Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

I’m involved in a bunch of stuff this year, which I’ll list below, but I want to highlight a few specific events, including the Keynote Kickoff with Robert Smith of Vista Equity Partners who grew up in Denver. There is a large effort around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Amongst other things, the OpEd highlights an innovative fund that Colorado has set up to support small businesses, the Energize Colorado Gap Fund. I’m really proud of the work that my partner, Brad Feld, along with Wendy Lea, Mark Nager, and others have done to inject resources into the struggling small businesses in Colorado.

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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. While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. It was indeed private equity’s moment.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 4, 2018

My partner Jason is leading the judging panel, which includes: Abby Barlow, partner and director of Investment Research at Crestone Capital. Stephanie Copeland, former president of Zayo Group and current executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 11, 2020

With a new track focused on the emerging field of Sports Tech starting this year, MassChallenge and Stadia Ventures (“Stadia”) are collaborating to create an end-to-end pipeline of support for entrepreneurs by bridging talent, access to mentors, funding and relationships for founders building the next generation of sports and esports companies.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Today, my partners at Foundry Group and I are contributing $100,000 to the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCO) to help with the Boulder Flood Relief Effort. My partners and I are lucky. The entrepreneur who worked out of his basement, which is now a swimming pool. Major parts of Longmont are now submerged.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It’s like a dam has broken and now there is a flood of new entrepreneurs, investors, and big companies moving to Texas. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they they are all chasing talent. Something is different now.

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Up and Running

MARCH 16, 2016

In coming months, many entrepreneurs are looking for the best sources to help fund the startups they have planned. Whether the end goal is to exit, be acquired, or have enough in the bank to launch, it’s important for entrepreneurs to find the companies that can help them do it. billion invested in 374 startups in that area.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

We went with equity because ivestors would prefer to get equity for the following reasons: 1. One of the reasons notes have become so popular is that the equity documents were too expensive. I think they will be a big help (to entrepreneurs and attorneys alike). Posted by: toby | 03/01/2010 at 09:52 PM. Great effort!

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

This is the first citywide program in the US that allows a city (New York) to retain and attract foreign entrepreneurs by offering access to uncapped H1B visas. Colorado and Massachusetts have similar programs. Entrepreneurs have created such Meetups as the NY Latino Tech Meetup and Japan NYC Startups.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

The stare at a screen all day lifestyle isn’t for them, so they’re an entrepreneur by default, then they have to figure out what to actually do with that entrepreneurial spirit. Is that the best use of an entrepreneurs time? You could do that if you are an entrepreneur and you are your own boss.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 24, 2019

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