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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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2023

#6- To share knowledge Photo Credit: Anthony Christov As an Art Director at Pixar, I have had many achievements, and I felt that it was time for me to give something back to the community. Together with my team, we aim to promote skin health, empower individuals and build a community around a common interest in looking as good as you feel.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2012

How to build regional entrepreneurial communities has just gotten it’s first “here’s how to do it” book. There’s probably no one more qualified to write this book then Brad Field (startup founder, co founder of two VC firms – Mobius and Foundry, and founder of TechStars.). Leaders and Feeders.

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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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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

by Graham Beck , founder of DropDesk Coworking. In recent years, the co-working landscape has dramatically shifted, especially in major cities like New York and Boston, where the tech industry’s demand for these spaces is high. How do you compete with the best co-working spaces in New York? You ask an expert (or seven).

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Sarah Tuneberg, co-founder and CEO, answered some questions about the company. Geospiza is based in Denver. The Denver startup ecosystem is generous and supportive?—?truly I really am happy that we, as a tech community, are having deeper, more honest conversations about data and privacy.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 30, 2013

A few weeks ago I did an event with Built In Denver where I interviewed Tim Miller and Ryan Martens, the founders of Rally Software , on their journey from a startup to a public company (NYSE: RALY ). The attendance at the event was roughly 50% Boulder entrepreneurs and 50% Denver entrepreneurs.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

Listing the co-founders initials and adding Realty would project the same old. We were sued shortly after starting because there was an SOS Staffing in Denver that was publicly held. I chose DevBev Co. Thanks to Devin Beverage, DevBev Co. ! #6- Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

If you are interested in impact investing, I encourage you to join the Impact Finance Center (IFC) and presenting funders The Anschutz Foundation, Zoma Foundation, The MacArthur Foundation , Colorado Health Foundation , and Gary Community Investments at CO Impact Days 2017 , Nov 15-17, in Denver, Colorado.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

But a new class of life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space is another. A new life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space. It looks like someone is actually pulling this together in a life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space in Chicago called MATTER. It has density,” he said.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Independent graphic designers from all over the world submit designs to our ongoing design competitions, and Minteds community votes to tell us what to sell. However, we needed a head of engineering to recruit and lead a larger team to accomplish our larger goals.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2023

He is the co-founder of McKee Wallwork, a nationally recognized marketing advisory firm that made the Inc. Recent, an episode featured Max Novak, the founder of Nova Cast, where he talked all about how podcast booking campaigns create value for listeners and for brands. And you can listen to it all on your lunch break.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 16, 2011

I strongly believe that entrepreneurial education and community building is not a zero sum game. I have enormous regard for Jim and Jon Nordmark, his co-host of the Founder Institute Denver program and want to be supportive of anything they are involved in. For this year, I’ve joined Jon as co-host.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

Smarter Sorting already has a live pilot here in Austin, working with Austin Resource Recovery, and has commitments to begin pilots with Portland, OR, Mesa County, CO, and Salt Lake City, UT. Austin Mayor Steve Adler The event was kicked off by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and MCed by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 29, 2011

Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

The next couple of days are going to be amazing, as the Lean Startup community converges on San Francisco. If you're in town Saturday night, you'll want to stop by Ignite: Lean Startup , a community-run event that features a number of new voices in the Lean Startup community. Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, Tout.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Today’s #GivingThanks is to David Cohen , one of the founders and co-CEO of Techstars. He told me we were co-investors in a few companies as angel investors. Founders came in, pitched a bunch of angel investors, got ask a bunch of questions, went away, but rarely ended up with any investment.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2013

I’m intensely proud of both the amazing startup community in Boulder as well as the many significant companies that have been – and are being – created in the little town of 100,000 people I call home. Dan Caruso, the co-founder/CEO of Zayo Group , is one of them. It’s great – and follows.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 3, 2013

I wrote a chapter about this in my book Startup Communities: Building an Entrepre neurial Ecosystem in Your City explaining why and how CU Law has taken a different approach to the engagement of the of a university and the entrepreneurial community. Engage with the community. Step back and think about it a little.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 8, 2010

There are two such stories in Westword Denver this week. In addition to the story of the origins of Next Big Sound, there is a great discussion of TechStars and how it contributes to the Boulder entrepreneurial community. That was one of the motivations for David Cohen and I to write Do More Faster. And both are rich in content.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 30, 2018

a new coworking and meeting space at the Springdale General social impact community in East Austin where you can only be a member if you are a social impact entrepreneur. Like our downtown location, meeting space will be provided at low or no cost to non-profits and community organizations, but unlike downtown there is free parking!

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David Cohen

JANUARY 26, 2017

Brad Feld and I just visited several cities on this trip to learn more about the great startup communities there. We met with a group of founders who were all successfully building startups there. and engaged with the community on the topic of how big companies interact with startups. applications are open !). Photo: @iccunisa.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

“I didn’t set out to write a book but as we looked around the market for an operational playbook for sales, we couldn’t find one, so I tapped into my 20 years of sales experience and my network so that we could create a valuable resource for founders everywhere,” said Schwartzfarb. Denver, CO?—? RSVP here Sept. RSVP here Sept.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Case , you may recall, was co-founder of AOL. He correctly identifies the reasons why Chicago, Denver, Cincinnati, and other smaller cities are becoming vibrant centers of start-ups. He’s asking for investments of time and money to be made in order to further the trend. Vote accordingly, vote in your interest.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 27, 2018

My favorite innovative entrepreneur and mentor is Jeff Hoffman, founder of Priceline among a slew of other raging successes! Since then, he’s launched a hugely successful podcast, co-founded the documentary series 30for30, founded the culture site Grantland, and launched a television show on HBO. 2- Jeff Hoffman. 8- Walt Disney.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2017

He’s an author, blogger, and speaker, founder of an organization called Tribe Writers, an online community for writers, and he is the author of a new book we’re going to talk about today called Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age. I said, “What do you want?”

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