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Founder Mental Health Pledge

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Since the middle of last week, there has been extreme stress on founders, startup leaders, and the extended startup community. While this de-escalated on Sunday night after the US Government took decisive action, the level of stress and anxiety, especially for first-time founders, was extreme.

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Load Balancing Between VC Partners

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Fortunately, I’ve got amazing partners. But in 100% of the cases, we all know what is going on, have relationships with the founders and CEO, and can quickly engage and help wherever and whenever we bring something to the mix. The post Load Balancing Between VC Partners appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Kindred Spirits – Our Investment In Founder Collective

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Foundry Group is best known for our investments in startups, but our vehicle currently investing in other venture funds, Foundry Group Next, is off to what we believe to be a great start and I wanted to share an update about it by talking about our new investment in a fund managed by Founder Collective.

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Joint Statement by Colorado High-Tech Companies on COVID-19

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wherever possible we are strongly encouraging our vendors, service providers and partner businesses to take similar precautions. are moving all clients, visitors, and interviews to remote only meetings and not currently welcoming onsite visitors.

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Introducing Our New Partner – Chris Moody

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We are excited to announce that Chris Moody is joining Foundry Group as a partner. When we started Foundry Group in 2006, we were very clear that we were not going to build a legacy venture capital firm; one meant to outlive its founders. The post Introducing Our New Partner – Chris Moody appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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My Partners Blogging In 2017

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My partners Chris Moody , Seth Levine , and Lindel Eakman are all blogging right now. My other two partners, Ryan McIntyre and Jason Mendelson have blogged in the past, ut took a break in 2017. The post My Partners Blogging In 2017 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Thoughts on Sourcing Black Companies and Entrepreneurs

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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?