Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

He moved out to Colorado to attend CU Boulder, starting a degree in Architecture only to find out he was more passionate about Business. You need your minimum viable product (MVP), you need to show how you’re better than competitors , you need good leadership skills, and you need traction. Don’t start your company alone.

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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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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

To develop a highly effective, agile strategic operating model for the future, the following steps need to be taken before year-end: Create a Strategic Leadership Team. Take the Strategic Leadership Team offsite to do the following. Conduct strategic analysis.

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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. This is leadership in the time of crisis.

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VC Adventure

OCTOBER 22, 2012

I’ve had the great fortune to experience the evolution and transformation of Colorado into a community that I believe is one of the most supportive of entrepreneurs anywhere in the country. Head to the Colorado Entrepreneurial by Nature website and download the badge (it comes in a number of different colors and sizes).

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 12, 2012

Last week Startup Colorado hosted the Startup America Regional Summit which was a gathering of the leadership of over 25 different Startup State efforts under the structure of the Startup America Partnership. Startup Colorado kicked off with a handful of tractable projects: Create an entrepreneurial summer camp in Boulder.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2012

On Saturday, Colorado Senator Mark Udall publicly opposed PIPA. I’ve been a supporter of Mark’s for many years and his willingness to listen to his constituents, think about and understand the specific issues, speak his mind, and take a leadership role continues to impress me.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 29, 2021

White men and women tend to have more opportunities for education and better prospects for leadership positions than Black men and women. . The actual test could come soon as Colorado passed a new law in January 2021 that mandates employers to include salaries in job postings. Racial Equity in Nonprofit Compensation .

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 14, 2019

From June 5 to June 8, Techstars Startup Week West Slope will be happening on the western slope in Colorado, with the main event in Grand Junction. I’m doing a Keynote at on Thursday, June 6 from 11:30am – 1:00pm at Colorado Mesa University. and the world.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 13, 2020

These are just a few of the many industries in Colorado led and supported by local businesses. Programming includes sessions from people such as Energize Colorado (EC) CEO Wendy Lea and myself. Led by Energize Colorado’s Mentorship team, we have brought together more than 45 mentors with expertise in finance, tech, sales, and more.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

This is the firm that will give you a term sheet, take a leadership role in driving financing, and likely be your most active new investor. Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson are cofounders of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado–based venture capital fund. Keep your head up and stay optimistic throughout this process.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

From leadership advice to thoughts on how to build a thriving company, Mark’s voice is direct and succinct. Brad Feld is a managing director at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado. You get Mark Suster’s excellent blog where he doles out advice to aspiring CEOs. Certainly one blog to keep high on your list of must reads. Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 23, 2019

Defy Colorado is growing nicely after some overall challenges with the national organization in 2018. Defy Colorado is now a separate 501c(3) and my partner Jason Mendelson and his wife Jenn Mendelson have been playing a huge leadership role with the Defy Colorado team. Don’t miss it – register now.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Well, I moved four years ago or bought a house in Colorado about four years ago and slowly moved. And I was the sixth member of our sixth member leadership team to get replaced. You know, we replaced every other leader of the leadership team. It's the 12 core leadership skills that all managers and leaders need to get better at.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

For better or worse, the city and the Bay Area are now synonymous with entrepreneurship and innovative high-tech thought leadership. 53 percent of the population holds a bachelor’s degree, and Colorado is ranked first as a relocation city for skilled workers ages 25 to 44. Denver is also one of the most educated cities in the US.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

I appreciate Aaron and John’s leadership enormously. John recently did one of his Chamber Chats with Aaron.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 15, 2016

Applications are open for the second group of Colorado Global Entrepreneurs in Residence. We currently have three Colorado Global EIRs. strong interest in, entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, and leadership. The post Colorado Global EIR Program – Applications Open for 2016 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 26, 2020

In addition to his leadership at Foundry, the companies he’s involved in, a number of initiatives in Colorado generally and Longmont specifically, and with his family, my partner Seth Levine has written several excellent posts in around the Covid Crisis. ” Then, he had a post about Decision making in uncertain times.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2023

06:28] What do you feel like you’re adding new to the genre of leadership books? [08:19] I grew up in rural Colorado. I mean, what do you feel like you're adding kind of new to that whole genre really, of leadership books? [03:27] How’d you come up with five steps that you lean on as being the critical elements? [05:11]

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 31, 2015

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. While the program is open to any entrepreneur, including those in the US, we are particularly focused on international entrepreneurs.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 23, 2013

I’m the co-chair of Startup Colorado. I’ve been absolutely delighted and blown away by the leadership of Marc Nager and his team in the growth of Startup Weekend around the world. I was at the White House for the launch of Startup America , which included launch of the privately funded Startup America Partnership.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 15, 2014

It was a cold-ish, snowy, gloomy Colorado early winter day. Depression depression Entrepreneurship Jerry Colonna leadership rand fishkin reboot' Jerry Colonna spent a few hours with me and Amy on Saturday at our house. Jerry is one of our closest friends on this planet so any time we get time with him is a treasure for us.

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David Cohen

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Today, Techstars announced something really interesting – a partnership with leading educational institutions (so far this includes The University of Colorado and Northeastern University) to offer Techstars accelerator alumni instant credit towards degree programs at those universities.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 13, 2020

In some cases, I’m the first person they’ve ever talked to because of the stigma associated with mental health issues, especially around leadership (e.g. For example, one of the primary initiatives of Energize Colorado is mental health support for business people during the Covid crisis. a leader can’t show weakness).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

For better or worse, the city and the Bay Area are now synonymous with entrepreneurship and innovative thought leadership. 53 percent of the population holds a bachelor’s degree, and Colorado is ranked first as a relocation city for skilled workers ages 25 to 44. Denver is also one of the most educated cities in the US.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

After building up our leadership in this area, we formally established this initiative with Brad at the helm in 2008. In addition to leading the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic that aids the startup community, Brad co-teaches a venture capital course at Colorado Law, along with Jason Mendelson of Foundry Group.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 10, 2019

In 2007, we were a founding member in the predecessor organization to Pledge 1%, called Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (or EFCO). Pledge 1% Colorado has now distributed over $8 million back to various organizations in our community. And, the companies that have pledged 1% globally is remarkable.

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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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Feld Thoughts

MAY 29, 2013

A company I’ve been involved for a long time with – Rally Software – is taking a leadership role in this. In Denver, the site is focused on open data from the State of Colorado and called Hack4Colorado. I’m proud of my long time friends at Rally for providing leadership here!

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I’ve also gotten know Greg as he’s been active in and provided leadership to the broad Colorado technology landscape, as well as being CEO of one of the most significant and important technology companies in Colorado.

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VC Adventure

OCTOBER 22, 2012

I’ve had the great fortune to experience the evolution and transformation of Colorado into a community that I believe is one of the most supportive of entrepreneurs anywhere in the country. Head to the Colorado Entrepreneurial by Nature website and download the badge (it comes in a number of different colors and sizes).

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 23, 2014

Overall we identified about 70 women in our portfolio in leadership positions, which I estimate is about 15% of the exec positions in our portfolio. Last night I gave a talk at Galvanize on failure for Startup Summer , one of the Startup Colorado programs. A few weeks ago we had a summit for the women execs in our portfolio.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2022

And so then it's the things that you can get, you know, that kind of leadership. Now, let me give you another example of how this type of, of approach works both from a usefulness standpoint and from an SEO standpoint, let's say I'm a painting contractor in Denver, Colorado. It's how you want to be evaluated.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 3, 2020

(This is the fifth post in a series documenting the work I did in Colorado on the Governor’s COVID-19 Innovation Response Team – IRT. Stay tuned for two more wrap-up posts, tomorrow and the next day… The post State of Colorado COVID-19 Innovation Response Team, Part V – Wrapping Up, Days 10-12 appeared first on Only Once.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Fund management companies such as Colorado Capital Management can help you find the right ESG to help improve your portfolio while putting your money behind a project that you believe in. ESG Investments. The social criteria is more focused around how the company treats people and interacts with them. Benefits of ESG Investing.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2011

In under a year, venture-backed, Boulder, Colorado-based BlogFrog would grow to be the United States’ largest network of mommy blogs – thanks in large part to Hamann’s influence with mommy bloggers – and connect over 1.7 Interestingly, Banks also blogs about leadership. million blogging members and their readers. .

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Keys of Leadership Culture. Integration With The Rest of Colorado. What’s A Leader? What’s A Feeder? Entrepreneurs. Government. University. Service Providers. The Importance of Both Leaders and Feeders. Mentor Driven. Non Zero Sum Game. Porous Boundaries. The Power of Accelerators. The Story of TechStars in Boulder.

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