Feld Thoughts

APRIL 4, 2019

Amy and I recently decided to support Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) and their national expansion to Colorado through our Anchor Point Foundation. While there’s been tremendous growth in Colorado, it has been uneven across the state. The post Entrepreneurship For All in Longmont, Colorado appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 23, 2019

Defy Colorado is growing nicely after some overall challenges with the national organization in 2018. Defy Colorado is now a separate 501c(3) and my partner Jason Mendelson and his wife Jenn Mendelson have been playing a huge leadership role with the Defy Colorado team. Don’t miss it – register now.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Instead, the right SMB CRM will have integrations to work for, and with, all of these teams and support important functions like email marketing and marketing automation to help you turn valuable Small Business Saturday leads into not only holiday sales, but year-round customers. Establish a relationship.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Email marketing is one of the strongest and most efficient ways to reach your customers. In fact, the average person checks their email about 15 times per day. billion emails anticipated to be sent worldwide in 2019, it’s safe to assume that your customers are getting their fair share of email communication.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 29, 2014

A few years ago, David Cohen and I started a Colorado CEO Jobs list in response to the regular stream of inbound email we got from folks looking to move to Colorado and interested in tech-related jobs. It was simple – emails from people looking for jobs came to me or David and we forwarded them to the list.

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Feld Thoughts

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

JULY 24, 2013

I’m excited to announce the launch of the Colorado Startup Community Fund. This is a $200,000 fund for providing financing to support activities, events, and organizations in the Colorado startup community. It’s part of the Startup Colorado initiative and is going to make the first round of grants at the end of Q3.

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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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Hearpreneur

MAY 29, 2018

Chris Rodgers is the founder & CEO of Colorado SEO Pros , where he develops company processes, innovating digital marketing practices, and supporting a full-time staff of SEO analysts and digital marketers. We had a chance to interview Chris and asked about his story, how he started his business ad the future of Colorado SEO Pros.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 15, 2016

Applications are open for the second group of Colorado Global Entrepreneurs in Residence. We currently have three Colorado Global EIRs. While Colorado is one of three states to have a program ( the others are Massachusetts and New York ) we are about to launch a few other states, including one I’m particularly excited about.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John (00:08): Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. He calls it Colorado pricing. I haven't live in Colorado, so that's probably why I remembered it. This is John Jantsch and I'm doing a solo show today. 10:56): Heard another consultant. powered by

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 8, 2010

and I woke up to the following email. Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate: We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. I’ve been an Amazon Associate (Amazon’s affiliate program) for many years.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I got the following email from Barry Schuler this morning. The cool, crisp Colorado mornings. We’ve known each other for many years, and he’s one of my favorite VCs to work with. He described exactly how I feel this morning. The fall is my favorite season of the year. By labor day, I’m ready for summer to end.

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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. Comments welcome – and if you want to get involved, just email me. Following are his thoughts. The Assessment.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 3, 2020

(This is the fifth post in a series documenting the work I did in Colorado on the Governor’s COVID-19 Innovation Response Team – IRT. Stay tuned for two more wrap-up posts, tomorrow and the next day… The post State of Colorado COVID-19 Innovation Response Team, Part V – Wrapping Up, Days 10-12 appeared first on Only Once.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Check out this example in my hometown of Colorado Springs. My go-to cycling studio in Colorado Springs sources their t-shirts from the printing shop next door. to keep the experience seamless Create on-site signage that clearly directs customers where to go for curbside pickup. Image source ). Local partnerships.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2012

On Saturday, Colorado Senator Mark Udall publicly opposed PIPA. I’ve been talking to Mark and his team for about a month about this and I’m incredibly proud of him for taking a stand on this issue. It’s no wonder that Coloradans are contacting my office in increasing numbers – voicing their objections to PIPA.”

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 2, 2014

Lately, I’ve been struggling to figure out the best way to have expanding email groups. For the Colorado CEO Jobs list, we were using Yahoo Groups for a while. For the Colorado CEO Jobs list, we were using Yahoo Groups for a while. The post Help – I’m in Email Group Hell appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 9, 2020

The first cohort-based directed learning experience launches Saturday, August 15, 2020, with the Second Chance Center of Aurora Colorado, led by Mr. Hassan Latif. We are involved in several projects together, including the Colorado Tech Coalition for Equity and Inclusion and Energize Colorado.

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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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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

If you want to be part a pioneer in the mobile enterprise game, email me and I’ll pass on your resume. The post Little Colorado Company MobileDay Finds Big Hole In Enterprise Bucket appeared first on Feld Thoughts. My Investments Jobs least-cost dialing mobileday one-touch dialing'

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 31, 2015

The program in Colorado follows a similar approach with one major difference. If you are interested in applying for one of the four EIR slots, just drop me an email and I’ll plug you in. The post Trying Something New On Immigration In Colorado appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 11, 2014

We had a Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Colorado meeting with her and her partner and in the middle of the discussion about their business Jenna used the phrase “digital paralysis” to describe one of the things she thinks is driving the incredible engagement of their customers.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 22, 2023

I met Dan in 1995, shortly after moving to Colorado, and we have been friends ever since. Dan started the Rocky Mountain Internet Users Group (RMIUG) in 1994, almost 30 years ago, eventually growing to over 15,000 subscribers on their email lists. RMAIIG was founded by Dan Murray.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 12, 2020

It’s gloomy in Colorado today. For the past few years, the month of May has been more like Seattle weather than Colorado weather, so while spring is transitioning into summer, heavy clouds hang over us. I stop doing meetings and email Friday night. Sunday is similar, but I catch up on email, and read a bunch more.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 4, 2020

(This is the sixth post in a series documenting the work I did in Colorado on the Governor’s COVID-19 Innovation Response Team – IRT. The public sector team was used to email, text, and Google hangouts for comms. Other posts in order are 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5.). And that’s an interesting way to think about it. Nothing else.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

I’ve gotten to know and work with Aaron on several initiatives over the past nine months, including participating in an equity learning initiative led by his firm Equity Solutions , supporting Justice Reskill , and experiencing a lot of equity activity Aaron has lead for Energize Colorado.

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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. Or email me or Micah Mador if you want to get involved.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 22, 2015

” Andy Alsop , an entrepreneur in Santa Fe who has spent a lot of time in Colorado, sent me a note with some thoughts about his view and experience from working as an entrepreneur in Santa Fe. There has been a lot of recent noise in Boulder about growth, challenges, and the impact of the tech community on the city.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Very few people can do a good job with a presentation that is emailable.”. You have said outloud anyone can send you an email, is that fair? Yeah, my email address is Brad@Feld.com.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

My longtime friend Marion Jenkins, CEO of IT consultant QSE Technologies wrote what I think is one of the most eloquent and well thought out rebuttals to the proposed Colorado “Software Tax” (HB 1192). My family and I have lived in Colorado (Centennial) for nearly 12 years. With his permission I’m posting it here in its entirety.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Today most materials are shared over email, so don’t worry about printing out copies. You’ll need a few paragraphs that you can email — often called the elevator pitch — meaning you should be able to give it during a brief elevator ride up to your investor’s office. The presentation.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2019

Email marketing. It’s easy for emails to get lost in the shuffle of a busy day. Enticing a customer to simply open a marketing-related email can be challenging. Know your target: AI helps businesses understand – and foresee – customer behavior patterns, and detect which strategies email subscribers best respond to.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

I first met Tim when he had just started Avitek (his previous company) working in the same office space as Andrew Currie, who had just started Email Publishing (my first angel investment in Boulder.) But I’ll end with one of them – the creation of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (now Pledge 1% ).

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

Photo Credit: Roxana Colorado. Thanks to Roxana Colorado, Kandula International, LLC ! #4- Although it can lead to a lot of frustrations, I know more about employment law, tech stacks, and email marketing automation then I ever thought I would. Thanks to Alex Romanov, www.iwillbuyhouse.com ! #3- Photo Credit: Sid Soil.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 21, 2020

I made a big shift earlier this summer after I finished up some of the work I was doing with the State of Colorado around Covid, specifically around the Innovation Response Team. I no longer try to get through all my email. Garth gets so many things correct. At the end of the day, which ranges from 5pm to 8pm, I’m done.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

and retrieve John Smith’s email” rather than opening a CRM program on a computer and manually retrieving the information. Soon, CRM users will be able to interact with email, set up activities, and even receive recommendations on the next best customer interaction to initiate. A time-crunched salesman can simply say: “Alexa, open Act!

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