Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Jim Lejeal, the CFO, was an original angel investor, then board member, and then CFO joining full time when the company was around 200 people. But I’ll end with one of them – the creation of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (now Pledge 1% ). Million To The Boulder Community after their IPO.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Brad Feld is a managing director at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado. Funding a Business Venture Capital and Angel Investors advice blogs funding venture capital venture capitalist' Certainly one blog to keep high on your list of must reads. Follow Mark on Twitter @msuster. Feld Thoughts.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. “I’d say about a third of the companies were people in Colorado already and they obviously stayed and of the remaining 7 companies a year or so there or four of them ended up staying. All the results by the way are up on line. It’s techstars.org/results.”.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

However, being able to say, “I’m at $400,000 on a $500,000 raise, and we’ve got room for one or two more investors,” is a powerful statement to a prospective angel investor since most investors love to be part of an oversubscribed round. Additionally, be specific in your financial numbers.

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Up and Running

APRIL 13, 2016

We talked with two dispensary owners from pioneering states: Mitch Woolhiser, owner of Northern Lights Cannabis Company in Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln Fish, CEO of OutCo Labs, which manages the dispensary Outliers Collective in San Diego, California. Lincoln recommends sticking to personal funds for your starter capital.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

When I wrote my post titled An Angel Investor Group Move That Makes Me Vomit I expected to write my little rant and be done with it. A month or so later Jason Calacanis picked up the mantle and started a Jihad against the idea of angel groups charging entrepreneurs to pitch to them. The result is the Open Angel Forum.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 12, 2016

Tuesday, May 17 – 10:30am – 11:30am: It Takes Two To Tango – The Working Relationship Between Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors. I’ve seen the slides and if you are an angel investor or a founder raising an angel round, this is a must attend event. Enjoy the week!

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 4, 2018

Stephanie Copeland, former president of Zayo Group and current executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. The entire experience was foundational for me, both as an entrepreneur and an early angel investor (I started investing in 1994 after I sold my first company at the end of 1993.).

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VC Adventure

MARCH 17, 2016

Earlier this week I gave the keynote address at the Colorado Angel Capital Summit. While the audience was Colorado focused, the overall message I delivered about the angel ecosystem is very relevant to all entrepreneurial communities. The overall trend around angel investing is a pretty interesting one.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. Gary Vaynerchuk: Personal branding master and creator of Wine Library TV, Gary Vaynerchuk is also an angel investor with an expanding portfolio of companies.

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David Cohen

JANUARY 31, 2013

You can make a real difference and teach the Denver PUC the same lesson that community leaders supporting Uber have already taught similar groups in places like Boston and Washington DC and others: that the people of Colorado won’t stand for protectionist actions that prevent innovation. 1) Contact Gov. Hickenlooper. Write on Gov.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2014

While we have a home in Homer, where we will be for the next three weeks, we still call Boulder, Colorado our home. After selling my first company, I’d invested as an angel investor in a bunch of companies, was a non-executive Chairman / co-founder of a few, and had lots of ideas for new things to do.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2015

And, in case you missed it, Spark Capital joined us an investor last week with a few other long time friends in a $15 million round. I originally invested in Harmonix as an angel investor in 1995. Spark Capital, which was one of the original investors in Occulus, agrees, which makes me very happy. Rock Band 4 is now out.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Today, my partners at Foundry Group and I are contributing $100,000 to the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCO) to help with the Boulder Flood Relief Effort. This is our second gift to the EFCO – we previously contributed a portion of our carry across all of our funds. Just email me and I’ll get you connected.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Integration With The Rest of Colorado. Angel Investors Must Be Organized. Parallel Universes. Lack of Diversity. Community Power. Give Before You Get. The Power of Apprenticeship. Everyone Is A Mentor. Embrace Weirdness. Be Open To Any Idea. Myths About Entrepreneurial Communities. We Need To Be Like Silicon Valley.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

How well a failed entrepreneur has managed his company, and how well he worked with his previous investors, makes a difference in his ability to persuade U.S. The 20-year venture capitalist is an "angel" investor in Mr. Dreymanns new start-up, Mowingo Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2014

I was making plenty of money consulting and, while I was investing much of the money I made from the sale into new companies as an angel investor, the idea of living in Homer was attractive. So we packed up, moved from Boston to Boulder, and decided to build a life in Colorado, while I continued to invest.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. I guess if youve run a pattern across the middle with Ray Lewis waiting to knock your head off, a 6 minute pitch in front of a bunch of geeks is a piece of cake. ► July. (1). Where did Summer Go?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Frisco has become a hot spot in North Texas for venture capitalists, angel investors, startups, universities, pitch competitions and seed accelerators,” said Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney. “In all Bay Area firms?—?investing Morgan Flager, Silverton Partners Old Parkland in Dallas is the center of gravity for Texas family offices.

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Scalable Startup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Take Boulder, Colorado as a model, they’ve successfully created their own very strong economy for startups. And don’t use the word “silicon” in your name. There’s a startup for every 50 or so people there. They have all the pieces and they are heavily connected to Silicon Valley without envying them.

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Up and Running

MARCH 16, 2016

Colorado isn’t typically top of mind when it comes to venture capital firms, but there are more located in the state than many entrepreneurs are aware of. The industries they focus on include digital media, commerce technology and marketplaces, consumers goods and services, and SaaS.

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