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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

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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Startup Stories: Everlater’s journey from childhood friends to acquisition by AOL

The Next Web

This time, we’re taking a look at Everlater, a startup founded by two childhood friends from TechStars’ home city of Boulder, Colorado. After pivoting into a B2B model, Everlater got acquired by AOL to become MapQuest Travel Blogs.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. We developed Scaleworks venture finance loans to fill a need we saw for our own B2B SaaS companies. We’re currently evaluating about 20 companies a month and issuing term sheets to 25% of them; those that fit our investment criteria. ARR of $500K+.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo.

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Book: The Startup Playbook

Feld Thoughts

Raj and I have done seven companies together, including his most recent company JumpCloud which is one of the fastest-growing B2B SaaS companies in our portfolio (and in Colorado.). Since then, Will and I have made many investments together (including most of Raj’s company).

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Transcript of Using Personalized Video to Build Relationships

Duct Tape Marketing

And again, I don’t care whether this is B2B, B2C. I’m up West of Boulder in Coal Creek Canyon, but I think … Aren’t you in Colorado Springs? Yeah, we’re all down in Colorado Springs. Across that life cycle, and I don’t care whether it’s a product or service. Ethan Beute: Yeah.

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Chargify Appoints New Chief Revenue Officer

Austin Startup

Chargify, the leading billing platform for B2B SaaS, today announced the appointment of Matt Downs as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) effective immediately. Downs will be based in Colorado and split his time between Chargify’s Texas headquarters and SaaSOptics’ Georgia headquarters respectively.

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