Feld Thoughts

MAY 29, 2013

The National Day of Civic Hacking is the first of a yearly event created by the White House to gather Citizen Engineers and have them use newly accessible government data to improve their communities and our entire society. In Denver, the site is focused on open data from the State of Colorado and called Hack4Colorado.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 29, 2020

Parents, many of whom have been trying to balance work, parenting and being school teachers, are getting frustrated and worn down; on top of that, they don’t know what’s coming this summer and if their kids will be able to go to camp.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 30, 2013

Today appears to be government day on Feld Thoughts. This morning I wrote about the Colorado PUC trying to shut down Uber in Colorado (bad). Senator Flake – thank you for showing leadership on this issue. Senators Udall and Flake – thank you for the leadership here. and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

I woke up to an article in Daily Camera today titled Small Business Administration trying to bring SBIC funds to Colorado. As a partner in one of the most visible VC firms in Colorado and an LP in many of the Colorado VC firms, I’ve never heard from Matthew or anyone from the SBIC.

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OnlyOnce

AUGUST 5, 2021

The core skills of founders and entrepreneurs are vision, leadership/inspiration/mobilization of teams, and a fearlessness about trying things and then seizing on the ones that work and rapidly discarding the ones that don’t, quickly absorbing learnings along the way. Of all these, failure of strong leadership stands out in my mind.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

For example, you can minor in entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado College of Music. The only hard part about it, is to get well-defined problems from sponsors in the local city or government agency that you offer to students. But this type of innovation requires leadership who understands that is their goal.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Government. Keys of Leadership Culture. Reliance on Government. Entrepreneurs vs. Government. Integration With The Rest of Colorado. Engage The Entire Entrepreneurial Stack. Leaders vs. Feeders. What’s A Leader? What’s A Feeder? Entrepreneurs. University. Service Providers. Mentor Driven. Risk Aversion.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

More and more governing bodies are slashing taboos and favoring the research that supports the medicinal benefits of cannabis. After all, it helped Colorado return from an economic downturn and balloon to a growth rate that’s twice the national average. The cannabis industry has also immensely supported economic growth.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Like other RBI firms, Decathlon does not require warrants, governance involvement, or the types of financial covenants that are often associated with other venture debt type solutions. Programs are offered in both online, in-person, and hybrid format with cohorts of leadership teams for an average of 10 companies.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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Scalable Startup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Take Boulder, Colorado as a model, they’ve successfully created their own very strong economy for startups. These towns are setting their expectations way too high while the real Silicon Valley giggles at the sight. And don’t use the word “silicon” in your name. There’s a startup for every 50 or so people there.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 26, 2017

Over the past fifteen years, Phil Weiser and I have worked together to make Colorado a stronger, more collaborative, and more innovative entrepreneurial community. Phil is a rare entrepreneur who can bring innovation to the government, which is just the sort of leadership we need now.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 1, 2020

(This is the third post in a series documenting the work I did in Colorado on the Governor’s COVID-19 Innovation Response Team – IRT. Colorado still has around 500 cases statewide – about ¼ of Westchester County. First two posts are here and here.). Friday, March 20, Day 4. They send us ZERO ventilators.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

We are proud that American innovation is the envy of the world, a source of widely-shared prosperity, and a hallmark of our global leadership. Finally, we believe that government plays an important role in the technology economy by investing in infrastructure, education and scientific research. Donald Trump does not.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

We are proud that American innovation is the envy of the world, a source of widely-shared prosperity, and a hallmark of our global leadership. Finally, we believe that government plays an important role in the technology economy by investing in infrastructure, education and scientific research. Donald Trump does not.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In it we talk about the continued failure of the federal government to help small businesses and highlight some encouraging ways that local communities have stepped into the void to help. Amongst other things, the OpEd highlights an innovative fund that Colorado has set up to support small businesses, the Energize Colorado Gap Fund.

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