Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

For now, the title is “ Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City.” Angel Investors Must Be Organized. I’m deep into writing my latest book. ” I’m open to different titles – if you’ve got ideas just put them in the comments. Everyone Is A Mentor.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

PSL, based in Seattle, is a not a VC firm, accelerator, or incubator, but instead is a startup studio, which is a company that creates companies. Geoff worked with Greg at Madrona for a decade and is one of the most prolific and successful angel investors in the Pacific Northwest. for new ‘startup studio’ Pioneer Square Labs.

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APRIL 4, 2018

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.). Over a decade ago, Brad Bernthal and Phil Weiser were putting real energy into Boulder Startup Community. And, it has really hit its stride.

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MAY 15, 2013

Jason is an active angel investor and has been with TechStars since 2011 with two very successful programs under his belt as Managing Director. Jason is moving down the road from San Antonio to Austin and we’re confident that he will be a big part of growing both TechStars and the startup community in his new home.

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JANUARY 1, 2013

I’ve lived my adult working life – first as an entrepreneur, next as an angel investor, and now as a venture capitalist and a writer – using this credo. It’s a core tenant of the Boulder Startup Community, which I discuss extensively in Startup Communities: How To Build an Entrepreneur Ecosystem in Your City.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Following is a post on super angels I wrote yesterday for PEHub. In the beginning, there were angel investors. As individual angel investors made more and more investments, they became super angels. And so the super angels became micro-VCs (or “institutionalized super angels”). And it was good.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

With the release of our book “ Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup “, my co-author David Cohen and I are taking the show on the road. Next week is Palo Alto on Tuesday, Los Angeles on Thursday, and Seattle on Friday. This is an invite only event.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

There are lots of good articles on the news – two of them are at TechCrunch ( Startup Incubator TechStars Raises $24M, Increases Funding For Each Company By $100K ) and Launch ( TechStars Offering Extra $100K to All Companies with New $24M Fund.).

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 2, 2010

Then we’ll open source these and evangelize them across the startup world, at least in the US. If you are an attorney at a major national or regional law firm that works with startup companies, please email me if you are interested in participating. If you are a VC or angel investor that supports this effort – same drill ( email me ).

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MARCH 18, 2014

I had become an angel investor using some of the money I’d made from the sale of Feld Technologies, and those experiences provided plenty of blog fodder. Forcing myself to sit down and work through these ideas in a logical sequence for an audience of readers required me to refine my thinking on how I invest in startups.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups – Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000 : I met Jason Calacanis in the mid-1990s when he was peddling his Silicon Alley Reporter magazine. The Impossible Fortress : My inner 14-year-old loved this book. Loved, loved, loved it.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. Dave McClure: MoneyBall for Startups: Invest BEFORE Product/Market Fit, Double-Down AFTER. Mark Suster: Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical. All three of these posts lay out clear points of view on the authors seed strategy.

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DECEMBER 31, 2015

Startup Wealth: How the Best Angel Investors Make Money in Startups : Josh interviewed a bunch of angel investors, including me. This is a very timely and relevant book for any angel investor. The Term Sheet: A Startup Thriller Novel : I’m a big fan of the Startup Fiction genre.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The result is Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup. My professional career – since I was 19 – has been focused on entrepreneurship either as an entrepreneur, angel investor, or venture capitalist. In a moment of insanity, we decided to write a book. If you are interested, go grab a copy.

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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. Startup Life Entrepreneurship life success' When Amy and I talked about “what’s next” when I was 29.5

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JUNE 14, 2014

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. I hope to finish the final draft of my next book, Startup Opportunities (co-authored with Sean Wise), while I’m up here.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

I’d categorize it as the collision between optimist and pessimist, startup and already started up, and offense vs. defense. Shortly after I came across Danielle Morrill’s post Surviving Whatever Comes Next and Heidi Roizen’s post Dear Startups: Here’s How to Stay Alive.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

So I’m extra satisfied that “ Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup &# is finished. Since then, Ive been involved with creating and funding hundreds of companies both as an angel investor and a VC (now at Foundry Group). Writing a book is hard. Really hard. Much harder than I thought.

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JULY 7, 2010

So what’s the answer, as more and more software patents are issued, and more and more startups and small businesses are sued into nothingness? Now that startups have to live in fear of the uncertainty of the U.S. startups will begin locate some portion of their operations abroad. The outlook is bleak. At minimum, U.S.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2016

He told me we were co-investors in a few companies as angel investors. He then explained why he wasn’t enjoying being an angel investor the way he was then doing it. Remember, it’s 2006 and angel investing is not trendy. I had an immediate positive reaction. But we have only begun.

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