Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 25, 2013

I continue to be really discouraged by the US government activity around the Startup Visa movement, and more specifically around immigration reform as it applies to entrepreneurs. Canadian Visa Program Linked With Venture Capital. Dear Mr. Friends In Washington: Pay attention. Canada is showing real leadership.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Last week, at the Startup America Regional meeting, I got into a conversation about the role of state and local government in the development of startup communities. I went on my typical rant about how entrepreneurs have to be the leaders and government is a feeder to the startup community. How should I approach this.”

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 27, 2011

When Jason and I set out to write Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist , we both agreed that we wanted to try to create as useful and durable a reference guide for entrepreneurs interested in raising a round of venture capital as we could. You can find them on the Ask the VC Resources page.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Government. Complaining About Capital. Reliance on Government. Entrepreneurs vs. Government. Venture Capital Matters. Welcome Everyone Into The Entrepreneurial Community. Engage The Entire Entrepreneurial Stack. Leaders vs. Feeders. What’s A Leader? What’s A Feeder? Entrepreneurs. University.

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Community Silicon Valley Incubator Colorado 142

Feld Thoughts

JULY 11, 2010

The common description of pay to play is “ the practice of making campaign contributions and related payments to elected officials in order to influence the awarding of lucrative contracts for the management of public pension plan assets and similar government investment accounts. &# Yup – sounds like bribery to me.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2012

For a number of years, my partner Jason Mendelson has been teaching an extremely popular course at CU Boulder Law School with Brad Bernthal titled Venture Capital – A 360 Degree Perspective. Entrepreneurial Leadership in Government. Reading: Alfred Kahn As A Case Study of A Political Entrepreneur (Weiser).

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 1, 2012

He believes in the theory of localist and giving strong power to local government and weak power to national / federal government. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Josh Lerner: The subtitle summarizes the book nicely - Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed–and What to Do About It.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 7, 2010

If you think that bankers and lawyers drive innovation, this is a “good thing”; otherwise, this is an utterly disastrous government-sanctioned redistribution of wealth that discourages software innovation. This, I think, will be the unintended consequence of Bilski and the alignment of the government against innovation in software.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

While we believe the FBI’s intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.”

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