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

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

EforAll is a nonprofit organization that partners with communities nationwide to help under-resourced individuals pursue their dream of starting a business. The post Looking for Mentors for Entrepreneurs for All – Longmont, Colorado appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Some time ago a group of entrepreneurs including my partner Seth Levine came together to talk about how to promote entrepreneurship in Colorado and celebrate the fact that entrepreneurship has become a huge part of the Colorado business ecosystem. Both efforts are grass roots, totally network based, and driven by entrepreneurs.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2022

Registration is open for the 2022 Q4 Leadership Bootcamp , which is happening in Boulder, Colorado, on Nov 10-13, 2022. What you may not know is that several years ago, Jerry and his partner Ali Schultz moved exactly 0.8 miles away from me (there is one 40-acre parcel of land between us.)

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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. As we began to experiment with ways to keep that connection alive we knew one thing — we had to find somewhere local that we could partner with, to still offer curbside pickup.

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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. Serendipitously might have found private sector partner for one of the teams in need. Other posts in order are 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4.). Thursday, March 26, Day 10. Friday, March 27, Day 11.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 6, 2023

GlueCon will occur for the thirteenth time, on May 24th-25th, in Broomfield, Colorado. My Foundry partners and I helped Kim and Eric Norlin create Gluecon in 2009 because we saw the need for a developer-focused event to explore emerging technologies around the cloud and APIs.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

He moved out to Colorado to attend CU Boulder, starting a degree in Architecture only to find out he was more passionate about Business. It took Alex a long time to find an engineer to partner with without the network gained from working at a startup first. You could also find people with complementary skills you might lack.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 11, 2021

My partner Seth Levine and his co-author Elizabeth MacBride recently wrote an important book called The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business. It is out and available. Foundry Group is hosting an open virtual event to discuss the book. Sign up here for the virtual event at May 18, 2021 12:00 PM PT; 1:00 PM MT.

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David Cohen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The separately funded partner accelerator programs which operate in more than 30 locations worldwide are unchanged. In addition, as Techstars continues to become more efficient operationally, we decided to consolidate our Colorado activity in Denver rather than running operations in both Denver and Boulder.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Announcing the Greater Colorado Venture Fund ! I am proud to share that the Colorado Venture Capital Authority (VCA), in conjunction with the Office of Economic Growth and International Trade (OEDIT), has selected the Greater Colorado Venture Fund to steward the state’s rural venture capital allocation.

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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. Germán is also Founding Partner of Rokk3r Fuel, Rokk3r Labs’ first global venture capital fund.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 25, 2021

The Community Foundation: Boulder County is partnering with others to support the victims, their families, and our community in dealing with and processing the March 22 supermarket shooting in Boulder. The Boulder County Crisis Fund is the best choice.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2018

As many of you know, my partner Jason is from Detroit. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Law School. The Motor City. He’s going back home for a special event and I encourage anyone near Detroit to go hang with him. Early in his career, Jason was a software engineer at Accenture. in Economics and a J.D.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. – while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 10, 2020

On May 14th at 5:30pm, a group of us are going to have a virtual birthday party for Colorado Governor Jared Polis. I’m co-chairing the party with my wife Amy Batchelor, my partner Seth Levine, his wife Greeley Sachs, and our friends Mo and Jennifer Siegel. This year, it’s for the Colorado COVID Relief Fund.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 23, 2020

At Foundry Group, my partners and I spent most of our week focused inwardly on our portfolio, individual companies, supporting our partner funds, and providing as much content and connection as we could across all the companies in a rapidly changing environment. More are coming this week.

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VC Adventure

MAY 1, 2012

California, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado. That’s the order of states with the greatest dollar value of seed and early stage investment according to a PWC MoneyTree study that my partner Jason blogged about today. 290M invested in 41 companies based in Colorado in 2011.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 6, 2021

The program has been running in Colorado supporting pre-seed to post-seed stage startups at the intersection of conservation and technology since 2018. Amy and I have been supporters of TNC for over 30 years and Amy serves on their global board of directors.

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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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Board Effect

DECEMBER 29, 2021

On another front, Vincent Robinson, the founder and managing partner of an executive search group that recruits leaders at foundations and nonprofits, disagrees with the #ShowTheSalary campaign’s principles. The idea is that without knowing the salary upfront, it puts job candidates at a severe disadvantage.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

They're a reliable partner for consistently finding the perfect fit for your business. He calls it Colorado pricing. I haven't live in Colorado, so that's probably why I remembered it. Simply tell them what you need and they'll handle the rest hassle-free. 10:56): Heard another consultant.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

My partners and I, especially Jason Mendelson, have been very involved with Silicon Flatirons over the past decade. 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

JULY 10, 2019

In this spirit, one of the key organizations my partners at Foundry Group have helped create and nurture is Pledge 1%. In 2007, we were a founding member in the predecessor organization to Pledge 1%, called Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (or EFCO). And, the companies that have pledged 1% globally is remarkable.

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OnlyOnce

AUGUST 19, 2015

The launch was coincident with a visit to our office by Congressman Jared Polis , who represents our district in Colorado, as part of his Startup Day Across America visit to the district, which was exciting for us. v3 of the program is poised to take the concept to the next level.

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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. He will be doing a fireside chat with Denver Mayor Michael B. Listen to a short overview with Dianne Myles.

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VC Adventure

MAY 1, 2012

California, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado. That’s the order of states with the greatest dollar value of seed and early stage investment according to a PWC MoneyTree study that my partner Jason blogged about today. 290M invested in 41 companies based in Colorado in 2011.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

I served on the board of directors until the IPO, and during that time we were able to recruit great firms like Foundry Group, SoftTech VC (now Uncork Capital), Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures. Payal and team have attracted capital partners like CRV, Thrive Capital, Google Ventures, General Catalyst, Temasek, and more. #10:

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 4, 2021

My long-time business partner Seth Levine has written a book with Elizabeth MacBride titled The New Builders: Face to Face with the TRUE Future of Business. It’s extraordinary – buy a copy now! For many years, Seth has been frustrated about the entrepreneurial narrative around the White male tech founder.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 26, 2020

In addition to his leadership at Foundry, the companies he’s involved in, a number of initiatives in Colorado generally and Longmont specifically, and with his family, my partner Seth Levine has written several excellent posts in around the Covid Crisis. ” Then, he had a post about Decision making in uncertain times.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 13, 2020

When I listen to her talk about her experience with me around these issues, I realize how incredibly lucky I am to have a partner who has supported me from the very beginning. I also highlight my first business partner Dave Jilk in the video.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

The Andreesen Horowitz blog is the work of the famous VC firm’s partners and covers all things software in Silicon Valley and beyond. 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.

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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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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

If you take a look at the Foundry Group partner funds or talk to us about our investment strategy, you’ll immediately see the texture of a network. If you are involved in any organizations I’ve helped create, such as Energize Colorado , you’ll immediately recognize the network model underlying them.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 20, 2018

Did you know that 28.5714% of the partners at Foundry Group are Texans? I answered that I grew up in Texas, live in Colorado, was born in Arkansas, and went to school in Massachusetts. I’ve now lived in Colorado longer than anywhere else (22.5 Recently, I was asked if I consider myself a Texan.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. We collect more data on an individual business than, to our knowledge, any other RBI investor, through our application process, data partners, and various public sources online. Bigfoot Capital.

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