Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 22, 2012

” But my post yesterday about The Power of Passion When Starting Your Company was about “founder market fit.” ” And I’ve come to believe that – especially among first time entrepreneurs – founder market fit is much more important than product market fit at the inception of the company.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Today’s “founder hint of the day” is to create an email address called founders@yourcompanyname.com and have it automatically forward to all the founders of your company. On the other hand, founders@yourcompanyname.com goes to the founders. founders@yourcompanyname.com rules.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 22, 2016

The final event at Boulder Startup Week a few months ago was Founder Fights. A bunch of founders got in a boxing ring for a real, USA Boxing sanctioned event (three rounds, two minutes each). The post Founder Fights in Boulder appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 1, 2012

One of my favorite web tv shows – The Founders – is back. Episode 1 of Season 3 – Cave Explorer – is up. We’ll follow three of the TechStars Boulder 2012 companies through the program – Birdbox , Roximity , and Ubooly. Time to fall in love with the start of startups again.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 13, 2020

We therefore call on others in Colorado — and in other startup communities across the country — to follow our lead and implement these procedures, effective immediately.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 16, 2011

So when Jim Franklin, the CEO of SendGrid (one of our portfolio companies and a TechStars Boulder mentor) asked if I would write a post about the Founder Institute program in Boulder, I told him that I’d give him control of my blog to write a guest post on it. Last summer Founder Institute held its inaugural class in Denver.

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AUGUST 25, 2020

Several people pointed me at Hadiyah Mujhid , the Founder and CEO of HBCUvc. Primary learnings for the fellows include: Originating investment opportunities Conducting due diligence Syndicating transactions Executing transactions Supporting founders and portfolio companies. or email me.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 2, 2011

While I was on vacation Founder Labs announced their New York program this summer. Founder Labs fits in the “pre-accelerator&# category – it’s aimed at people that want to experiment with entrepreneurship.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 8, 2010

Watch as some of the TechStars founders confront some new and exciting types of fear that includes some of Boulder’s majestic rocks. "Be " The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 3 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders. There’s just no value in it. "Be Fearless.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 11, 2020

Shila responded that they’d love to do an AMA and asked if I would be willing to underwrite the tuition for one of the founders, as there were eight in the program who were accepted but would have to forgo the opportunity to join the program due to the financial investment obligation. The hurt is everywhere.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 10, 2010

The last two episodes of the Founders 2010 series are up. “Hard at Play&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 11 from TechStars on Vimeo. “Hard at Play&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 11 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders. Episode 11 is called Hard at Play.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2010

This week’s episode of The Founders is all about “the team.&# Ryan Sarve r from Twitter is the guest of honor so all my links will be twitter handles. “The Team&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 8 from TechStars on Vimeo. . Tags: TechStars the founders.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The post Calling All FinTech Founders: The Barclays Accelerator, Powered by Techstars appeared first on Feld Thoughts. ” Applications are open now at [link] and will close March 21, 2014. TechStars accelerator barclays fintech'

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. I’ve been working with Matt since 2000.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Are you watching The Founders Season 3 on TechStars.TV? TechStars TV: The Founders, Season 3 Episode 1 – Be Part of the Dream. TechStars TV: The Founders Trailer with Ubooly. If not, why not? Episode 2 (and Go!) There’s a cameo from my dad ( Stan Feld ) at 2:05. See – even dad’s care about TechStars.

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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. Tags: Entrepreneurship conference founder institute.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 24, 2010

Here’s Teaser #2 for the TechStars The Founders 2010 video series , which stars airing at 9am MST starting tomorrow. "David "David Cohen" The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Teaser 02 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders. It’s going to be better than the finale of Lost.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 2, 2010

And now, on the eve of TechStars Boston 2010 Demo Day, here is your weekly dose of The Founders video series. "The Innovation Lab" The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 2 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders. If you are going to be in Boston tonight at TechStars Demo Day, I’ll see you there! "The

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 15, 2010

"Let’s Be Honest" The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 4 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders. Your friends Jason and Brad make guest appearance, as does the infamous Do Not Call list. "Let’s

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 27, 2010

“People Product Market&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 10 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders. And Ari Newman and how sandpaper and rubbing alcohol intersect with the fundraising process.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 29, 2010

After a long and awesome day in Seattle ending with a great dinner with the BigDoor board at Emmer & Rye , I came back to my room and watched Episode 6 of this year’s TechStars Founders video serious. “We’re Not Alone&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 6 from TechStars on Vimeo.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 25, 2010

We’re doing the TechStars Founders video serious again this year. "The Question is Why" The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 1 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders. The Rackspace Cloud has sponsored the series so look for some new and exciting twists. Episode 1 follows! "The

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JULY 21, 2010

Eric Ries is this week’s guest star on The Founders. “Conditions of Extreme Uncertainty&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 9 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders. Eric is an incredible speaker and is traveling the world on a mission to help people stop wasting other people’s time.

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JULY 6, 2010

This week’s episode of The Founders appears to be “baby themed.&# With cupcakes. “The Element of Surprise&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 7 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders.

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MARCH 4, 2014

Many of the companies I’m involved in have either two co-founders or two partners who partner up early in the life of the business. Management ceo founders leadership management' I’ve been thinking about the concept of “the duo” a lot recently. ” It’s just like my relationship with Amy.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

I have two simple rules for founders in my head from this experience. Deal with reality as a founder as well as an investor group and avoid this complexity – just clean up your cap table instead. The post Founders – Use Your Down Round To Clean Up Your Cap Table appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 20, 2020

I recently was in an email thread where a Black founder had a powerful and clear response to the question from one of her corporate partners. The question was: How can our (the corporate partner’s) team better support diversity in our work, particularly in our sourcing, diligence, and onboarding efforts?

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The founders each have common shares that will vest over four years. The vesting schedule protects each of the co-founders in case one gets hit by a bus or decides to drop the project after a short period of time. Bring Praveena in as a founder and offer 10-20% of the company as stock. Time to update the cap table.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 30, 2022

I got the following note from Roy Bahat at Bloomberg Beta a while ago about a new approach called Founder’s Choice. We and a few other firms sponsored a “founders choice” version of the Midas List, with a legit (IMHO) rating methodology, built by two Penn students. No vitriol possible (unlike The Funded, etc.).

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 2, 2017

It’s not enough for tech firms to say “we need more diversity – let’s go find different founders!” A classic investor problem is a tension between wanting to be accessible to new founders while at the same time giving existing portfolio companies the time they deserve.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 19, 2014

When companies are just getting off the ground, the founders often build the websites themselves, increasingly with flat HTML because it is simple and efficient. At Foundry Group we went through a similar pattern, but here at Foundry it was Ryan (a co-founder and former engineering leader at Excite) who played the role of VP Eng.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 13, 2021

After some entertaining back and forth, I encouraged Craig Lewis, the founder/CEO of Gig Wage , to write up a quick story of how things unfolded, as he remembered them, and I’d post it here. I love founder stories, and origin stories, and always learn something from reflecting on them.

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APRIL 20, 2023

After my post about the Founder Mental Health Pledge , I received a note from Kari Palazzari, the Executive Director of Studio Arts Boulder , a local nonprofit that manages a community pottery studio. She said, “Studio Arts Boulder would love to help support the Founder Mental Health Pledge.”

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The investors, founders, and “community” are all super excited about ASC. Every now and then, investors are told things are going great and the founders are really excited about what they are doing. Oh, and the email says the founders will be in touch to discuss another round of funding since there are only 2 months of runway left.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 16, 2023

On Tuesday, David Cohen (Techstars co-founder/chair) and I did an AMA for Techstars founders about the SVB crisis. They also tackle the looming question weighing heavy on founders’ minds: how will this affect the future of startups. The team at Techstars turned it into a podcast for our Give First series. As for the couch?

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. I’ve been working with Matt since 2000.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 20, 2013

If you’re a founder or startup focused on an innovative idea for a product and/or service in the connected devices space, please consider applying. It’s super exciting to me to do an accelerator program specifically around connected devices with Techstars. Applications are open today and due October 11th.

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