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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

However, sound investors would do well to remember that although their prevalence has certainly made these industries a popular topic of conversation, they are by no means the only viable option for significant returns. Private equity investments offer access to growth in more scaled businesses. Photo by Tiger Lily from Pexels.

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Retail Reimagined: 9 Trends for the Future of Physical Retail

ConversionXL

Denver-based small retailer ReRoot embraced these new fulfillment methods with open arms. We’re seeing about a 70 to 75 conversion rate from appointments in terms of purchase ,” said Joanna Griffiths , Founder and CEO. Having a strong sense of your own audience and that of potential partners (i.e. What do you guys want?

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Techstars and The Nature Conservancy

Feld Thoughts

Amy and I were part of the public announcement this week in Denver. So has my partner Seth and his wife Greeley, who is currently a trustee on the TNC Colorado board. Amy went to Tanzania and Kenya in 2009 with TNC to increase capacity of TNC non-profit partners.

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The Deep, Dark, Emotional Challenges of Being a Leader

Feld Thoughts

The first was at Denver Startup Week, where we did a panel discussion with Ben Huh and Bart Lorang where we discussed the pact between CEO and Board, the pact between Founder and Investor, and how to be transparent and direct. By the winter time, Rand had decided to hand the CEO roles to his longtime partner and COO Sarah Bird.

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Suicide, Cancer, and Community

Feld Thoughts

Today as I am just now coming out of a fog post Denver Startup Week and GAN Rally. The sabbatical is something I see in this moment as a great idea to integrate in the future post Denver startup week. A friend and business partner, Kevin Johansen, along with his wife, Karen, took his life last week. I am in total shock.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

Our business is located in House District 44 (Mike May), and Senate District 30 (Ted Harvey) and most of our ~15 employees live in these same or surrounding Districts in the South Denver area. I serve on the board of directors and many other committees of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0,

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VC Offsites – Our Approach

Feld Thoughts

Many of them are either at Jason’s house, my house, or a hotel in Denver. Whoever is on the board is not allowed to speak – they have to listen as the other partners reviews the portfolio company. We usually do this in a private room somewhere so we can take the conversation wherever we want to go.