VC Adventure

MAY 18, 2020

We launched the Colorado Talent Network on March 26 in direct response to Coloradans losing their jobs due to COVID-19 layoffs. Where people are looking to work: No surprise that ~60% of selected Boulder/Denver as their ideal work location. ~25% These locations are: Central CO I-70 Corridor, Colorado Springs, Eastern CO, Ft.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The celebration for its unique culture and flourishing business community is very appealing, and many new startups are flocking to the city to embrace it as their own. Denver, CO. Boulder, CO.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 6, 2023

GlueCon will occur for the thirteenth time, on May 24th-25th, in Broomfield, Colorado. Twilio, Docker, and Kubernetes all appeared on the GlueCon stage long before they were known by the wider tech community. It’s always been fun to host a national tech conference in Boulder.

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MARCH 25, 2021

The Community Foundation: Boulder County is partnering with others to support the victims, their families, and our community in dealing with and processing the March 22 supermarket shooting in Boulder. The Boulder County Crisis Fund is the best choice.

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MARCH 29, 2013

I’m psyched to see Xconomy launch their Boulder/Denver edition. Bob Buderi , Xconomy’s CEO, talks about how it came together in his post Announcing Xconomy Boulder/Denver—7th Region in Our Network. I’m especially glad that Xconomy hired Michael Davidson as the Boulder/Denver editor.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 10, 2020

On May 14th at 5:30pm, a group of us are going to have a virtual birthday party for Colorado Governor Jared Polis. This year, it’s for the Colorado COVID Relief Fund. million to those in Colorado in the most need. Congressman Joe Neguse is joining as a special birthday guest as his birthday is the next day.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Some time ago a group of entrepreneurs including my partner Seth Levine came together to talk about how to promote entrepreneurship in Colorado and celebrate the fact that entrepreneurship has become a huge part of the Colorado business ecosystem. Go get the badge and fly it proudly on your site if you are a Colorado entrepreneur!

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Denver, Colorado. Denver is another name that keeps popping up on various rankings and lists that focus on businesses and entrepreneurs. Denver boasts of a well-educated and young labor force, dedicated and ready to work: the Centennial State’s capital has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the past decades.

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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. Feld’s thesis is that unlike the common wisdom, it is entrepreneurs that lead a startup community while everyone else feeds the community. These events are a good proxy for the health and depth of a startup community.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Small retailers are the bedrock of our communities, and consumers will still choose to shop retail when the experience is worth it. Denver-based small retailer ReRoot embraced these new fulfillment methods with open arms. Local delivery has also been a saving grace for a lot of retailers with close ties to their community.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

One of the fun projects I am involved with is Startup Colorado, a community focused initiative to spur new company creation in Colorado. One of Startup Colorado’s most promising projects is Startup Summer. A weekly social event with business leaders in the community.

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David Cohen

AUGUST 12, 2013

The Boulder and Denver tech startup communities were featured in a recent USA Today Talking Tech video. When someone needs help, others in the community respond by offering up networks and contributing resources. There’s always something exciting happening with Boulder and Denver startups. Startups'

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The celebration for its unique culture and flourishing business community is very appealing, and many new startups are flocking to the city to embrace it as their own. Denver is also one of the most educated cities in the US.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 15, 2018

Colorado is a premier location for entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers. This is why I co-founded and commit a portion of my time to Startup Colorado; an organization that empowers and sustains startup communities across Colorado. The post Colorado Startup Summer appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

In yet another insane move by government against entrepreneurs and job creators, the Colorado PUC is proposing a new set of rules that would shut down Uber in Colorado. As a Colorado entrepreneurial community, we shouldn’t stand for this. As a Colorado entrepreneurial community, we shouldn’t stand for this.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 12, 2012

Last week Startup Colorado hosted the Startup America Regional Summit which was a gathering of the leadership of over 25 different Startup State efforts under the structure of the Startup America Partnership. Startup Colorado kicked off with a handful of tractable projects: Create an entrepreneurial summer camp in Boulder.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JUNE 27, 2017

Denver, Colorado — Innovation & Facilitation Training — Two Public Courses. In late August I’m co-hosting and delivering two public courses on Innovation in Denver. Working with Kim Smoyer of Smoyer & Associates , a Colorado based consultancy that focuses on non-profits.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Ian Hathaway, my co-author for my next book – Startup Communities 2: The Next Generation – has a great blog post up titled The Amazon Bounce Back. Colorado, specifically Denver, is in the final 20 cities bidding on Amazon’s HQ2. Amazon HQ2 could qualify for huge Colorado tax incentives.

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VC Adventure

OCTOBER 22, 2012

I’ve had the great fortune to experience the evolution and transformation of Colorado into a community that I believe is one of the most supportive of entrepreneurs anywhere in the country. Head to the Colorado Entrepreneurial by Nature website and download the badge (it comes in a number of different colors and sizes).

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

On November 9th, I’ll be helping launch Startup Colorado. Startup Colorado will be one of the regional initiatives under the umbrella of the Startup America Partnership. Startup Colorado is an initiative to make a meaningful impact on entrepreneurship and new company creation in the Front Range.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 29, 2012

While the fires in Colorado have calmed down and the firefighters are in the process of getting them contained, there continues to be plenty of fire danger as the firefighters continue to work incredibly hard. I bought one yesterday – all of the money is being donated to Care and Share or the Colorado Red Cross.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 20, 2012

It’s been a refreshing resource for a bunch of startup communities, including Boston (where it started) and Seattle. We (my partners and I at Foundry Group and David Cohen at TechStars) are helping them get enough initial sponsors to bring on a full time writer in the Boulder / Denver area.

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The Next Web

JULY 14, 2012

Editors Note: This is a guest post from Jeff Keacher , an engineer in Denver, Colorado. Like most folks in the developer community, it’s been years since I last used Internet Explorer as my daily browser. Also, he loves playing hockey. You can follow him on Twitter @teuobk. . It’s never good to scare away your customers.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 17, 2014

Yesterday, Kauffman Foundation released a study that provided empirical support for the Boulder Thesis that I came up with in my book Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City. Colorado has two – a 1 Million Cups in Denver and 1 Million Cups in Fort.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The celebration for its unique culture and flourishing business community is very appealing, and many new startups are flocking to the city to embrace it as their own. Denver is also one of the most educated cities in the US.

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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. Last summer Founder Institute held its inaugural class in Denver.

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David Cohen

JANUARY 31, 2013

Now Denver’s PUC is trying to shut Uber down by inventing new rules targeted directly at it. Help us keep Uber in Denver along with other great cities of the world such as San Francisco, New York, LA, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, DC, Vancouver, Toronto, Paris, Milan, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Dallas. 1) Contact Gov. Hickenlooper.

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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).

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

I don’t need to tell you about the devastation that has rocked Colorado over the past week. I’ve lived in Colorado for 17 years and I’ve never seen anything like it. While Ryan, Jason, Brad and I started Foundry with a national vision, being part of the Boulder community was always core to the Foundry identity.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 3, 2019

Whether it’s because of the community, fantastic weather, or relaxed atmosphere, people willing to invest in startups find their way to Los Angeles quickly. Denver, CO. The majestic mountains of Denver are truly a sight to be seen, but they are not the only reason to come to this town. And the market is active as well.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Today as I am just now coming out of a fog post Denver Startup Week and GAN Rally. The sabbatical is something I see in this moment as a great idea to integrate in the future post Denver startup week. He was an integral part of the entrepreneurial community here in Colorado. From Greg Barry: local in Boulder.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 21, 2013

It gets to the heart of how startup communities are developed and I’d love to have you join me at it. That Boulder was number one was interesting, but what’s more exciting is that there are so many emergent startup communities around the United States that it’s now worth ranking them. Collins, Denver, and Colorado Springs.)

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

It’s a daily occurrence that a college student emails me asking how they can get involved in the Boulder startup community or any startup ecosystem. For those students looking to get involved in Boulder and in Denver, I always point them towards Startup Summer , a program out of Startup Colorado.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Like many here in Boulder, I felt that Boulder City Councilperson Macon Cowles’ recent remarks about our startup community were both ignorant and offensive. ” His over simplified view that Boulder’s entrepreneurial community is the direct source of an affordable housing shortage is grossly incorrect. His post follows.

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David Cohen

AUGUST 23, 2013

Boulder is an incredible community for startups, and we’re also fortunate to be the home of the University of Colorado. Despite all the great programs and student groups, Fletcher Richman , an engineering student at CU, was frustrated about the lack of connection between the startup community and the university.

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VC Adventure

OCTOBER 22, 2012

I’ve had the great fortune to experience the evolution and transformation of Colorado into a community that I believe is one of the most supportive of entrepreneurs anywhere in the country. Head to the Colorado Entrepreneurial by Nature website and download the badge (it comes in a number of different colors and sizes).

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

We launched Startup Colorado last week as part of the Startup America Partnership. We’ve got a bunch of great entrepreneurs from Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs involved at this point and are reaching out to entrepreneurs in Fort Collins to help us get things up and running there.

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