Austin Startup

JUNE 29, 2018

Photo by the Colorado Springs Gazette And despite the 1990 passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act, which laid out standards for making public areas accessible, there are still public and private businesses that fail to have or maintain accessible entrances and exits for wheelchair users and guide dogs.

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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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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). He also told me how the company stumbled on its first customer segment by accident, in conversation with prospective customer: (They asked) Have you guys thought about cannabis?…

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But like conversion did not work. Or was it just like you'd bump into somebody and you'd strike up a conversation? I live in Colorado and like I can't imagine riding over who's your pass. There was a brew pub that, that was like, right, right before the border into Colorado. It's called Crazy Guy on a bike.com and Okay.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2012

He uses Colorado University’ Boulder as an example of of a regional university being as inclusive as possible with courses, programs and activities. Entrepreneurs talk about immediate action while government conversations about policy do not have urgency. Activities and Events.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Capacity Capital, Greater Colorado Venture Fund, Indie.VC, Reformation Partners, UP Fund, Versatile VC. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 12, 2018

Since I wrote about depression yesterday, I figured I’d highlight a long interview with Colorado Health & Wellness magazine on my history dynamics with depression titled Brad Feld’s Village. The post Colorado Health & Wellness Interview On Depression appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 2, 2019

Recently, Amy and I hosted a conversation with Scott Wasserman, the president of Colorado’s Bell Policy Center. For those not familiar with the Bell, it is a research and advocacy organization focused on economic mobility in Colorado. Colorado’s spending measured as a percentage of total personal income has gone down from 5.5%

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

I stopped in and started up a conversation with him about his photos. He lives and works in Denver, Colorado. While attending a local art show, I walked along perusing all the photography booths, as nature and landscape photography has always been a passion of mine. They weren’t just beautiful, they were striking.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2022

It was that cold, but it used to used to be in Colorado. Jack McGuinness (10:51): Oh, it's the, the greatest factor is the inability to have tough conversations about or productive conversations about the most important things that they're facing, not about trivial crap focus on what's most important. I appreciate it.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 8, 2013

UberDenver and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick are hosting a rally at Galvanize after the Colorado Public Utilities Commission holds a public hearing on proposed rules changes that could shut UberDenver down. I’ve had a number of private conversations since I wrote my post The Colorado PUC Trying to Shut Down UberDenver.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 11, 2021

Seth and Elizabeth will be moderating the discussion with special guests Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper, Makisha Boothe of Sistahbiz, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse, and Lorena Cantarovici of Maria Empanada. Join the conversation about The New Builders with Seth, Elizabeth, John, Makisha, Joe, and Lorena on May 18th.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

And you're going to have different conversations. He calls it Colorado pricing. I haven't live in Colorado, so that's probably why I remembered it. You might actually be pleasantly surprised that you get no resistance, and maybe the resistance was here right in your own head. 10:56): Heard another consultant.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 4, 2022

Thanks to Jason Polk, Colorado Relationship Recovery ! #11- From a shy, introverted college student to a successful businesswoman who is well-versed in having tough conversations, I like to think I’ve come a long way while growing my business on the side. 11- Being accountable for outcomes. Photo Credit: Adam Crossling.

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Up and Running

MARCH 3, 2021

For example, let’s pretend we are a new, local burger and beer restaurant located in Boulder, Colorado. When setting up a campaign, we’ll choose to geographically target people in Boulder, Colorado as we only want locals to order food online. As the owner of the restaurant, I’m hoping to increase online orders through my website.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The moderator was Phil Weiser (Colorado’s Attorney General). The guests were me, Blake Crouch (Colorado-based Author and Screenwriter), Patty Limerick (Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado Boulder), and Joe Neguse (U.S.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Room 8ABC Register: SXSW badge required A Conversation with Ernest Cline Ernest Cline is an internationally best-selling novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. Salon C Register: SXSW badge required The Future of Capitalism and Everything Else Capitalism needs a re-boot or it needs to go. Leave it in the comments!

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2019

The conversation around CRM (customer relationship management) is always shifting. When was the last time you read an article, saw a news item or held a conversation or planning meeting about your business’s CRM needs that focused solely (or even primarily) on contact management? by John Oechsle, President and CEO of Swiftpage.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Following that conversation, Blake noticed how many shoeless children there were. He is the founder and author of PurposeSpeaks.com, and a researcher and adjunct faculty at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. Not from the perspective, ‘What’s the best way to make money?”. He is the author of “ The Invisible Leader ”.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Here is some of our conversation. A business idea that might sound simple in conversation can transform into a multitentacled hydra when you actually map out the variables and pieces involved. The dream of owning a business hits at the heart of America’s can-do culture. How can you gauge if your business idea is a hero — or a zero?

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

My pleasure to be talking to you in Colorado where all my kids are. We wouldn't have to be bothering to have this conversation right now. John Jantsch (23:37): All right, I wanna end our conversation today with like a, just an impossible question. It's been a great oppor, I love great conversation. I really wish I did.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

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. Passion was certainly a recurring topic of conversation amongst the investors we interviewed.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 5, 2019

One of the words that came up during a few conversations was true. My wife came up with our business name after a trip to Colorado to hike. We’re about a year old and when we started the company we did a values exercise — as in, what are some values we have in common? 5- The concept of the momentum.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 30, 2011

I’ve written about the stupidity of these types of taxes before in posts like Amazon Fires Its Affiliates in Colorado Because of Colorado HB 10-1193. This started a very engaged conversation between us (up to 35 emails in my Gmail conversation as of right now) and eventually looped in the folks from Downtown Boulder, Inc.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2020

New 3D designs for the crisis, ranging from conversion kits to face shields to masks to respirator parts, are appearing daily. In addition to the Formlabs Support Network for COVID-19 Response , I just joined the Make4Covid community of makers working on 3D printed medical equipment for Colorado healthcare professionals.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 17, 2018

I may be critical, but I always thought that life encounters in the US are very easy but also very superficial, in opposition with Europe where it’s harder to engage discussion with a total unknown but where the interest given to conversations is maybe more sincere from the beginning.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 21, 2013

I was having a conversion on Friday with Brad Bernthal , an Associate Professor at Colorado Law School who directs the Silicon Flatirons Center’s Entrepreneurship Initiative. Is it time to think about Techstars as historically significant in Colorado? No players appear to have received that memo.) Yes, it is.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

When we started Foundry Group, we hypothesized that 33% of our investments would be in Colorado, 33% would be in California, 33% would be “everywhere else”, and 1% would be on Mars. Need split-test landing pages, launch pages, sales pages, and other conversion pages? We believe great companies can be created anywhere.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

We had started that, and again you’re right, you and I had a conversation because of course you have this network of talented consultants and our friend Michael Port same thing. This is June of 2017 when we’re having this conversation. You watch the conversion rates go up. There’s some congruency here.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Our conversation dives deep into the challenges that businesses face when scaling up, offering valuable insights and strategies for navigating this crucial phase of growth. John (20:54): Sounds like since you've moved to Colorado, you've taken up mountain biking. But appreciate having me and really enjoyed the conversation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 31, 2024

They're asking, they want to see more traffic, they want to see more leads from their website, higher conversions doing a lot more things, and they don't want to pay more. I mean the central part of their marketing. Itai Sandan (08:17): Yeah, absolutely. So I think we can talk about that.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 12, 2012

I fondly remember a long conversation at one of the first events we were at together at a number of years ago where I keynoted some Colorado industry event either right before or right after Tim Armstrong. Luke Beatty was the founder of Associated Content (sold to Yahoo in 2010) and has mentored the Boulder program for years.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Past livestream attendees have reported great conversations and networking. They represent more than 10,000 people total. If you're not attending the conference in person, consider meeting up with one of these groups to watch. Most simulcasts are free, although some charge a small fee to cover their costs.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2014

I was thinking about the ‘what’s next’ conversation. I’m sure you’ve seen everything and are all over it, but in my more limited experience, for some people it’s harder than the what’s first conversation (i.e. should I start a company or not?).

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Along with my partner Jason Mendelson and our friends Brad Bernthal (University of Colorado Law School) and Mike Platt (partner at Cooley LLP) we have launched a series of courses in conjunction with our portfolio company Sympoz on starting a company. Join us in class - and give us feedback on what you think about it.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

I’ve been thinking about this since I heard it last Sunday evening in a conversation with FCC Chair Tom Wheeler. In the midst of the conversation, this line from Michael Bennet, one of our Colorado Senators, popped out. Michael’s statement rang true with me.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Last week, at the Startup America Regional meeting, I got into a conversation about the role of state and local government in the development of startup communities. This is our annual Colorado VC / entrepreneur thingy. I’m at Venture Capital in the Rockies today. It was last minute and a lot of fun.

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