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. Government supporting powerful incubants (the taxi industry) that are threatened by disruptive innovators through regulation. And tell everyone you know.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 8, 2010

Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate: We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. Regrettably, as a result of the new law, we have decided to stop advertising through Associates based in Colorado.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 1, 2020

I’m excited to announce the launch of Energize Colorado , a new Colorado-based non-profit to help energize companies in Colorado survive the Covid crisis and then thrive as we get the crisis under control. Five weeks later, Energize Colorado is over 200 volunteers and growing daily.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Feeders include the government, universities, investors, mentors, service providers and large companies. He points out that some of these, government, universities and investors think of themselves as the leaders and Feld’s thesis is that we’ve gotten it wrong for decades. Role of Government. Activities and Events.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 5, 2020

If you have a job, have been working from home, and haven’t been spending extra money on Starbucks (or local) coffee, lunch or dinner out, or other random things you spend money on during the day while at work, please consider making a donation to the Colorado COVID Relief Fund today. To date, the fund has allocated $8.4

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 16, 2020

Colorado now has a statewide mask requirement. The post Colorado Statewide Mask Requirement appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Individuals will be required to wear face coverings for Public Indoor Spaces if they are 11 and older, unless they have a medical condition or disability. Kids 10 and under don’t need to wear a mask.

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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

APRIL 19, 2010

Colorado HB10-1193 – also known as the “Amazon Tax” – really upset me as I wrote about in Amazon Fires Its Affiliates in Colorado (Including Me) Because of Colorado HB 10-1193. I’ve enlisted my friend David Binetti to crank up another Twitter Campaign To Repeal Colorado’s Internet Tax.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 22, 2015

” Andy Alsop , an entrepreneur in Santa Fe who has spent a lot of time in Colorado, sent me a note with some thoughts about his view and experience from working as an entrepreneur in Santa Fe. I asked if he’d write a longer post from his perspective and he took me up on it.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2012

On Saturday, Colorado Senator Mark Udall publicly opposed PIPA. I’ve been talking to Mark and his team for about a month about this and I’m incredibly proud of him for taking a stand on this issue. It’s no wonder that Coloradans are contacting my office in increasing numbers – voicing their objections to PIPA.”

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 13, 2017

” “Colorado’s growth appears to be slowing, which may allow everyone to take a breath and lower the civic temperature. It could have done a better job encouraging creative design of new buildings that better fit their surroundings.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 30, 2012

I heard the word “connector” several times yesterday at the Colorado Innovation Network summit. This was used to define a role for many of the constituents in the COIN summit which included entrepreneurs, government, university, and big company folks. As a result, it sits in the center of a lot of activity.

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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. Governance. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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Board Effect

JULY 23, 2023

Two tools stand out as the most effective for higher education strategic planning — proven models of strategic planning and software solutions for good governance such as those offered by BoardEffect. Now is the time for colleges to take a thoughtful, data-informed approach to strategic planning.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

He extended an invitation to me to come out to the Academy in Colorado Springs to address the cadets and meet the faculty. Then it was on to Colorado Springs and the Air Force Academy. Army, wasn’t an independent military branch until 1947, set up their academy in 1955 in Colorado Springs. Military Academies.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 23, 2020

I’ve decided to focus all of my government-related energy on helping at the state level in Colorado, especially around business and innovation. Amy and I have decided to focus our philanthropic resources in Colorado with a focus on healthcare, food, and economic stabilization. More are coming this week.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2012

.” “This will push the new energy economy for Colorado,” Ritter said. “This will lend to our ability to attract companies to Colorado’s new energy economy. .” “This will lend to our ability to attract companies to Colorado’s new energy economy. Related articles.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 21, 2013

City governments : Why some are better than others at nurturing local startups. On the third day of the conference we will provide a deep look into what’s going on here in Colorado. That Kauffman report of densest startup communities actually had four Colorado cities in the top 10 (Boulder, Ft.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Colorado houses existing tech giants such as IBM, Oracle and Lockheed Martin, as well as an emerging and thriving startup scene. Colorado is the number one relocation destination in the US for skilled workers ages 25 to 44. Denver has more tech startups per capita than any U.S. Abundance of highly-educated and committed talent.

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Up and Running

APRIL 13, 2016

We talked with two dispensary owners from pioneering states: Mitch Woolhiser, owner of Northern Lights Cannabis Company in Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln Fish, CEO of OutCo Labs, which manages the dispensary Outliers Collective in San Diego, California. If you have a criminal background, you may not be eligible to open a dispensary.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Colorado, specifically Denver, is in the final 20 cities bidding on Amazon’s HQ2. While I’m glad Denver approached it the way they did, focusing on strength and resources of the community rather than by throwing dollars at Amazon, our state government still provided plenty of financial incentives.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 16, 2020

Our Colorado governor, Jared Polis, displayed an amazing act of leadership in his response to what I consider a question posed in an extreme and divisive way yesterday. Colorado Gov. Polis is Colorado's first Jewish governor. pic.twitter.com/noJqbqVObZ — Next with Kyle Clark (@nexton9news) April 15, 2020.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 2, 2019

For those not familiar with the Bell, it is a research and advocacy organization focused on economic mobility in Colorado. As he went through his presentation, it became clear that while Colorado is home to a booming economy that many of us enjoy, there are many others in our state who are being left behind.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 31, 2015

While there has periodically been improvement on the margins on the issue, I think our federal government has broadly failed us on this front. The program in Colorado follows a similar approach with one major difference. The post Trying Something New On Immigration In Colorado appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 11, 2010

The common description of pay to play is “ the practice of making campaign contributions and related payments to elected officials in order to influence the awarding of lucrative contracts for the management of public pension plan assets and similar government investment accounts. &# Yup – sounds like bribery to me.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 29, 2013

The National Day of Civic Hacking is the first of a yearly event created by the White House to gather Citizen Engineers and have them use newly accessible government data to improve their communities and our entire society. In Denver, the site is focused on open data from the State of Colorado and called Hack4Colorado.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

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.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

For example, you can minor in entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado College of Music. The only hard part about it, is to get well-defined problems from sponsors in the local city or government agency that you offer to students. PB: The trend is to add majors, minors and certificates in entrepreneurship.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2020

In Texas, workers’ compensation insurance is optional unless the business is a construction company on contract for the government. Most states provide an exception for household and domestic employees , such as Alabama, Arizona, Colorado (when part-time), D.C The Number of Employees You Have Matters.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 5, 2020

(This is the seventh and final post in a series documenting the work I did in Colorado on the Governor’s COVID-19 Innovation Response Team – IRT. I am normally a small government guy. As for our federal government’s economic responses, that’s a different story. Other posts in order are 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , and 6.).

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Government. Reliance on Government. Entrepreneurs vs. Government. Integration With The Rest of Colorado. Welcome Everyone Into The Entrepreneurial Community. Engage The Entire Entrepreneurial Stack. Leaders vs. Feeders. What’s A Leader? What’s A Feeder? Entrepreneurs. University. Service Providers.

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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. I went on my typical rant about how entrepreneurs have to be the leaders and government is a feeder to the startup community. How should I approach this.”

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OnlyOnce

MARCH 30, 2020

His friend, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (who I’d met a briefly couple times over the years), had an idea of starting and rapidly scaling up a task force in the state government and wanted to tap a private sector entrepreneur to lead the effort.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Delicious Tacodeli breakfast tacos, and Tweed espresso will be served all under one roof at one of Austin’s most amazing office spaces, Atlassian Austin in the Colorado Tower. Time: 5pm to 6pm Location: Hilton?—?Salon Salon C Register: SXSW badge only Getting and Making Angel Investments Are you founding or joining a startup venture?

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

If you don’t know me, I’m white, Jewish, second generation American, born in Arkansas, grew up in Dallas, lived in Boston for 12 years, and I now live in Boulder, Colorado. The customer site is a government owned military installation. Especially at a government facility. In the United States. In the tech business.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2021

ESG investing includes environmental, social and governance investments and falls under the umbrella of “socially responsible investors” that care both about impact and profits. Governance focuses on the leadership demonstrated within the company and looks to a multitude of factors such as diversity, pay and the overall company ethics.

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