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Why Philosophy and Entrepreneurship?

Feld Thoughts

It was the end of January 1988, about nine months since we had embarked on turning Brad’s solo consulting shop, Feld Technologies, into a real business. We planned to use smart yet inexpensive software developers to build business application software.

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Why Philosophy and Entrepreneurship?

Feld Thoughts

It was the end of January 1988, about nine months since we had embarked on turning Brad’s solo consulting shop, Feld Technologies, into a real business. We planned to use smart yet inexpensive software developers to build business application software.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s how Cory Van Wolvelaere changed my life: In 1993, after working at Andersen Consulting for 2.5 years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. The first goal was rooted in childhood – I grew up playing with technology and it has always been my passion. I thought I’d pay it forward.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. eBay is likely the most efficient “accelerator” to have existed to date.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

Joel of Fog Creek says: “We didn’t start with a particular product in mind: our goal was simply to build the kind of software company where we would want to work, one in which programmers and software developers are the stars and everything else serves only to make them productive and happy.&#