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A Very Short peak into the Metaverse

VC Cafe

As investors in gaming, entertainment tech and consumer, this is a topic my partner Kevin Baxpehler and I have been actively researching and investing in at Remagine Ventures for the past few years. . The term Metaverse was first coined by author Neil Stephenson in the novel ‘Snow Crush’ published in 1992. What is the metaverse?

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Those Beautiful Nest Eggs

Lightspeed Venture Partners

As investors in the company since the early days, we here at Lightspeed have been honored to be a partner of Nest. Tony –working on “iPhone” circa 1992 Me–product manager, having a ball. Congratulations to Tony Fadell, Matt Rogers and the world class team at Nest!

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Mentors 6/18: The Best Mentor Relationships Eventually Become Two-Way

Feld Thoughts

Our premise when we started doing branded accelerators with large companies was that we’d get deep mentor involvement from execs at the company we are partnering with. Len and his partner Jerry Poch bought my first company in 1993. Following are two examples from my own life. This took our relationship to a new level.

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Twitter Link Roundup #226 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The embedded presentation above is filled with valuable data on the state of the Internet and trends in technology around the world. How Greylock Partners Finds the Next Facebook – crowdspring.co/Ud9VE5. An Oral History Of Apple Design: 1992–2013 | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1nJ2Ms0. 1nJ1vkG.

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Does America Care Anymore? How We Can Change The Answer To “Yes”.

YoungUpstarts

Exhibit B: Impersonal automated call technology increases the time we must wait to talk to a human (not to mention our frustration!). What do we want our partners and clients to say about us? Exhibit A: Seventy percent of Americans are disengaged from their jobs, which leads to the poor customer service we experience all too often.

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FullContact Continues Its Journey To Solve The Contact Management Problem

Feld Thoughts

My first company (Feld Technologies) was acquired by a company doing a rollup (AmeriData – acquired 40 companies between 1992 and 1996 when it was then acquired by GE Capital.) I’ve learned a lot from my partner Seth and his own experiences around M&A. Today, I’ve got a clear view of how this can work.

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How To Get What You Want By Helping Others Get What They Want

Duct Tape Marketing

The MarTech Podcast share stories from world-class marketers who use technology to generate growth and achieve business and career success. I went pretty deeply in debt, you know, back in 19, late 1989 to about 1992 when I first discovered marketing. And you can listen to it all on your lunch break. I lived off credit cards.