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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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

As well as hubs of tech innovation springing up all over the United States – locations in Utah and Colorado, for example – the world is also getting behind tech. As access to the internet increases from the current 3.5

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2012

By September that year they would launch what would be one of the first crowdfunding sites on the Internet. . “We said, ‘Let’s create something that really benefits the world,’” shares Damphousse. But online payment technology didn’t catch up with their vision, until now.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 2, 2012

I spend all of my working time in the domain of software, Internet, and entrepreneurship. Making sure they have a voice in the rapidly evolving software / Internet ecosystem on a global scale is important to me. Many of these political situations stifle entrepreneurship, innovation, or opportunities for these companies.

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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

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.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2010

Colorado HB10-1193 – also known as the “Amazon Tax” – really upset me as I wrote about in Amazon Fires Its Affiliates in Colorado (Including Me) Because of Colorado HB 10-1193. I’ve enlisted my friend David Binetti to crank up another Twitter Campaign To Repeal Colorado’s Internet Tax.

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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

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. I asked if he’d write a longer post from his perspective and he took me up on it. It doesn’t matter where I live.”

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Up and Running

JUNE 4, 2018

While Apple set up shop in a garage and not a college dorm, Wozniak built his first computer whilst at the University of Boulder, Colorado. Thanks to the wealth of opportunities provided by the internet, college students no longer have to wait on tables or tend bar to earn extra money. Earning money at college.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. was starting.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

2021 will see a boom in retail redevelopment, high speed internet and commerce adoption, deferred spending, and creator-driven dynamism. "Années 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. Image source ).

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

When the Internet and telecom bubble collapsed, the gallery ran into trouble, so Amy and I invested in it to help support it and keep it open. We met many artists in the ensuing years and expanded the Colorado artists we were collecting. MacLaren Markowitz ultimately closed, but many friendships remain.

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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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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Colorado, Mark Strama, head of Google Fiber announced Monday. He was hearkening back to the opening of […] The post Google Fiber Austin Announced 1 Gigabit Internet Pricing Plan at its New Downtown Headquarters appeared first on SiliconHills. Strama said he hopes the 23,000 square foot building will be Austin’s “Living Room.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

While he was waiting for the paperwork to be reviewed he moved to Boulder, Colorado and took a job with a local tech company there. I certainly don’t want the next generation of iPad-like innovation to come “with an Internet nanny filter called Green Dam Youth Escort.&# Do you?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Matthew Wallenstein is the co-founder of Growcentia and director of the Innovation Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Colorado State University (CSU). Matthew : Cannabis, marijuana … We’re doing this great experiment in Colorado where it’s legal to grow and to purchase and consume marijuana. How did they find you?

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The silos : Biotech, food, the Internet of things, clean energy, and all the other sectors providing fertile ground for entrepreneurs and investors. On the third day of the conference we will provide a deep look into what’s going on here in Colorado. Collins, Denver, and Colorado Springs.) The speakers list is awesome.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

While Foundry invests across the US, we’re based in Colorado and do our best to support the local startup ecosystem. Especially if you live here in Colorado – come support our effort to bring greater focus and energy around these topics right in your backyard. The second question I always get is “why Colorado?”

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2019

percent of Boomers who use the internet have at least one social media account, with Facebook being their favorite. Steep Digital Marketing has rapidly grown and was recently recognized as one of the top 100 Colorado Companies to Watch.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

While Foundry invests across the US, we’re based in Colorado and do our best to support the local startup ecosystem. Especially if you live here in Colorado – come support our effort to bring greater focus and energy around these topics right in your backyard. The second question I always get is “why Colorado?”

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VC Adventure

JANUARY 26, 2010

The bill as it is currently constructed would place a tax on all software purchased or installed in Colorado. According to the Colorado Software and Internet Association there are more than 5,500 software, hardware and IT businesses in the state and approximately 175,000 IT professionals (with a total payroll of nearly $5Bn).

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Brad Feld is a managing director at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado. David Cohen is the founder and Managing Partner of Techstars, the #1 ranked internet startup accelerator in the world. Certainly one blog to keep high on your list of must reads. Follow Mark on Twitter @msuster. Feld Thoughts. Follow Semil on Twitter @semil.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

We also believe in the free and open exchange of ideas, including over the Internet, as a seed from which innovation springs. Donald Trump proposes “shutting down” parts of the Internet as a security strategy ― demonstrating both poor judgment and ignorance about how technology works. Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - Computer And Internet. Internet Services. Should national gun control policy be changed in the wake of the shooting at a Batman movie in Colorado? . - Passenger Transportation. - Pet Care & Grooming. Social Services. Storage & Warehousing. Travel Agencies.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

We also believe in the free and open exchange of ideas, including over the Internet, as a seed from which innovation springs. Donald Trump proposes “shutting down” parts of the Internet as a security strategy ― demonstrating both poor judgment and ignorance about how technology works. Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2017

While the Internet makes it easy to link up with others, it’s important to ensure connections are managed properly. John is an advocate for technology and education in Colorado and has been an active contributor to the Colorado Technology Association (CTA). Currency and correctness.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 7, 2018

Send threading : If you are on a fast internet connection, this won’t matter to you. But, if you do email on a plane or a house in Longmont, Colorado (where I regularly have internet performance that is < 5 MB) you will love this feature. Yay – finally.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

I went to the University of Colorado at Boulder, looking for a major that combined business and technology. Based on the innovative combination of an Internet-connected digital scale synchronized with a full-length digital photograph of a biometric screening, incentaHEALTH received a patent on the HEALTHspot® (U.S.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2013

We have 3 offices in Colorado, with our headquarters on the 2nd floor of 29th Street mall. Dozens of recent graduates of Colorado’s university system are Zayo-ites. I am excited to see this innovative energy spreading across the front range, through Startup Colorado and other initiatives. Today, CII d/b/a Zayo Group.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The Internet Has Changed Selling in Two Profound Ways. Since the advent of the Internet, pushy salespeople can be roasted by customers on social media. a real estate company with two hundred sales associates and six offices in Northern Colorado. Customers hate this. And they no longer have to put up with it. What’s changed?

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

So I was psyched to see a long post titled Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job highlighting some of the amazing stuff that the Internet Archive has done with the Wayback Machine and its other properties including the Live Music Archive and their Software Collection. I’ve been reading a bunch of history lately.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I’ve also gotten know Greg as he’s been active in and provided leadership to the broad Colorado technology landscape, as well as being CEO of one of the most significant and important technology companies in Colorado.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

This is a key national conference held in Boulder at the intersection of technology and public policy with a particular focus on the Internet. This year’s conference subtitle was “ The Challenges of Internet Law and Governance.” We ended the day with a wonderful talk from Senator Mark Udall.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Internet businesses are harder and harder to name since the dot com is still the leading TLD. Colorado Aromatics is a farm based cosmetics company and we use herbs from our farm in all of our products for their antioxidant capacity. So Colorado Aromatics Cultivated Skin Care was born as a farm and as a skin care company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

But nothing Ive read so far really does justice to what I witnessed in Colorado and Nevada. In the small field office that I volunteered at in Colorado, here was the rhythm of our daily existence. Democrats didnt have a great voter database to start with, because Colorado had only recently become part of their electoral strategy.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). Integration With The Rest of Colorado. Comments of any sort are welcome and encouraged! The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory.

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