Feld Thoughts

APRIL 13, 2017

The Colorado Global EIR program is a way for experienced international entrepreneurs to receive an H-1B visa, allowing them to work in Boulder. You can apply for the Colorado Global EIR 2017 or email geir-apply@colorado.edu. This will allow them to retain their H-1B status and thus remain in the U.S.

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JUNE 11, 2020

I have an enormous amount to learn about racial inequality in our country and my network for and advocacy of Black entrepreneurs and investors is woefully inadequate. I got an email from Shila Nieves Burney asking if I would donate 20 copies of Venture Deals. ” The conversations have been excellent and extremely enlightening.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

But it occurred to me today – after getting another email asking me how I’d become a VC, that I wasn’t really answering the question. Amy likes to remind me that when I was an entrepreneur, I used to regularly give talks at MIT about entrepreneurship. But I still wasn’t a VC at this point.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 14, 2012

They end up on the calling (now emailing) lists for a bunch of VC firms who have an outbound deal flow program. These emails ofter appear immediately after a large financing is announced. The first email that you get looks something like this. It’s always hard as an entrepreneur not to pitch your company.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Ari Newman is an entrepreneur, mentor, investor, and a friend. He works at Techstars where his responsibility is to ensure that the connections between alumni, mentors, and staff are as robust as they can be – helping entrepreneurs “ do more faster ” day in and day out. The team wants to make a little more progress first.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 23, 2016

As I crawled into bed last night after jamming through my email, I smiled and thought to myself that Seth and I had a good day with a bunch of people talking about the power of entrepreneurship – and how the entrepreneurs are the leaders – while getting to work with a bunch of entrepreneurs. What Fred said.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 23, 2013

Amy and I talk a lot about big issues, such as depression and divorce, in Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur. As I’ve been doing interviews and talking about Startup Life , I’ve been asked several times whether or not entrepreneurs are more prone to depression and divorce.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 30, 2011

I received an email from an entrepreneur today asking me about something that made my stomach turn. It’s a first time entrepreneur who is raising a modest (< $750k) seed round). In my email exchange with the entrepreneur, I asked two questions. Entrepreneurs – beware.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 25, 2016

As we come to the end of a particularly noisy and contentious election cycle, a thought echoes over and over in my mind – we need more entrepreneurs in Congress. It was sent to me yesterday and I watched it last night in the background as I was grinding through email.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 19, 2015

Has the word entrepreneur become too trendy as to have lost its meaning? On a daily basis, I have an email exchange with someone who says they are an entrepreneur. ” Another example is the email that I get from someone in a large company who says “I want to create more entrepreneurship within BigCo.”

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Plus, it amuses me that he now has to use AOL Mail as his email system. Come join us at Entrepreneurs Unplugged on Monday 10/7 at 6:15 at ATLAS. The post Interviewing Luke Beatty on 10/7 at Entrepreneurs Unplugged appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Conferences aol ATLAS cu entrepreneurs unplugged Luke Beatty TechStars'

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 18, 2021

Through Accelerate Equity, the Techstars Foundation identifies early-stage nonprofits and ideas to empower and support underestimated entrepreneurs. While I didn’t invest, we talked periodically and emailed regularly. We then call on the Techstars network to pitch in.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

After that article, Vivek sent me an email with the following questions “why did you originally get involved with NCWIT” and “how would you fix the problem of the dearth of women entrepreneurs?”. And it’s an excellent analogy for women (and other groups that feel discrimination in the entrepreneur ecosystem.).

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 5, 2021

Since then, the Techstars Foundation has been investing in and accelerating nonprofits that deliver scalable impact for underestimated entrepreneurs. Through Accelerate Equity, the Techstars Foundation identifies early-stage nonprofits and ideas to empower and support underestimated entrepreneurs. Studios to the list.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 11, 2014

We had a Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Colorado meeting with her and her partner and in the middle of the discussion about their business Jenna used the phrase “digital paralysis” to describe one of the things she thinks is driving the incredible engagement of their customers.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 29, 2012

Since then I’ve had a few emails exchanges about the lack of veterans, especially entrepreneurs who are veterans, in Boulder. What if I told you there is a valuable group of entrepreneurs that know Boulder to be a great place for startups BUT a place that is not welcoming to them…WHAT?…”our It follows.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

As part of this, TechStars announced the TechStars Network , an affiliation of TechStars-like programs across the country along with our commitment to the Startup America Partnership to help 5000 experienced mentors work with 6000 entrepreneurs to create 25,000 new jobs by 2015.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The post, and the comments, are full of super useful stuff that every entrepreneur should read carefully. Chris Dixon had an excellent post yesterday titled Recruiting programmers to your startup.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 22, 2012

I regularly get emails and have discussions with entrepreneurs who are on the receiving end of a software patent lawsuit. If you don’t believe me, read the latest rant from a young entrepreneur on the receiving end of a software patent lawsuit from a troll. It’s total, completely madness.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

At the same time, his partner at his previous company – Tim Miller – was doing an entrepreneur-in-residence at a local Boulder VC firm (Boulder Ventures). I met Ryan via Young Entrepreneurs Organization – we were both in the same YEO forum. About a year after he got started, he was ready to raise a venture financing.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 11, 2010

One of the side benefits of blogging are the various inspiring emails I get from readers about different topics. And – more importantly – what can I do about it?” This morning, the New York Times had a great article which compliments this titled An Entrepreneur Who Took A Chance on Herself.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Several months ago I wrote a post about the policy changes that have a material, positive impact immigrant entrepreneurs who apply for a visa. I’ve been on several email threads with Alejandro Mayorkas , Director, U.S. Last week I was briefed on a USCIS “Entrepreneurs in Residence” Initiative.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 9, 2019

has written a fun book that is part memoir, part advice, for what he calls Parentpreneurs (entrepreneurs who are trying to raise kids.) I’ve had an email correspondence with James going back to 2015. The book reviews have been wonderful-someone called it the realest book about being an entrepreneur they ever read.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I received a Silicon Flatirons email from Phil Weiser this morning in his role as Silicon Flatirons Founder and Executive Director. Supporting entrepreneurs in our community is a central part of our mission. My partners and I, especially Jason Mendelson, have been very involved with Silicon Flatirons over the past decade.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 3, 2020

While I have tried to be an ally to many diverse communities over the past 20 years, especially around entrepreneurship, I haven’t focused nearly enough on Black entrepreneurs and investors. As a starting point, I’ve been having conversations with Black entrepreneurs and investors and asking one question. I regret that.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Mental health has been an issue among tech entrepreneurs for a long time, but has been exacerbated by the stresses of the Covid crisis. On March 31, I wrote a post called The Three Crises in which I suggested that the Covid crisis was the collision of three crises, each of which is a complex system.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2021

A decade ago, I got a cold email from Mahendra. I immediately introduced Mahendra to a bunch of Foundry Group LPs, partners, and entrepreneurs. He was investing in Detroit and eager to write a book about the art and science of venture capital. He made progress quickly, and I fondly remember the first edition with the green cover.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 11, 2010

To the many of you out there that emailed me in response, thanks for all of the thought, ideas, suggestions, and offers of help. In the mean time, I noticed today that Dow Jones is running a seminar titled Negotiating an Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. More on that soon.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 25, 2012

I got an email from an entrepreneur on Saturday. If you are an entrepreneur, recognize that The Formula is hard at work all around you. I’m bummed because I was hoping it would feel like another West Wing to me rather than Studio 60. Back to The Formula.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2020

Seven years ago this week, I posted about a new book in our Startup Revolution series called Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business , by my friend Matt Blumberg, then CEO of email marketing company Return Path in the Foundry portfolio. I have given or recommended Startup CEO to hundreds of CEOs over the years.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 4, 2019

The decision to support EforAll was easy for us as they focus on two distinct issues that we care about: building entrepreneurial ecosystems and supporting underserved entrepreneurs. If you are interested in getting involved or supporting the effort, email Harris Rollinger who is the Executive Director of EforAll Colorado.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 8, 2013

VCs love to say things like “we are entrepreneur friendly.” ” Now – this post isn’t about responding to emails. Rather, I’m making an observation about something I’ve experienced – both as an entrepreneur and investor – since my first angel investment in 1994.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 12, 2020

Arlan’s book is outstanding and everyone should read it, especially if you are in tech as an entrepreneur, investor, or aspiring entrepreneur. She first emailed me in January 2013, I was an early investor in her first fund, and have tried to be available anytime she’s reached out. Arlan is also outstanding.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2017

As with the entrepreneurs Global EIR helps, the organization began as a chaotic startup with Craig Montuori and Chris Nicholson leading Global EIR over the past two years. Email me and let’s talk about how to partner together in this work. Without one, they struggled to manage their visa status while also building their businesses.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 12, 2014

It was a generic rant that resulted from me watching a couple of VCs blow up their reputations with entrepreneurs I know because of how they treated them. This morning I ended up on an email thread about this. Entrepreneur: Thread below is 2+ years old, but resulted from VC asking me similar questions.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 22, 2015

” Andy Alsop , an entrepreneur in Santa Fe who has spent a lot of time in Colorado, sent me a note with some thoughts about his view and experience from working as an entrepreneur in Santa Fe. There has been a lot of recent noise in Boulder about growth, challenges, and the impact of the tech community on the city.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2015

I try to respond to all of my emails. But I still try to respond to all of my emails. Part of my morning drill is to systematically go through all the emails from the previous night. Here’s how the more detailed conversation goes: Entrepreneur: Happy New Year! Entrepreneur: Thanks for the quick reply.

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