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[Review] Startup Communities

YoungUpstarts

But early-stage investor and entrepreneur Bred Feld, the co-founder of VC firms Mobius and Foundry, as well as startup accelerator TechStars , thinks trying to be Silicon Valley is a fool’s errand. That entrepreneurs must be the ones who lead the community (as opposed to, for example, governmental forces), 2.

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Mile-High disruption: Why Denver should be on your tech radar next year

The Next Web

In January, Denver will become one of the few American cities that allows its residents to purchase and recreationally consume marijuana, a move that is expected to create jobs and generate tax revenue. Denver has more tech startups per capita than any U.S. Like Silicon Valley, Denver is among the most educated cities in the U.S.,

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Denver: Conversation With Chris Sacca

Feld Thoughts

Chris Sacca (Founder and Chairman Lowercase Capital and star of ABC’s Shark Tank) is in Denver on Tuesday 10/25 at Galvanize from 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM to support Hillary Clinton. The post Denver: Conversation With Chris Sacca appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Thanks to Jim Deters and Galvanize for hosting.

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Government and Universities Should Use the Word “Convener” More

Feld Thoughts

In both cities (Chicago and Denver) I gave a talk about Startup Communities using the Boulder Thesis as a framework. The Denver talk ended up going almost an hour and having a lot of Q&A. Government and universities, in my view around startup communities, are feeders, not leaders.

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SXSW Startups: Geospiza

Austin Startup

I’d love to hear what she has to say on the entrepreneurship and government. Geospiza is based in Denver. The Denver startup ecosystem is generous and supportive?—?truly Also, if you are an entrepreneur, check out all the cool panels and presentations in the Entrepreneurship and Startups Track , which runs March 8–12 at SXSW.

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Startup Communities – Building Regional Clusters

Steve Blank

Feld’s thesis is that unlike the common wisdom, it is entrepreneurs that lead a startup community while everyone else feeds the community. Feeders include the government, universities, investors, mentors, service providers and large companies. They are not run by the government or any single organization. Leaders and Feeders.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

So we are now very well-versed in being parents and entrepreneurs. So you might as well be tired both as a mom and as an entrepreneur." But you can't be an entrepreneur and a parent at the same time, that just it's too difficult. So I've had two little boys and Kir has had three little girls. You're going to be tired anyway.