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Our Investment in Meru Health – and Others

Feld Thoughts

Bryan Leech at iBotta hosted the first “Denver Business Leaders” call the morning of March 11th. My parents were coming to Boulder on March 12th for a long weekend and to celebrate my dad’s 82nd birthday. My brother Daniel and I decided to cancel their trip and told them the night of March 11th.

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Goodbye Alex

David Cohen

I first met Alex around the time I started Techstars, in 2007. Denver is far from Boulder in so many ways. In August of this year, I sent this note to wife Heather and I am happy that Alex probably had the chance to read it. Hi Heather. Alex jumped in with both feet without once asking what was in it for him.

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The $100K Award At The CU Boulder New Venture Challenge

Feld Thoughts

In the fall of 2007, my friend Phil Weiser, Executive Director of CU Boulder’s Silicon Flatirons Center, convened 25 leaders from CU Boulder and the Boulder / Denver startup community. One of my suggestions at the 2007 Roundtable was to borrow some ideas from the MIT 100K competition, which was started in 1989 as the MIT $10k.

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Startup Weekend Edu in Boulder (10/5 – 10/7)

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been involved in Startup Weekend events since Andrew Hyde held his first event in Boulder in 2007. Glenn Moses (Denver blended learning guru) and Dan Domagala (CIO for the Colorado Department of Ed) both signed on as judges, and Congressman Jared Polis will be joining SWedu-ers on Sunday morning.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

Our business is located in House District 44 (Mike May), and Senate District 30 (Ted Harvey) and most of our ~15 employees live in these same or surrounding Districts in the South Denver area. I serve on the board of directors and many other committees of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0,

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Slice of Lime Celebrates 10 Years and Focuses on User Interface Design

Feld Thoughts

As some of you may know, we made a modest investment in Slice of Lime in 2007. This move is supported by their excellent UI work over the last few years for clients like Troy Aikman Fantasy QB, Prediculous, BlipSnips, Denver Art Museum, Envysion, GeoPalz, and Etsy. This year, Slice of Lime is celebrating 10 years of being in business.

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Welcome Jamey Sperans To Foundry Group

Feld Thoughts

We’ve been working with Jamey since the beginning of Foundry Group in 2007 (he was one of our first LPs via Morgan Stanley AIP) and have become extremely close friends. Jamey and his family have moved to Boulder, so in addition to working with us, he’ll become a part of the extended Boulder/Denver startup community.

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