Agile VC

OCTOBER 3, 2016

” In my first post earlier this summer, I highlighted the fact that we’re still a ways off from truly autonomous vehicles, despite many decades of technological advances to assist drivers. FWIW, the first true competitor to Tesla’s Auto-Pilot ADAS system, Mercedes “DrivePilot”, has gotten terrible reviews.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Stephenson wrote it in 1999. As we exit 2020, it’s a great reminder of the place technology was around 20 years ago. As a continual user of a wide variety of technology, I think our modern computing infrastructure is completely fubared. This time I read it on my Kindle, which was fitting.

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Austin Startup

MAY 23, 2019

Thank you to the Austin Technology Incubator at UT Austin for creating the Austin startup scene as we know it! This is no exaggeration: Austin’s startup community would not have taken off without the solid foundation laid by the Austin Technology Incubator , the longest running active tech incubator in the United States.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. We had many term sheets (it was 1999 and we had a pulse) and we were deciding which one to take. It was December 1999. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000.

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Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

Start Up Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

If we can agree on these truths and what innovation is, then we can usher in a long over due, different type of innovation. But before we explore the next phase of innovation, it’s worth reviewing the phase we are currently in. Technology firms now make up seven of the ten biggest companies in the world.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2011

The iPads contained engineering data from the 1999 restoration of the monument. This is just one example of how businesses are embracing mobile technology. Repair technicians can access technical manuals while on client calls. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy. Accessing data.

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Technical Review Mobile Small Business Technology 92

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

By 1999 we had grown into the largest independent consulting firm in the world. By 1999 it seemed like everybody was growing, though. I left Andersen Consulting in 1999 at the height of the market. The size of magazines seems to be expanding, marketing seems to be up and the number of tech announcements per day is dizzying.

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Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Demonstrate your team’s unique unfair competitive advantage, whether it is technology, stellar management team, or key partnerships. Be prepared for due diligence. It’s critical that the data you present is verifiable, since any serious investor will conduct extensive due diligence. Detail the uses of funds.

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

I was thinking about some of the cool things I saw, read, noticed and digested around the world of tech for 2018. You’ll notice underlying the top 10 is what I regard to be the biggest shift in tech at the moment is the realisation that we have a technology wildfire raging. A bonus blog post for your holiday perusal.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 20, 2019

In 1998–1999, when I was running my first company, one of my investors, the late Don Jones , came by to visit us at the office. For those it behoves us to spend the time to think through the choices diligently, and make the best decision we can with the information we have. The architecture and technology will have to evolve over time.

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Technical Review San Francisco Startup Architecture 117

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. There are 20x more consumers online.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Over a coffee in a small office in Cupertino (yes, their name is related to their founding hometown), we talked about how it was the right time to build a new networking company due to the confluence of three major trends: cloud, software defined networking (SDN), and the consumerization of IT. The discussion struck a chord with us.

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Networking Technical Review Cloud Software Review 153

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I kept pointing to the artificial gains in the Nasdaq in 1999 and said, “just because you bought in Feb ’99 and sold in Sept ’99 for a large gain doesn’t meant the asset was correctly priced.&# My message to everybody at the time, “Sell! I’ve lived through two tech market corrections at close range.

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Florida Technical Review San Antonio Los Angeles 299

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My Human Computer Interaction.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

M y company had raised a seed round of capital in late 1999 even before either of us were full time in the company (ominous side note: on the way to pitch our seed investor, Delta Partners, a man walking right in front of me died of a massive heart attack making me late to the meeting. He was to head up UK operations. I did the grunt work.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2022

As technology and algorithms are constantly changing, the world of SEO as we know it continuously evolves along with it. 4:56] Could you talk about something you’ve written about — the end of technical SEO? [5:43] Would you say that we just need to remember those principles and apply them to today’s technology? [18:04]

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Technical Review SEO Metadata Algorithm 95

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2022

As technology and algorithms are constantly changing, the world of SEO as we know it continuously evolves along with it. 4:56] Could you talk about something you’ve written about — the end of technical SEO? [5:43] Would you say that we just need to remember those principles and apply them to today’s technology? [18:04]

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SEO Technical Review Metadata Social Media 96

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. A big technical challenge we studied was piping streaming video over networks.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Bandwidth Software Review 182

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The world has changed much since I started my first company in 1999. some came from our customer service, some were to improve performance / scalability from tech ops, some were bug fixes, etc.) But he didn’t grow up with technology. I rarely see the tech team do this. Tech teams – start a revolution!

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Customer Technical Review Software Review Mexico 280

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

These days there are many lawyers that will do equity deals cheaply as long is it is a standardized, simplified term sheet, early stage, no serious investor / management debates, limited IP / customers / due diligence and as long as they perceive you as a “hot&# company that’s likely to need legal services for many years ahead. (if

Finance 286

Finance Term Sheet Technical Review Warrant 286

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. We were high tech at the very start of the boom. Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

In reading my friend Steve Blank’s arguments, I found the bubble definition quite compelling: “A tech bubble is the rapid inflation in the valuation of public and private technology companies that exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin.&#. It sent a signal that there is an irrational demand for tech IPOs.&#.

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Technical Review IPO Silicon Valley Valuation 57

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Serving his community that evening as their Volunteer Fire Chief, Joe diligently scanned his first responder radio for any sign of distress. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Some shed tears. Joe calmly sipped coffee two townships away.

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Leadership Technical Review Cloud Global 113

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2019

Ellen wanted to grow the association but many companies were in dire straits and unable to pay their dues. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Absolutely! A few years ago the economy turned down at the most inopportune time. Step on it Ellen!

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Global Virginia Wisconsin Leadership 113

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

These companies can range from tech startups to food trucks to retail stores. approx 1999-07. Top performers conduct 40 hours or more of due diligence per investment and stick with companies as active advisors.[3]. John Frankel started as an individual angel investor in New York in 1999. 1961- 1996.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

David Teten

JUNE 14, 2011

Since 1999, ff has made over 100 investments in over 35 companies , and from the beginning has been highly focused on generating industry leading returns. Before making the decision to join the firm, I did some research on early-stage tech investing as an asset class. What was striking was what an attractive asset class it was.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Early Stage Portfolio 122

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Juniper Networks Inc acquired Altor Networks, a company specializing in security for virtualization technology. Virtualization technology is increasingly in demand as large corporations try to cut back on hardware in their data centers. The technology was developed in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.

Israel 87

Israel Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

The Greycroft event was a 10 out of 10 so I’ve diligently taken notes. With all the external presenters, the ones I enjoyed the most were Dan Senor who wrote the book Startup Nation (an examination of the Israeli technology scene). My action item – I will soon announce the GRP Partners CEO Summit.

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PR Technical Review Portfolio Customer Development 279

Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. Often, the entire organization starts dreaming up bigger, bolder features that are sure to dazzle the marketplace, but without the best grasp on what technology can and can’t do, or fully realizing what caused us to miss our commitments in the first place.

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Phoenix Software Review Technical Review Cofounder 175

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. You technically have more gas left but you never know if some unexpected circumstance causes you to run out of gas.

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Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Being an outsider, I also wanted to lean heavily on the actual research available on the subject, as well as the voices of women both in the tech space and who have successfully received venture funding. It seems remiss, therefore, to not shed light on this issue. A rare success. Giadha Aguirre de Carcer has had an impressive career.

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Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

Trying to name a business in the philanthropy tech space was difficult. My wife and I co-founded our Web development and digital marketing agency atCommunications, LLC in 1999. Due to the holistic approach, I gave the name ‘Total Shape' which means to shape both your body and mind. 13- Combining words.

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Naming Entrepreneur Jordan Merger 161

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Sometimes with the help of start-up incubators, like the University of Texas’ Austin Technology Incubator (ATI). Before this, it was housed, since inception in 1999, within the walls of ATI, where the Wi-Fi Alliance and ATI built a unique, collaborative relationship. They thought the market could be significant if IEEE 802.11

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Incubator Technical Review Austin Texas 54

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. 5; in Lund, 1999 ). Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). Introduction. Part 1 provides typographical definitions.

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