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Moving To Homer, Alaska

Feld Thoughts

During one of the long conversations we had at the time about our future, we started talking about calling it quits and moving to Homer, Alaska. We didn’t know anyone there and I didn’t have any business there, but it was a lot more centrally located in the US than Homer, Alaska. Life alaska anchorage homer'

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Avoid startup failure – Don’t make these 7 mistakes

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You wouldn’t want to market this item to people in Alaska, would you? This could even be your business partner. Set up your startup for long-term success by seeking partners and team members whom are on the page as you are, but also balance you out by presenting different traits, skills, and viewpoints. Are you right-brained?

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Do You Consider Yourself a Texan?

Feld Thoughts

Did you know that 28.5714% of the partners at Foundry Group are Texans? While I have a house in Alaska, I never lived there (that’s where Amy grew up.). Recently, I was asked if I consider myself a Texan. I answered that I grew up in Texas, live in Colorado, was born in Arkansas, and went to school in Massachusetts.

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Hanging Out In Pioneer Square

Feld Thoughts

We are significant LPs in the fund and my partner Lindel is joining the PSL advisory board. I had become comfortable with Seattle the city, Amy and I were spending more time at our house in Alaska (so Seattle was occasionally a stop on the way to Alaska), and I’d started to enjoy the rain.

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Supporting DonorsChoose and #BestSchoolDay

Feld Thoughts

We ended up fully funding all the DonorChoose projects in Alaska, Boulder, Longmont, Brighton, Breckenridge, Richardson, and Detroit. Amy grew up in Alaska and we have a house in Homer. My partner Jason grew up in Detroit. Some of these cities may be obvious to folks who know us. We now live just outside of Boulder in Longmont.

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Fracture: Beautiful Digital Art Prints

Feld Thoughts

The awesome Alaska Brown Bear above is the photo I used (from an Alaska trip in 2004) and it’s now hanging on the wall in my office next to my couch. I was on my way to med school, and my partner was heading to PhD engineering school. He reached out in response to a post I had written ( What’s Your Product Cadence ).

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Q318 Staycation: Resting, Reading, and Little Running

Feld Thoughts

Amy and I were originally going to Alaska to look at polar bears but canceled everything after I got sick and did a staycation in Boulder instead. I took last week off the grid for my Q318 vacation.

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