Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Some tech companies stock prices are at record highs, while established businesses are in a complete retreat or freefall. Many small businesses are on the verge of extinction – ponder all the local retail businesses and restaurants in your city. Local and state governments are under economic and functional stress.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 20, 2019

So it was sobering when, last week, Maker Faire / Make Media closed their doors for good. In interviews, Make founder Dale Dougherty explains that the company wasn’t interesting to investors anymore, and that, frustratingly, it was failing as a business, but thriving as a mission.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

I woke up to an article in Daily Camera today titled Small Business Administration trying to bring SBIC funds to Colorado. The article starts off saying that “Matthew Varilek has traveled across the state, proselytizing the potential benefits of the Small Business Investment Company Program.”

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 7, 2010

So what’s the answer, as more and more software patents are issued, and more and more startups and small businesses are sued into nothingness? Courts may or may not understand the negatives of the patent system, but they’re the last place we should look for positive change. The outlook is bleak.

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