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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

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. I’d be happy to meet with you.

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A Look Inside the Fascinating Cannabis Branding and Marketing Boom

crowdSPRING Blog

The states that have legalized weed are seeing windfalls in “green” taxes, such as the $70 million that Colorado took in during the 2014-15 fiscal year. Colorado is expected to generate$135 million in cannabis taxes and licenses fees in fiscal year 2015-16, according to ArcView. Differentiation took a backseat to PR, in some ways.

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50+ Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

When we were deciding what to call our new PR agency we started by writing down a bunch of words that describe what we do, that we felt passionate about. While we were working on the logo it dawned on us that PR was actually uPRoar’s middle name. Thanks to Michael Harris, Uproar PR ! #15 12 – A Friend Helped.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

Marketing/Communications/PR. Director of eMedia - Colorado. Director of E-Media - Colorado. Advertising/Sales. Circulation/Audience Development. Art/Creative/Design. Finance/Accounting. Business Development. Web/Internet/IT/eMedia. Production/Printing/Manufacturing. Operations. Companys Focus. Association Publishing. Trade Show.

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Silicon Valley Uber Alles? I think so… Some of their Secret Weapons.

Scalable Startup

Via Stanford, Berkeley, Facebook, Google, recruiting Harvard and MIT undergrads, their wonderful PR machine, advertising free meals, free car washes, free dry cleaning, free day care. Take Boulder, Colorado as a model, they’ve successfully created their own very strong economy for startups. 150,000 salary right out of college.

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How To Build Great Leadership Teams

Duct Tape Marketing

It was that cold, but it used to used to be in Colorado. And, uh, I think that balance of PR product productivity and health is really important. Next time you're visiting your son in, in Colorado. I, we were, it was an upstate New York on the foot of lake Ontario or tip of lake Ontario. I appreciate it.

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How to Handle and Avoid Negative Publicity

Up and Running

We’ve all heard of at least one social media disaster story – whether that’s the NRA posting a pro-gun tweet tagged with #Aurora, right after the Colorado shooting; or Gap’s somewhat insensitive tweet encouraging those caught up in Hurricane Sandy to do some online shopping – and the reality is, these things happen.

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