Feld Thoughts

MAY 5, 2011

I expect we’ll look back on 2011 as the year that Gnip went from a highly product development focused company to a company that was firing on all cylinders. Oh, and they are hiring as fast as they can find great people ; across the spectrum (business, sales, & engineering).

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Today, brands are hiring social media specialists for customer support, crowdsourced product development, promotions and even leads generation. In justifying and expanding programs for longer-term planning and budgeting, 48% of social strategists place measurement as a primary objective in 2011. Hiring The Right Candidate.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. Should we go for it?

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Great News for Pharma- More Insured Customers: In 2011, 48 million Americans had no health insurance (15.7% FDA approval is not enough to be competitive. Specifically, how is your company addressing value in R&D, trials, and marketing”? of the population).

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Prestigious London-based Monocle magazine, a global briefing journal covering international affairs, business, culture and design, has chosen Haifa as the city with the most promising business potential for 2011.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Amazon’s Approach to Product Development – [link]. Today’s issue of crowdSPRING’s smallbiz newsletter (marketing, strategy, 2011 outlook) – [link]. A Complete Guide to Effective Writing – [link]. Five Ways to Write Magnificent Copy – [link]. – [link].

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Although we got some early traction, we were unable to prevent a bankruptcy from happening in October 2011. One person cannot be the best lawyer, product developer, finance person, user experience designer, visual designer, business developer and sales person all at once. Most start-ups fail.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

They couldn’t keep up with the fast product development times that were enabled by using standard microprocessors. So their management teams were insisting that they OEM (buy from someone else) these products. Memorex is turning 50 years old in 2011. Convergent Technologies was one of those OEM suppliers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

This is just like a startup to me, complete with distribution and product development challenges, ecosystem design and many, many customers. Im just starting the publishing process that should lead to a book for a general business audience in 2011. My realization for 2010 is that Im already in the game. Writing a book.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2011

Autonomow team members: Jorge Heraud (MS Management, 2011) Business Unit Director, Agriculture, Trimble Navigation, Director of Engineering, Trimble Navigation, MS&E (Stanford), MSEE (Stanford), BSEE (PUCP, Peru). Fred Ford (MSME, Mar 2011) Senior Eng for Mechanical Systems on Military Satellites, BS Aerospace Eng (U of Michigan).

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Calxeda is on track with its business and ARM-based product development plans, moving toward providing first samples of its industry-changing technologies in 2011. The new name, Calxeda , pronounced “Cal-zeh-dah,” is a derivative of the Latin for “Smooth-Stone.”

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

See the January 2011 edition after the jump. INTEL-ISRAEL DEVELOPS NEW CHIP “SANDY BRIDGE”. ’s Haifa R&D Center has developed a new microprocessor called Sandy Bridge, which is set to be launched in early 2011. INTEL-ISRAEL TO HIRE 1000 NEW WORKERS TO DEVELOP 22NM. For previous editions, click here.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 24, 2017

I’m no stranger to startups, having launched my digital marketing agency Creative Click Media from the ground up in 2011, but tackling an ecommerce yoga business was a completely new entrepreneurial adventure for me.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

When competitors raise money and you don’t the following happens (assuming all else equal on product development, which I know is not always the case): they have a PR advantage both in terms of perceived momentum and also money to spend on it. The market is over-valued in 2011 relative to norms.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Only a small percentage are using social media for non-sales and marketing functions, such as human resources, customer service and product development. - While SMB adoption of social media has been on the rise over the past year, median spending for both small and medium companies has remained the same as in 2011. . -

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

As the questions came in, I realized that my 2010 list was great for what I had learned as of 2 years ago, but it also was in desperate need of an update to include what I’ve learned more recently, especially as we’ve pivoted from fabulis to Fab in 2011 and then scaled Fab to more than 7.5 So, here goes.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2014

Her message is apparently being heard; Adam Grant, whose research on leadership is helping to further erode the stigma of introversion, recalls how he instructed two groups of Wharton MBA students, first in 2011 and again in 2013: “Raise your hand if you’re an introvert.”. In 2011, only a handful of students raised their hands.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2010

It is the ultimate product development get-started guide to Lean Startup. Because of the traditional publishing industrys commitment to rapid iteration, the book wont come out until Fall, 2011. It is the ultimate product development get-started guide to Lean Startup.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 17, 2012

years of product development and varying business approaches, Gnip found their magic moment about a year and half ago. In spite of growing their number of employees by 300% in 2011, Gnip was just named The Best Place To Work in Boulder. Since that time they have been heads down executing and the results have been incredible.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 7, 2018

Since 2011, residential rents in San Francisco have doubled and condo prices have quadrupled. However, the pressure of sky-high housing costs, salaries and competition for suitable candidates is causing start-ups and investors to rethink their approach to distributed teams.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2017

It’s now often referred to as “Labs” (as an homage to the infamous Google Labs which was disbanded in 2011.). We’ve seen a lot of companies spin up a Labs as a way to try to create new products. This is a recurring theme in my world when a company hits around $5 million of revenue on their first product.

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

This is Facebook’s second acquisition in Israel, following the acquisition of Snaptu for $70m in March 2011. Global sales in 2011 were $2.76 Most of the products developed and manufactured in Israel are shipped to the United States and Europe. SHUTTERFLY ACQUIRES ISRAELI PHOTO SOFTWARE COMPANY PHOTOCCINO.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2010

I have: Im going to mark the occasion at SXSW Interactive in March, 2011. Id love to know what you think: The Lean Startup: innovation through experimentation 2011 will mark the one-hundredth anniversary of Frederick Winslow Taylor s " Principles of Scientific Management." We owe that movement an incalculable debt of gratitude.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 9, 2016

Here are five of those ten reasons, in summary… Make smarter inventory and product development choices by asking customers to vote on the products they’d like to purchase. Increase the number of conversations taking place about your products / company. But are people turning to social commerce in droves yet?

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

In 2011, it accounted for approximately $2.3 Websites: Quirky: This is a great place to learn about the product development process, and to take a shot at getting your idea picked from a host of others to be manufactured. Today, a standard jeweler’s workbench from Rio Grande comes in at around $420.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 22, 2011

The Front End of Innovation 2011 conference was last week in Boston. A few comments and impressions for your consideration. * It would be hard to imagine a more serious group with regard to innovation. This is probably the most concentrated group of pure corporate innovators you’ll find. These are the folks who are working [.].

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2012

As a product developer who’s been building for 14 years, I’ve found the best place to begin is to ask these two questions: 1.) If you’re reading this article, you may very well fall into this latter camp. Where to begin. Lucky for you, there are far more challenges in the world than solutions. What gives me pain?

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The Next Web

JULY 5, 2015

For the uninitiated, the Lean Startup methodology is a practice for developing products and businesses based on ‘validated learning’, getting customer feedback quickly and often. The process was proposed by Eric Ries in 2011. The objective is to eliminate uncertainty in the product development process.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning,” rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. So it's more like a reservation.

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Altgate

OCTOBER 18, 2010

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Its amazing how fast this happens, especially in companies with short product development cycles in non-medical industries. Its amazing how fast this happens, especially in companies with short product development cycles in non-medical industries. November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. April 2013.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Codecademy started out in 2011 as one of the first free products that taught people to code. Since then, we have helped over 45 million learners improve their lives through programming while making major improvements to our product—driven by experimentation.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 13, 2006

Growth involves, in many businesses, more customer service, product development, support, marketing and so forth – in addition to more R&D. Growth involves, in many businesses, more customer service, product development, support, marketing and so forth – in addition to more R&D. November 2011. March 2011.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The Austin based startup, founded in 2011, received the funding from Palo Alto-based CSC Venture Capital. It plans to use the money on product development and to hire more […] The post WigWag Gets $3.17 Million in Funding appeared first on SiliconHills.

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37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

. “if the name of your product is the most important thing you’re discussing, you’re either deluded or have a pointless product.” ” Exactly my thought, finding a product name is perhaps the easiest thing in product development if you know what you’re doing. This is what I follow: a.)

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Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

The product development cycle was excellent. However, the distribution channel we had planned to use lacked the sophistication ultimately required by the product design, and the manufacturers adoption cycle was insufficient. (A The product development cycle was excellent. November 2011. September 2011.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 22, 2015

Why You Should Join Us in 2015 Since 2011, The Lean Startup has helped countless ventures transform ideas into thriving businesses. Like previous years, the 2015 conference will feature 100+ expert speakers on topics ranging from corporate entrepreneurship to analytics, product development, engineering, sales, marketing, and design.

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