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JANUARY 25, 2013

Xconomy is coming to Colorado – specifically Boulder and Denver. As Xconomy moves forward in Boulder, Denver, and beyond, we’re going to need someone in the Front Range with the right mix of enthusiasm, creativity, versatility, knowledge, and who also happens to be a top-notch writer. Help Bring Xconomy to Boulder/Denver.

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MAY 1, 2014

Earlier today, I got a note from Andy Sautins, CTO of Return Path , about the four year anniversary of the Boulder / Denver Big Data Meetup. The post Boulder / Denver Big Data Meetup on 5/21/14 appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Andy is a good friend and one of the really strong CTOs in Boulder.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

My mom ( Cecelia Feld ) is having an opening in Denver on Friday 11/1 at Artwork Network Gallery from 5pm – 9pm. I’m heading down to Denver at the end of the day on Friday and will be there from 5pm – 7pm before I head out for dinner (a good son has to eat, right?). I hope to see you Friday night!

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MARCH 13, 2020

We are leaders of 35 different technology companies with headquarters or offices in the Denver and Boulder metro areas. Huge kudos to Bryan Leach at iBotta and Rachel Carlson at Guild Education for providing urgent and effective leadership here.

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JULY 25, 2015

I’m ending a full day in Denver with a talk about the potential invasion by the Europans at Startup Grind from 6pm – 9pm on 7/30 at Galvanize. The post Talking At Startup Grind in Denver on 7/30 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

I’ll be joining Steve Case on a panel from 3pm – 4pm on 10/4 as part of the Rise of the Rest Denver trip. The post Attend Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest in Denver on 10/4 appeared first on Feld Thoughts. I’ll be hanging around for all of it. Come join us.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Colorado, specifically Denver, is in the final 20 cities bidding on Amazon’s HQ2. While I’m glad Denver approached it the way they did, focusing on strength and resources of the community rather than by throwing dollars at Amazon, our state government still provided plenty of financial incentives.

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APRIL 22, 2010

A handful of folks that I know and respect have gotten involved in the Founder Institute’ Denver program. Andy Vuong of the Denver Post wrote a nice article on it titled Founder Institute is training minds for a great idea. While there is a little overlap in the mentor group , their’s is very Denver centric.

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MARCH 6, 2023

In addition to bringing in plenty of people from around the country, we always get focused attendance from a bunch of tech leaders in Boulder and Denver. It’s always been fun to host a national tech conference in Boulder.

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MARCH 18, 2011

Whenever she has a show, the openings are always fun, and she’s got one coming up on April 7th in Denver at the Translations Gallery. I love my mom’s art.

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MARCH 25, 2021

The Community Foundation: Boulder County is partnering with others to support the victims, their families, and our community in dealing with and processing the March 22 supermarket shooting in Boulder.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

If you don’t know Larry, he was a super positive participant in the Boulder and the Denver startup communities for many years. ”) I always thought of Larry and Pat as the encouraging storytellers of the Boulder and the Denver startup communities. He and his wife Pat produced w3w3.com

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MAY 10, 2020

Some of the organizations that have contributed so far : Anchor Point, AT&T, Baird Foundation, Bank of America, Bender West Foundation, Boettcher Foundation, Bohemian Foundation, BPx Energy, Buell Foundation, Caring for Colorado Foundation, Chambers Fund, Charles Schwab Foundation, Christy Sports, Cigna, Colorado Garden Show INC, Colorado Rockies (..)

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

David Cohen and I are doing a public event in Boulder this Friday 10/11 and one in Denver next Thursday 10/17 around our new book Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup, 2nd Edition. 10/17: Thursday @ 6pm: B&N Denver: Colorado Blvd II 960 S Colorado Blvd Glendale, CO 80246.

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AUGUST 30, 2013

A few weeks ago I did an event with Built In Denver where I interviewed Tim Miller and Ryan Martens, the founders of Rally Software , on their journey from a startup to a public company (NYSE: RALY ). The attendance at the event was roughly 50% Boulder entrepreneurs and 50% Denver entrepreneurs.

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MAY 7, 2021

He was air-lifted to Denver, where, to save his life, they amputated his shoulder, clavicle, and left arm, commonly known as a forequarter amputation. Happy Smackah originated as a fundraiser for Dan Cribby, a Longmont educator who initially was diagnosed with strep, woke up days later to shoulder pain, and went to the hospital.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Last week, in the midst of Denver Startup Week, we had a full day Foundry Group Exec conference. Ben Deda from FullContact convened about 100 execs from our 60 or so portfolio companies for the day. We had seven topics of one hour each, led by a different set of execs.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

It’s no secret that many companies in the Boulder/Denver area are looking for talent — there are dozens posted on the Foundry Group and Techstars job pages alone. While most positions are based in the Boulder/Denver area, some companies are looking to fill openings in other cities. Jobs Boulder denver'

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MAY 14, 2020

Bryan Leech at iBotta hosted the first “Denver Business Leaders” call the morning of March 11th. My parents were coming to Boulder on March 12th for a long weekend and to celebrate my dad’s 82nd birthday. My brother Daniel and I decided to cancel their trip and told them the night of March 11th.

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JUNE 26, 2019

The first episode, which is above, includes me and Jared Polis reflecting on some fun Techstars founding history, Dan Caruso talking about Zayo and the bridge between Boulder / Denver, and a great segment at the end with Brad Bernthal talking about fundraising and #GiveFirst. And, plenty of other stuff.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Greg Avery recently wrote a detailed story in the Denver Business Journal of the origin story of Techstars a decade ago. It’s unfortunately paywalled but comes with a video. For all of you who have participated in or supported Techstars to date, thank you! The post The Techstars Origin Story appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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APRIL 17, 2014

Colorado has two – a 1 Million Cups in Denver and 1 Million Cups in Fort. 1 Million Cups Denver was also a recipient of one of the first Startup Colorado Community Fund grants. The study found: Entrepreneurship is a local phenomenon. Entrepreneurs follow local entrepreneurs.

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JULY 15, 2013

. “It’s totally unfair to make Boulder separate from Denver. Combine Boulder and Denver. It’s called the Denver-Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area for a reason. ” This particular person doesn’t understand that Boulder and Denver are separate startup communities. Of course not.

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MAY 30, 2018

The weather in Denver is amazing this time of year. The post FullContact Connect 2018 – June 6 – 8 in Denver appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Beverley Jackson, VP Social Portfolio Strategy, MGM Resorts International. Steve Mateer, Data Channel Executive, Pitney Bowes. Carley Brantz, VP Revenue Marketing, SendGrid.

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MAY 29, 2013

Rally’s product development team is devoting their talent and energy to participate and host the Boulder, Denver, Seattle, and Raleigh event ( join up at these locations.) Specifically for Coloradans, there are sites in Denver and Boulder. Awards will be given at the closing of each event in Boulder and Denver by Rally staff.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Luke Beatty and Danny Newman – both long time friends – are doing an awesome job interviewing interesting people in the Boulder – Denver startup community. So, those of us who travel up and down 36 between Boulder and Denver are known – at least to Luke and Danny – as Turnpikers.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2014

For those students looking to get involved in Boulder and in Denver, I always point them towards Startup Summer , a program out of Startup Colorado. For the first time, there will be two programs – one in Boulder and one in Denver. I like to describe the program as a 10-week immersion program into this startup community.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

Collins, Denver, and Colorado Springs.) Conferences Boulder Colorado denver kauffman foundation startup phenomenon Vivek Wadhwa' On the third day of the conference we will provide a deep look into what’s going on here in Colorado. And you may have seen that the New York Times recently dubbed Boulder “ Silicon Valley for Ad Agencies.”.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Amy and I were part of the public announcement this week in Denver. Earlier this year, Amy encouraged me to get together with Brian McPeek , TNC’s Chief Conservation Officer, who is based in Denver. We’ve talked about doing an accelerator in Denver, but never had a compelling reason to do it.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

The first was at Denver Startup Week, where we did a panel discussion with Ben Huh and Bart Lorang where we discussed the pact between CEO and Board, the pact between Founder and Investor, and how to be transparent and direct. I got to spend a lot of time with my close friend Rand Fishkin the past few days.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Mark Cuban had a great line a few weeks ago at the interview I did with him and Charlie Ergen at Denver Startup Week. He said: “I like to invest in people who reduce stress and avoid people who increase stress.” ” As I was dealing with something yesterday, this reappeared in my brain but slightly modified.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

There’s a delicious article in the Denver Post that was the launch article of the first accelerator in Boulder titled How TechStars was born from 5/18/07. Techstars was born 13 years ago. The photo is fun.

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JULY 24, 2013

If you look at the activity in Boulder and Denver, there is at least a one activity every day at this point – sometimes as many as five. We’ll be funding activities and events across Colorado, with a focus on Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs, and Fort Collins.

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MARCH 4, 2020

I was at a dinner event last night in Denver where, predictably, coronavirus (which I’ve been trying to call Covid-19, but everyone seems to default back to coronavirus) came up. I’ve tried to avoid being “that person” who has a strong opinion because so much is changing so quickly.

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Colorado – Entrepreneurial by Nature is officially launching today in conjunction with Denver Startup Week. Denver Startup Week looks completely awesome – the schedule of events is just tremendous. Both efforts are grass roots, totally network based, and driven by entrepreneurs.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Their demo day is happening on October 30th in Denver and you can register here if you’re interested in attending. . Last week David and I spent some time at the Techstars Sustainability Accelerator in partnership with The Nature Conservancy.

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APRIL 27, 2020

While I was relieved that Denver County and Boulder County had extended the Stay at Home order until May 8th, I was agitated that Weld County had not , and I was complaining about Californian’s on the beach ignoring the social distancing requirements. All of my underlying frustration was really fear.

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