Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Last night I gave the kickoff talk to the West Michigan Policy Forum. I did my riff on Startup Communities and followed it up with a short Q&A on issues specific to Michigan’s entrepreneurial scene. The line I heard in the context of startup communities was “ the collision of the tucked and the untucked.”

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

Bruno’s Barkin’ Biscuits, LLC is a small, home-based company in Michigan specializing in all-natural, preservative free, and healthy dog treats. I wondered what it would be like if the companies that purchased the coffee paid fair wages for the product and engaged in the developmental issues of importance in those communities.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Pure Michigan is a Damaged Brand. As a Michigan resident I’ve followed the developments in Flint with a mixture of horror, sadness, outrage, and confusion. The focus of this post is about the damage that has been done to the state of Michigan’s brand, Pure Michigan. Pure Michigan is (or was) a brilliant brand.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Writing you today from Three Oaks, Michigan, aka “Michiana” Steve Case’s article this morning in the Washington Post – Why innovation and start-ups are thriving in ‘flyover’ country – is spot on. Rural areas have been neglected by both commercial companies and the government.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 18, 2014

As much as I’d like Three Oaks, Michigan to be an innovation center, its got a long way to go. I’d personally like to see Silicon Valley open its doors to immigrants from distant lands like Michigan, Kentucky, Alabama — even Hoosiers from Indiana. 4,000 new minimum wage jobs created year over year.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Greetings from gray and chilly Three Oaks, Michigan. Please share this information with people who might have an interest in his case — folks in the creativity and innovation community in particular — and, please contribute to his legal aid fund. He has sent a letter to the UAE government expressing his remorse.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 7, 2018

In 2015, as a full-time mom, she took on the US government in her small town of Flint, Michigan. Walters helped expose the toxic water nightmare and fought for safe drinking water for her community. Speaker Lee-Anne Walters is an advocate for public health, using her voice to bring about change.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2011

This is the wrong time to bring down debt and government expenditure. Read: mortgages will not get cheaper, interest-wise, but the government is doing their best to ward off a real estate bubble. The ultra-orthodox and Arab communities joining the labour force would be a big boost here. More Israelis need to work.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Yarina spoke about the meaning of Sisu in Finnish, the importance of building community, and what she loves about being in Baltimore. We moved our company from Michigan to Baltimore in 2015, and it was a great decision for us. My favorite thing about Baltimore is the community and the support. The majority of our $2.9M

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

academia was engaged in weapon systems research for the Defense Department and intelligence community. And from then on, innovation in semiconductors, supercomputers, and software would be driven by startups, not the government. The Government Can’t Act Like a Startup. This article previously appeared in War On The Rocks.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Create a profile for me in the Journal Community. Journal Community. We have seen the damage that this share structure can cause over the long run, said Anne Sheehan, head of corporate governance for California State Teachers Retirement System, a big public pension fund. Faulted for Michigan Oil Spill. Journal Community.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 12, 2019

This past month, SXSW called on the community to enter proposals for conference sessions at all SXSW 2020 events— and so the buzz begins. Attendees will learn from our panel of scientists-turned-entrepreneurs on how PhD’s are master problem solvers built for the startup world, and why more should be involved in the community.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008. 45% of all unemployed people have been looking for jobs 6 months or more – this is unprecedented.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

I started Venture for America back in 2011 with the goal of creating thousands of American jobs in communities around the country. But at this point, our government is so backward, dysfunctional and unresponsive that it’s not even on the agenda. Then the government says ‘hey, great news! The poverty line is $12,490 a year./

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Its the unfortunate truth for the city of Sheboygan, Michigan, recently targeted by a ransomware attack. We asked public governance and nonprofit leaders to share their expertise around cybersecurity. Another day, another cybercrime against a public entity or nonprofit. Their responses underline the risk their entities face.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 6, 2018

The 92nd Street Y is all about strengthening community. We took one of the key values of the Y, which is around community and philanthropy and said, "After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, how could you create a day that was really about philanthropy? Ultimately, Lean Startup is a community. million last year.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

"Uber’s ascent to the largest rideshare company in the world was fueled by a recurring cycle in which it blatantly ignored state and local laws, became entrenched and widely used in a community, and then tried to use its largesse to change the laws it was breaking." Who benefitted equity-wise from Uber's success? Read Kareem's Op-Ed as well.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 21, 2020

This is not a government that’s run in Washington and does its own thing like Beijing does, or Moscow does in their country. This is a government of the people, by the people for the people. Maybe what you want to do is really emphasize education in your local community. Put everything in your budget into it.

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