussions objectively and properly. There’s no magic to this, and there’s no hard and fast rule.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 26, 2015

I then go on a riff on Startup Communities and Fundraising, where the phrase “Any rich people around here? This weekend you can catch up on Halt and Catch Fire , Mr. Robot , or the talk I gave at Big Omaha in May. ” popped out and got some applause. I had fun at Big Omaha.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 21, 2017

For a taste of the kind of quotes Holiday and Hanselman riff off of in the book, take a look at the fun Brain Quotes pages for Marcus Aurelius and Seneca. I started reading it earlier this year, caught up quickly (I started in July), and then mostly read a page each day when I was in the bathroom in the morning. Stoicism is fascinating to me.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I did my riff on Startup Communities and followed it up with a short Q&A on issues specific to Michigan’s entrepreneurial scene. Last night I gave the kickoff talk to the West Michigan Policy Forum. So we watched Jaws on TV instead (amazingly, neither of us had ever seen it.). Get everyone working together.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Great Jason Calacanis Riff About Boulder, CO. My friends Phil Weiser and Brad Bernthal at Silicon Flatirons (who are a big part of the book Startup Communities ) are hosting me in Boulder on Monday for a “Crash Course: Startup Communities – Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City.”) Related articles.

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 29, 2019

So, without further ado, here’s a short riff on the tools I use to stay super productive: The post My tools to stay super productive appeared first on Begin the Begin. That last bit – stay productive – is a tough one.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2017

Taking in angel or venture money requires a setting of an entrepreneur’s expectations that may come as a shock at least at first. From the moment such an investor looks seriously at your company, the investor or VC partner is thinking of the end game, the ultimate sale of the company or even of an eventual initial public offering.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 6, 2010

The key points are: Don’t try to be Silicon Valley (it’s a special place – learn from it – but don’t try to emulate it). It takes at least a half dozen people that are committed to provide leadership over 20 years. You have to do things that engage the entire entrepreneurial community (e.g. TechStars ).

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2016

At the core of any joke, riff or moment of comedic improvisation rests a crucial element of critical thinking. Comedy brings perspective. It brings the refreshing release of laughter and joy. It brings a critical eye and a necessary commentary on the world around us. Find a Funny Podcast. The Onion’s A.V. Schedule Time With Friends.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

With 184 “riffs, rants, and remarkable business ideas”, “ Small Is the New Big ” by uber marketing blogger Seth Godin is a collection of management mantras for entrepreneurs. Are you feeling the entrepreneurial (or intrapreneurial) itch lately? If so, “ Small Is the New Big ” may be the right up your alley.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

What I like about the book is that the riffs (and rants) do not just urge you to go Go GO – they actually offer some sensible words of advice too. “When was the last time you did something for the first time?” And boy, the renowned marketing cum motivational blogger sure doesn’t disappoint in that department.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 27, 2015

Om talked about his view is that this is the most exciting time to be alive and went on a riff about what is in front of us. I like Iceland – this is the second time I’ve been here. It’s the closest place on earth I’ve been to Alaska, which I love dearly. Om and I did a fireside chat with Bala.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 26, 2011

There was plenty of information covered and the management team presented everything really well (as usual – it’s a gang that has their act together), but there were only a few parts of the meeting where we had space jams (think of the Grateful Dead on a 25 minute riff that is the best part of the concert.).

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

AND do so in a way “that delights, inspires, and surprises…and makes a person want to own it, riff on it, and share with others…” Yes, this is hard. This past week, I had the good fortune to attend the thinkB2B conference at Google’s Mountain View headquarters. My three takeaways: 1. Mobile, Mobile, Mobile.

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Bryce Dot VC

MAY 29, 2013

It was an extension of the riff I had a while back about the Rise of the Independents. . My talk from Next Berlin came online last night. This talk pushed that idea a little further calling for a Declaration of Independents. But given the time constraints and format, I wasn’t able to push it as far as I would have liked.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It’ll be interesting to see how the interview goes today at the conference and if these come up – if I end up on a long riff about it I imagine another blog post on this topic may be forthcoming. Yesterday Rob and I had a short call so he could get to know me a little better. We just raised our second fund.

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The Next Web

JUNE 22, 2012

We wanted to keep the party going by making sure everyone had drinks and, you know, keeping the riff-raff out, making sure the toilets didn’t get clogged, whatever. The meat of the story is learning how to make a product people love…and want. Anything you create actually has to be good.”

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2020

A lot of business owners, especially the younger generation of entrepreneurs, are coming up with creative ways to give back to local or global communities. One company gives shoes to underprivileged children for every pair sold, while another donates a portion of their profits to provide clean drinking water to families in third-world countries.

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Babbling VC

JUNE 6, 2020

I have to admit that I've been thinking quite a lot about this. As someone who spends time on the road at events (more so earlier as a VC), I have been asking myself where do we go from here? Simply taking events online and doing everything via video just ain't happening. But for me, it is not about the events specifically.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Make those staccato guitar riffs louder. I wanted to engage with music, but I can't, because I don't have the ability to manipulate the "source code" of the song. But a computer could--and what if a computer could interpret my suggestions in order to manipulate creative works. Throw in a harpsichord in the background. But, for music.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 12, 2012

If you’ve ever shipped anything, you understand the power of a deadline. It’s incredibly helpful to me as an investor to also be a maker, as I get to experience the same pressure many of the people I’m investing in feel, as I try to weave the creation – in my case of books – into a very busy life. Then Startup Life.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 18, 2015

Instead of writing the definitive post, just pick one aspect and riff a bit. I get asked for blogging tips a lot by other investors or entrepreneurs, most of whom aren’t writing consistently and imagine they should be. What’s the culprit behind this cumbersome burden? No, the issue is often the need to be right.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 5, 2014

It’s similar to a number of emails I’ve received and I thought of it this morning as I was pondering my mental health so I figured I’d riff on it a little. As Amy and I get ready to return to Boulder today and physically re-enter the human race, I woke up this morning thinking about how I’m feeling emotionally.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Your inbox is overwhelming, yet day after day you put in the hard work to write solid emails. Then you get to the end—and the panic sets in. How the heck are you supposed to figure out the best sign-off for your casual (or formal) business emails? But what should those sign-off components look like? You could scour the internet, of course.

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K9 Ventures

MARCH 14, 2014

The title of today’s post is a riff on that inside joke. It was funny to us, and to date if a group of us end up together the tradition continues. Every so often, I’ll meet with a founding team and they will tell me that they met with a “Partner” at a VC firm. However, the first time founders didn’t know that.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2011

But his There are two kinds of people in the world is too good to pass over, or quote from, or riff on. Tweet I Have to apologize to Chris Dixon, because this is his entire post quoted here. I never do that because it feels unfair to the author. Here’s what he says: You’ve either started a company or you haven’t. About the Author.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

The Evolution Of The Podcast written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Todd Cochrane. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Todd Cochrane. He is a podcast advertising specialist, and he founded the Tech Podcast Network in 2004. More About Todd Cochrane: Blubrry. Like this show?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 22, 2022

The Key To Writing A Must-Read written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with AJ Harper. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview AJ Harper. As ghostwriter and as developmental editor, she has worked with newbies to New York Times bestselling authors with millions of books sold.

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