ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Paige Briscoe, founder of ReRoot. In my interview with Brain Berger , Founder and CEO of Mack Weldon, he told me how to approach this multichannel strategy: It’s about being really strategic around how you position your brand to your customer and what channels in which you do that. Do you want us to offer delivery?’ We did them.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2018

In case you don’t know about Jason, prior to co-founding Foundry Group, Jason was a co-founder of SRS Acquiom and a Managing Director and General Counsel for Mobius Venture Capital. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Law School. The Motor City. Prior to this, Jason was an attorney with Cooley.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

As well as hubs of tech innovation springing up all over the United States – locations in Utah and Colorado, for example – the world is also getting behind tech. Germán Montoya is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy and Creative Officer at Rokk3r Labs.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2012

But early-stage investor and entrepreneur Bred Feld, the co-founder of VC firms Mobius and Foundry, as well as startup accelerator TechStars , thinks trying to be Silicon Valley is a fool’s errand. Feld suggests four key factors that determine how successful a startup community will be in what he calls the Boulder Thesis: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman).

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 16, 2011

So when Jim Franklin, the CEO of SendGrid (one of our portfolio companies and a TechStars Boulder mentor) asked if I would write a post about the Founder Institute program in Boulder, I told him that I’d give him control of my blog to write a guest post on it. Last summer Founder Institute held its inaugural class in Denver.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Ryan was encouraged to team up with Tim and shortly after that happened we co-led the first round VC financing with Boulder Ventures. Tim Miller (CEO) and Ryan Martens (CTO, founder) have been working together from the start of the journey. It has been a rocket ship from there. Million To The Boulder Community after their IPO.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I received a Silicon Flatirons email from Phil Weiser this morning in his role as Silicon Flatirons Founder and Executive Director. In addition to leading the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic that aids the startup community, Brad co-teaches a venture capital course at Colorado Law, along with Jason Mendelson of Foundry Group.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. I was “rider zero” when Uber launched in Colorado and we made sure people knew about Uber at all of our demo days around the country as they grew.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Boulder, CO.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 10, 2019

In 2007, we were a founding member in the predecessor organization to Pledge 1%, called Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (or EFCO). Pledge 1% Colorado has now distributed over $8 million back to various organizations in our community. And, the companies that have pledged 1% globally is remarkable.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Wednesday, September 16th from 3:45 – 5:15pm MT – Energize Colorado – Helping Prepare Small Businesses for the New Economy – Panelists: Brad Feld, Danielle Shoots, Erik Mitisek, & Marc Nager – Moderator: Wendy Lea.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 1, 2010

Mobile Monday Colorado is hosting a member of the TechStars mentor family, Dion Almaer, for their July 19th event. Besides his involvement with TechStars as a mentor, he is a celebrity in the AJAX community as the co-founder of Ajaxian.com , and previously held senior positions within Mozilla and Google.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The Austin-based startup plans to use the funds to expand nationwide starting with the Denver, Colorado market, said Scott Harmon, Swivel’s co-founder, and CEO. Swivel, an Austin-based office leasing platform, announced Tuesday that it has raised $8 million. Breyer was one […].

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Some friends in the impact investing world have recently started talking about generating giant returns by investing in Zebras (such as a nonprofit building in rural Colorado) and Ponies (an immigrant restaurant in Seattle currently using payday lending at 35% for their working capital). This conference is not just about Coloradans.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Brad Feld is a managing director at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado. His blog is full of personal stories, gentle advice, and guidance that will be useful to any startup founder. Got ‘Founder Fit’? A Smart Bear. Paul Graham.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

Being a co-founder of a real estate investment company allows me to set my own objectives, determine my work hours, and reap the rewards of my actions. Photo Credit: Roxana Colorado. Thanks to Roxana Colorado, Kandula International, LLC ! #4- Thanks to Dave Munson, Saddleback Leather Co. ! #16-

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Intro to the Austin EdTech Startup Scene Come meet Sean Duffy , founder of EdTech Austin and let him tell about everything going on in EdTech in Austin! Join us at this interview and hear how WWE co-founder Linda McMahon fought back from bankruptcy to build her company into a publicly traded entertainment and media powerhouse.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Or TOMS shoe company founder Blake Mycoskie, who, on a trip to Argentina in 2006 met a woman in a café who was volunteering for a shoe drive. He is the founder and author of PurposeSpeaks.com, and a researcher and adjunct faculty at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. That person, after all, is your purpose.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

The two most notable are the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Colorado and the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars. The first is from David Rubenstein (Carlyle Group co-founder – one of Blackstone’s competitors) in 2006. Both have been great and impactful organizations and Amy has been a delight to work with.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Cameron is t he founder of the COO Alliance, the World’s Leading Network for Seconds in Command. Well, I moved four years ago or bought a house in Colorado about four years ago and slowly moved. Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. This is John Jantsch.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

by Jason Mendelson and Brad Feld, co-authors of “ Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist “ So, you’ve got a brilliant idea and you’re ready to launch a company. Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson are cofounders of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado–based venture capital fund.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 7, 2014

The University of Colorado Boulder has been at the forefront of breeding and teaching entrepreneurship for many years now, but it has been missing a communal area where student entrepreneurs can work, gather, and live. Location: the heart of student life on the “Hill” in Boulder, Colorado. Here are the details of the space.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Richard Ma , CEO and Co-Founder at Quantstamp , says, “We focus on helping our customers stay safe and succeed because our philosophy is that technology is only a tool to solve people’s problems.” The Governor of Colorado was there promoting Colorado as a hub for blockchain and distributed ledger technology.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

In 2007 when I co-founded Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado with a bunch of folks our mission was to create wealth that we could give back to the community that has been the foundation for so many of our entrepreneurial endeavors. Co-Founders. It follows. Startups cannot succeed in a vacuum. Thank you Boulder.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 9, 2021

Matt has an impressive reputation for leading high-growth teams that scale, transform, and innovate at fintech companies,” said Michael Klett, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Chargify. Downs will be based in Colorado and split his time between Chargify’s Texas headquarters and SaaSOptics’ Georgia headquarters respectively.

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Up and Running

JUNE 4, 2018

While Apple set up shop in a garage and not a college dorm, Wozniak built his first computer whilst at the University of Boulder, Colorado. Mark Zuckerberg was a well-connected individual and actually received funding from PayPal’s co-founder very early in Facebook’s existence. Michael Dell was loaned money by his family.

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Bootstrapping Colorado Internet Software Review 66

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The Austin-based startup plans to use the funds to expand nationwide starting with the Denver, Colorado market, said Scott Harmon, Swivel’s co-founder, and CEO. Swivel’s Team in Austin, courtesy photo Swivel, an Austin-based office leasing platform, announced Tuesday that it has raised $8 million.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

I first met and worked with Bobby in the mid-2000s at the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), where he was a co-founder and on the board with me. Bobby is awesome and I’m really psyched he’s back in Boulder at CU. Bobby has a long history with CU Boulder. Welcome back, Bobby!

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Indiana Colorado Cofounder Community 73

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Nancy is the co-founder and COO of ViaWest , a leading co-location and managed services provider well known to many companies in Colorado. She’s also been a big supporter of many technology related organizations in Colorado, including NCWIT and the Colorado Technology Association.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 14, 2020

My inclination was that “this is a team of scrappy founders, and I like how they think.”. HiHello has a remote team of engineers – in New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and California. Doug and his co-founder Vivek Nair , were not planning on raising any venture capital money yet. I immediately liked what I saw.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

Todd McGuire is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of startup incentaHEALTH and we had to the opportunity to hear from him about starting business, the future of the company and what entrepreneurship means to him. I am the co-founder and CTO of the digital health care company incentaHEALTH. Tell us your story:

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2013

Tomorrow night (Tuesday, 1/29) I’ll be doing another Entrepreneurs Unplugged – this time I’ll be interviewing Jeremy Bloom , the co-founder of Integrate. He’s also the founder of a dynamite non-profit called Wish of a Lifetime. Jeremy has been a total joy to work with and has an amazing story.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2015

By Al Fialkovich, Managing Director, Founder and Co-Owner of Transworld Business Advisors of Denver. Al Fialkovich is Managing Director, Founder and Co-Owner of TBA Denver, the largest Transworld Business Advisors bureau in the state of Colorado. Thinking of selling your business in the next five years?

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