Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

As part of this, TechStars announced the TechStars Network , an affiliation of TechStars-like programs across the country along with our commitment to the Startup America Partnership to help 5000 experienced mentors work with 6000 entrepreneurs to create 25,000 new jobs by 2015.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Cybersecurity unicorn Snyk was founded in 2015 with the mission to help developers make their code secure. What was your approach to picking co-founders, and what advice would you give entrepreneurs on this? I think having a co-founder is very important. The co-founder / marriage analogy is apt.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Built-In Virality : Telegram’s built-in communities provide organic growth opportunities for multiplayer games and can be leveraged for fan engagement. Discord goes from social layer to Gaming Destination Discord actually started as a gaming studio in 2012 by its co-founder and CEO Jason Citron.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Boulder, CO.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Important insight – Harsh Realities From 500 Startups Founders – [link]. Mike Samson, Co-Founder of @crowdSPRING on Community Building & NO!SPEC By 2015 ebooks will triple to $3 billion industry – [link]. Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You – [link].

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The Next Web

JUNE 21, 2015

But it’s likely helpful and informative for anyone in the startup community, any Hunter, or just people like me who can’t wait for their PH daily email each morning. Nah, usually in the beginning, things like PR are done by the co-founders or whoever else has time. And that’s who the audience for this book is.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Building relationships with vendors and the local community. ColdFire Brewing , a 10-barrel brewery, came online in December 2015, founded by Dan Hughes and his brother Stephen. Word of mouth is no substitute for market research , says Ben Price, co-founder of Hard Knocks Brewing, a small brewpub in its second year of operation.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Carmen Medina , co-author of the book Rebels at Work , spent 32 years at CIA. Don Burke , digital architect for the Central Intelligence Agency. Don : Exactly.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We have now grown into an overnight hit, as we had built up a huge community of black women with skin conditions years before even launching Topicals. My co-founder, Paul Pirner and I were old friends and craft beer lovers who had each decided (independently of one another) to adopt an alcohol-free lifestyle.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

Listing the co-founders initials and adding Realty would project the same old. I chose DevBev Co. Thanks to Devin Beverage, DevBev Co. ! #6- My co-founder and I came up with our company name by getting really drunk one night. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Photo Credit: Devin Beverage.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Bullish in this space since 2015 I see the air cover in place for institutions and private wealth managers to now take the plunge. This is already happening, but there will be an explosion of rolling funds, operator angels, and micro investors who want to co-invest in friends, companies, and cohorts they are a part of.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

It’s been 6 month since my co-founder and I started Reset ?—?a In that time, I’ve been consistently delighted by the support and enthusiasm of the Austin startup community. In July I spoke on a panel at 3 Day Startup Global Roundup, an opportunity that sprung out of a connection in a Female Founders Facebook Group.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

M&A experience (Morgan Stanley and later co-headed M&A for Barry Diller at IAC). Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman). As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2015

The right answer is to find a co-founder with complementary skills. Yet from my own years of experience in the startup community, here are 10 common steps that have worked for other entrepreneurs: Write a "job description" for that ideal partner. Network to find co-founders just as you network to find investors.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

As detailed in a co-authored book , Brian Halligan, a recent MIT grad in 2005, observed startups failing with “‘tried-and-true’ marketing techniques that he had seen work throughout his career; techniques such as trade shows, telemarketing, e-mail blasting and advertising.”. Without a product for your term, build a community.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 23, 2022

I can now give back to my community in ways that would not have been possible earlier. Thanks to Mike Falahee, Marygrove Awnings Co. ! #7- 14- To solve issues in the beauty community. The plan was to solve those issues not only for us but for others in the beauty community. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

The company’s founders are in the video and in the brand’s Instagram content. By presenting themselves as the public face of the company, Rooted’s co-founders are building their personal brand and making the retail brand more relatable. Cornerstone Fellowship uses omnichannel marketing to build community.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 31, 2016

My story of transitioning from a Columbia MBA to a chef & consultant was featured on The Huffington Post (in both written + video format), Bustle, Brit + Co, Swaay Media and the print books *Knives and Ink* (Bloomsbury) and *Amazing Women Entrepreneurs* (due March 2017). I was granted a James Beard Foundation fellowship. 12 – Focus.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

2- Worked closely with our most active community members. We worked extremely closely with our most active community members to name Commaful. A name that our community helped choose and really reflects the people who use the site today! As founder Craig Walker remarked, sometimes a great name just can go unused.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

The reality today is that capital is more available than ever and entrepreneurs have become more sophisticated, so founders are looking for more than just cash from their venture backers. I’ve seen many founders not fully grasp how the venture capital business works and what incentives investors have.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As of November 2015, there were 4,144 breweries in the U.S.—more Nonetheless, their 10-barrel brewery came online in December 2015, and they began pouring beer locally and in their tasting room in early 2016. “We In 2015, Ninkasi brewed 105,000 barrels. Part 1: Planning, Location, Equipment and Relationships.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

I started Good Dog Labs in early 2014 and a year later I officially became a co-founder with the on-boarding of my brother Dino in 2015. More importantly I want to share what I have learned, my expertise, and the opportunity I had back to the Austin tech and startup community.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2015

The global 2015 BattleHack , organized by leading global payments providers PayPal and Braintree , will be coming to Singapore as part of a worldwide global hackathon competition that will see developers across the globe tasked with creating applications that solve specific challenges. Visit https://2015.battlehack.org/singapore

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 17, 2024

How to Balance AI Magic with Human Expertise 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 Jeff Coyle, the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer for MarketMuse. Book your call today, DTM World slash scale. (01:03):

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In the early 2000s, my co-publisher and I were writing a book on how to break into freelance writing by breaking the rules. We had a tough rebrand as we were initially founded as Trainer Communications in 1995, however we made the official transformation to 10Fold Communications in 2015. Photo Credit: Linda Formichelli.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Online platform for Asia’s tech community Tech in Asia will round off its highly vaunted Tech In Asia Conference series for this year with Tech In Asia Jakarta 2015 , which will take place on 11 and 12 November 2015 at Balai Kartini. More speakers will be confirmed closer to date.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2020

Today, we provide swim instruction in-home and community pools in 40 metro areas Nationwide. Our pre-covid business (Welcome Box) was to serve the short term rental community, like Airbnb, with hospitality boxes that enhance guest stays. I co-founded goTenna because I wanted to solve a problem that I cared about. Go for awesome!

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Lighter reports that from 2015 to 2018, the number of VC investments under $5m dropped 23% from 6,709 to 5,139. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. I never did find a VC to lead a round of funding for Localeur, but two things happened by the end of 2015. but it’s true. Those were friends and families.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

But the difference between typical New Year’s resolutions and my 2015 goals is the very specific plan I have in place to guarantee achievement. Specific key results are assigned to each goal, like playing board games with my kids ten times in 2015 and weekly lunches with my wife. Ask yourself. Give yourself time. Take little steps.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Answering questions on behalf of the Dashtag is Dirk van den Berg , the CMO and co-founder of this startup. The first idea started at the end of 2014, but we incorporated DashTag in October 2015. We’d love to connect with sport-minded investors and advisors and possible influencers for our community. We’ve got students!

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

For investors outside of Austin and LPs: Austin is a a vibrant startup market and this list of capital sources can help you identify firms to co-invest with and funds to invest in. Austin Ventures remained the dominant firm in Austin — and Texas — from the launch of its predecessor fund, Rust Ventures, in 1979 through 2015.

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