Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Some sort of conversion does occur. Note that if the acquisition price is low, the holders of the debt may usually opt out of conversion and demand cash payment on the notes. They either get a multiple payout on the debt, or get the equity upside based on the previous preferred round price.

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Conversion Sales Later Stage Preferred Stock 96

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Suddenly, there’s a lot of constructive conversation about women in technology and entrepreneurship. In my fantasy, humans would learn how to be constructive participants in a conversation. I’m glad, as there is a continuous mess of sexism, misogyny, hatred, anger, specious assertions, and general weirdness.

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Conversion Technology 152

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 13, 2017

I’m hoping to have a thoughtful and open conversation about a lot of the issues that are coming up around our local election. ” If you are game to have a calm and constructive conversation around this, please join me for breakfast on 10/19. If you are interested, please join us.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Colorado Hosting Campaign 94

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 16, 2012

When I compare it to French 3, I wanted to learn conversation French. The movies were sort of conversational, but they obsessed over the different tenses, and we were tested endlessly on when to use tu and when to use vous, even in French 3. I probably would have enjoyed that.

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Java Software Developers Software Development Software 164

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 11, 2016

As we get to the end of 2016, I’m in many conversations about 2016 performance and 2017 budgets. Since there are plenty of variables, the conversations are generally quantitative. In the midst of one last week, I said “why aren’t we talking about increasing conversions and lowering churn?”

Management 166

Management Conversion Framework Operations 166

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2013

I remember numerous conversations with Ryan about this. This check is for The Community Foundation and for the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCO) and results from a gift of 24,793 shares of common stock from Rally at the time of its first financing that represented approximately 1% of the equity of the company.

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Community Colorado Common Stock Equity 182

Feld Thoughts

MAY 3, 2012

A few of us (including me) gave short talks and there was a long, vibrant room wide group conversation. It was a dinner for about 50 angel investors – a mix of experienced ones and new ones – organized by Jon Pierce. Angus Davis followed me for the short talks. He had a bunch of great ideas, but one stood out.

Software Developers 135

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 135

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 3, 2020

Since Monday, I’ve had several conversations where this phrase came up and it has been a confusing distraction in each conversation. As a starting point, I’ve been having conversations with Black entrepreneurs and investors and asking one question. I have no interest in virtue signaling.

Conversion 157

Conversion Community Email Entrepreneur 157

Feld Thoughts

MAY 18, 2021

It has been about a year since that conversation. We connected after George Floyd was murdered, and he mentioned his initial dream of the ParentPreneur Foundation. I immediately jumped in to help. It has been awesome to see the progress that James has made.

Equity 249

Equity Early Stage Matching Programming 249

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 11, 2020

” The conversations have been excellent and extremely enlightening. This is not “I’ll do a mentor call with you” or “Email me anytime you have a question” but an open-ended “tell me what I can do to help you execute a particular initiative.”

Programming 104

Programming Technical Review Cofounder United States 104

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 9, 2023

The conversation was exciting and powerful, and I realized it extended my network with people I wouldn’t have otherwise met. I’ve been willing to give up my board seat to make room for an independent director (for example, at Bolster.) A few years ago, I attended a dinner I was invited to in Aspen hosted by Him for Her.

Curation 162

Curation Early Stage Hosting Portfolio 162

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 4, 2020

Suddenly, there is a conversation going on everywhere that is the equivalent of “should we do the same thing?” ” The emotional cadence of this conversation is high, so companies over-index on trying to figure out the right answer, where there isn’t really one given the nature of a complex system.

Denver 126

Denver Framework Conversion Government 126

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2016

If a client hires an apprentice, Techtonic does not charge a conversion fee, which can run into the thousands for a junior developer hired through a traditional recruiter. As Heather told me, “I have an Ivy League education, but that’s not where I learned to code.

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Coder Salary Software Engineering Software 70

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 14, 2023

I had many 1:1 conversations, emails, and messages with our portfolio company CEOs, along with several open Zoom lines where people could ask questions and just commiserate and feel part of a shared community.

Founder 168

Founder Silicon Valley LP Portfolio 168

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 26, 2023

In our conversation with Chris, we proposed that he join Techstars to work on this together. He visited me in Boulder in late 2016 as he was thinking about helping the 15+ cities within a 4-hour drive from his home in Durham, NC, build startup communities. David Cohen and I had discussed something similar for Techstars.

Community 117

Community Raleigh Startup Conversion 117

Feld Thoughts

MAY 11, 2021

Join the conversation about The New Builders with Seth, Elizabeth, John, Makisha, Joe, and Lorena on May 18th. That future lies in surprising places and will rely on the success of women, Black, and Brown entrepreneurs. The post The New Builders: Discussion on 5/18/21 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

Colorado 173

Colorado United States Hosting Community 173

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 14, 2010

If you are a company operating in one of our themes , don’t ever hesitate to reach out to me if you think you might fit with a company we’ve already invested in – you never know where the conversation might lead. And congrats to both Rally and AgileZen – I’m excited for you guys.

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Agile Acquisition Software Developers Software Development 115

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 10, 2022

I like the quote she pulled out of me in our conversation. I don’t respond to many interview requests these days, but I’ll always talk to her. She has a good article today in TechCrunch titled Embrace the down round (it’s going to be okay, maybe).

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Down Round Ratchet Liquidation Preference Participating Preferred 162

Feld Thoughts

JULY 9, 2019

When I was in Boston a while ago (it was very cold, so it must have been January), I had a wide-ranging conversation with Eric Paley. One of our conversational threads was about how to value companies.

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Revenue Valuation .Net IPO 179

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As with anything Phil moderates, he was well prepared, moved the conversation along nicely, and made sure everyone was engaged. Representative for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District – the district I live in). He ended with a classical question about the future. “What is your biggest hope and your biggest fear?”

Colorado 134

Colorado Hosting Conversion 134

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

Many drinks were had, many conversations were enjoyed, and many plans were hatched. I came to these conversations wondering what the big company could do. That we were building an ecosystem. That we’d do all kinds of vague and unspecified things together in the name of innovation. And very, very little got done.

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Venture Capital Reputation Affiliate Conversion 70

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

And, many leaders are speaking out regularly about their struggles with their mental health, making it much easier to start and navigate conversations about mental health. There are companies, like Meru Health (which we recently funded) that are working to make mental health services more broadly accessible and affordable.

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Founder Equity Stock Government 207

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 2, 2019

We generally get a little time each month on the first day of the month to discuss this; last night it consumed almost all of the conversation, at least when I wasn’t sneezing. While this conversation is often fun, it’s occasionally difficult.

Conversion 120

Conversion Email 120

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 27, 2020

Since Covid started, I’ve had many conversations about office space. In April, almost all of our companies were unable to use their office space because of stay at home orders.

Marketing 214

Marketing Portfolio Distribution Employee 214

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

I’m glad I did – the conversation with John was stimulating. When I know, work with, and respect more than 50% of the board of a new non-profit, I pay attention.

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SBA Government Small Business Administration Green 102

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

About four years ago, Jerry Colonna and I had a conversation described in his book Reboot : Leadership and the Art of Growing Up where I said, “I’m no longer striving.” .” At the moment she said this, we were discussing how we understood others and how others understood or misunderstood us.

Leadership 131

Leadership Conversion 131

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2020

New 3D designs for the crisis, ranging from conversion kits to face shields to masks to respirator parts, are appearing daily. I thought this was especially true in prototyping, experimentation, and emergency situations. Given the Covid-19 pandemic, my sense is that every hospital in the world should have multiple 3D printers.

Networking 125

Networking Colorado Community Conversion 125

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The post A Conversation With Dan Caruso About Gender Equity at the Boulder Country Club appeared first on Feld Thoughts. If you are reading this, you know who you are, and I thank you for your public and private support!!! Brad : For what it is worth, please know that Amy and I have your back as well!

Equity 217

Equity Conversion Chicago Community 217

Feld Thoughts

JULY 30, 2020

In our conversation about this new foundation, James told me that being a parent and an entrepreneur is hard, but being a Black ParentPreneur is even harder. “Black people don’t have the same resources as many of our White ParentPreneur counterparts.

Community 172

Community Conversion Entrepreneur Startup 172

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 7, 2017

Our conversation last night was 1% Harmonix and 99% life. Walking lightly and non-attachment are similar, so we spiraled deep into that for a while, enjoying a harmonious intertwining conversation about these concepts against the backdrop of our current life.

Angel Investor 140

Angel Investor Cofounder Acquisition Conversion 140

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 3, 2019

He refers to a distinction that MIT professor Sherry Turkle makes in her 2015 book, Reclaiming Conversation. I care deeply about conversation , but as an introvert and one who in intrinsically motivated, rarely get value – and often get tired – from connection.

Bandwidth 89

Bandwidth Social Media Framework Conversion 89

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Our conversations have shifted from the past to the future, to the current moment. Amy has continued to be an extraordinarily deep bedrock in my existence. We’ve had coffee together every morning since mid-March when the Covid lockdowns started. For the last 265 days, we’ve been together.

Conversion 143

Conversion 143

Feld Thoughts

JULY 25, 2014

During our conversation, we started off by talking about pricing and go-to-market strategies. If we hadn’t all be active users of these competitors products, we would have had a stupid conversation. I use several of these products regularly in different situations and have encouraged the founders to use them also.

Product 169

Product Differentiation Architecture Conversion 169

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

After plenty of feedback and activity, I’ve decided to take down the post from last week titled A Conversation With Dan Caruso About Gender Equity at the Boulder Country Club. I rarely take down a blog post. The primary reason is the progress from the BCC board’s approach in the past week.

Equity 116

Equity Conversion 116

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 5, 2019

Like many of the AMAs I do, I’m hopeful the conversation will be wide ranging, covering whatever anyone on the AMA wants to explore. Our foundation (the Anchor Point Foundation ) will be underwriting this. As a special bonus, I’ll do an hour long AMA on Kickstarter Live for everyone who participates in this tier.

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Campaign Conversion Design 124

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 17, 2014

Larissa is another example of a leader / CEO who has been open about depression, especially in the workplace, and we had a great conversation. I know from conversations and our friend “social media” that many of you were impacted by Robin Williams’ recent suicide. Larissa is hosting the Sixth U.S./Canada

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Canada Denver Product Social Media 129

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 3, 2021

We then let the conversation take us wherever it goes. We then sit together in the living room and talk about how we slept, our Whoop recovery scores, and what is to come for the day ahead. That’s the four-minute part.

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Conversion Design Entrepreneur Startup 131