Feld Thoughts
MARCH 13, 2020
I’ve been involved with a number of leaders in the Colorado tech community since Wednesday morning as we’ve aggressively mobilized to address the Covid-19 crisis. This week, our companies stepped up efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 here in Colorado and beyond. Why are we taking these unprecedented steps?
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 12, 2012
“We need to be like Silicon Valley,” we hear many a startup community organizer around the world intone. After all, Silicon Valley been held up as a shining example as a hotbed for startups and many clamor to copy its success in positioning themselves as a similar scene for innovation and technological entrepreneurship.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 8, 2021
In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford, we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society was grappling with. Berkeley, and Hacking for Oceans at both Scripps and UC Santa Cruz.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Brad Feld’s new book Startup Communities joins the two other “must reads,” ( Regional Advantage and Startup Nation ) and one “must view” ( The Secret History of Silicon Valley ) for anyone trying to understand the components of a regional cluster. They are not run by the government or any single organization. Role of Government.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 30, 2013
Roughly 1,200 miles away in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is pushing for restrictions that will shutter many of the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries. Colorado houses existing tech giants such as IBM, Oracle and Lockheed Martin, as well as an emerging and thriving startup scene.
Steve Blank
APRIL 29, 2013
After watching my Secret History of Silicon Valley talk, he became fascinated by how serendipity created both weapon systems and entrepreneurship in World War II – and brought us federal support of science and Silicon Valley. Then it was on to Colorado Springs and the Air Force Academy. Military Academies.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 21, 2013
City governments : Why some are better than others at nurturing local startups. On the third day of the conference we will provide a deep look into what’s going on here in Colorado. That Kauffman report of densest startup communities actually had four Colorado cities in the top 10 (Boulder, Ft. The speakers list is awesome.
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