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In Santa Fe We Wish We Had The Boulder Problems!

Feld Thoughts

There has been a lot of recent noise in Boulder about growth, challenges, and the impact of the tech community on the city. I love Santa Fe and I love New Mexico. Having a robust tech economy is what many communities like Santa Fe WISH they had. Places Boulder local Politics santa fe startup communities'

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Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth Says Video Games Were What Hooked Him On Tech

Hunter Walker

The combo convinced me that software was for creativity and community — 100% impacted the rest of my life. Every Easter break and summer we were camping or backpacking somewhere here in the American West, from Baja to Oregon and as far east as New Mexico. Do you have any “AHA!” memories of your own with regards to tech?

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Tyler Tringas, General Partner, observes, “Almost all of these new [RBI] forms of financing really only work for more mature companies (say $25-50k MRR and up) and there are still very few new options at the stage where we are investing.” Key elements: . “We

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

A finalist in Hyper-Connected Communities , which will pitch at 5 pm Saturday, March 9, UbiGro is a nanotech-enabled greenhouse film by UbiQD, Inc. The state of New Mexico has many supportive programs from tax credits, to capex funding, and technical assistance from the national labs. We get 300-plus days of sunshine.

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Boulder Shouldn’t Municipalize Its Energy Utility System

Feld Thoughts

Citizens and businesses would be wise to scrutinize this investment not just because of the millions that are being spent now, but more importantly because of the serious impact that potentially higher electricity prices could have on this community in the coming years.

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The Energy Revolution is (Finally) Here

Version One Ventures

Today, the cost of solar is ~2-5 cents / kWh with many bids for new utility scale projects coming in at less than 2 cents (e.g. cents / kwh in New Mexico ). . These new models should focus on data collection that help bring further transparency, facilitate creation of insurance products, and bring more capital to market. .

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

The old man’s a depression baby with brown skin born fatherless in the new mexico desert. The old man’s a depression baby with brown skin born fatherless in the new mexico desert. Started logging when he was 12, laying railroad tracks when he was 14. link] Matt Mireles Good luck dude! Happy to help!

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