crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. with their startups growing by 81.2 Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 15, 2012

In another example of entrepreneurs just doing it and not waiting for anyone to give them permission, a couple of Denver entrepreneurs created the Denver Startup Map. It’s simple – if you are a startup – just go to the map and put your information on the shared Google map. 60 seconds – done.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Last week Rover launched on-demand dog walking in Denver. It’s another exciting move by the company, and their Denver announcement caused me to me reflect on my five years as an investor and board member at Rover. While we talk about the power of “just executing” in the startup world, Rover is a case study of execution in action.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 21, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Geospiza is based in Denver. Tell us about the startup ecosystem there. Talk to your customers. You don’t have to raise VC.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 29, 2013

I’m psyched to see Xconomy launch their Boulder/Denver edition. Bob Buderi , Xconomy’s CEO, talks about how it came together in his post Announcing Xconomy Boulder/Denver—7th Region in Our Network. I’m especially glad that Xconomy hired Michael Davidson as the Boulder/Denver editor.

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David Cohen

AUGUST 12, 2013

The Boulder and Denver tech startup communities were featured in a recent USA Today Talking Tech video. I discussed this distinctive “open door” mentality a while back in an article called Boulder is for Startups on the WSJ Accelerators blog. Startups'

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2019

So if you are a business in Denver you want people living in or visiting the area to know about you. Most of what we’ve listed here might seem like common sense to some of you but to others this could all as well be written in a foreign language – in which case it can be worth hiring a Denver SEO agency.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The region is experiencing a startup renaissance, with the formation of Midwest startups on the rise and funding growing at historic rates. This has been a phenomenal year for Midwest startups. CB Insights crunched some numbers and found that In the year through the Q3, Denver-based startups raised around $3.1

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 3, 2019

Startups require a lot of strategic planning and preparation, and often times, a substantial financial outlay. One of the most vital factors of every startup is the location. With that in mind, let’s look at the best US cities for startups! Best US Cities for Startups. Best US Cities for Startups. Austin, TX.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 20, 2012

It’s been a refreshing resource for a bunch of startup communities, including Boston (where it started) and Seattle. We (my partners and I at Foundry Group and David Cohen at TechStars) are helping them get enough initial sponsors to bring on a full time writer in the Boulder / Denver area.

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David Cohen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We are strengthening our ability to invest in more startups and their founders than any other company in the world. For those of you in Boulder or Seattle that interpreted the communications as a disparagement of the startup community and its impact – that was definitely not the intent. We’re sorry for that.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

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. Colorado houses existing tech giants such as IBM, Oracle and Lockheed Martin, as well as an emerging and thriving startup scene.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. with their startups growing by 81.2 Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 13, 2020

We are leaders of 35 different technology companies with headquarters or offices in the Denver and Boulder metro areas. We therefore call on others in Colorado — and in other startup communities across the country — to follow our lead and implement these procedures, effective immediately. Every hour counts.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 25, 2015

I’m ending a full day in Denver with a talk about the potential invasion by the Europans at Startup Grind from 6pm – 9pm on 7/30 at Galvanize. The post Talking At Startup Grind in Denver on 7/30 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

So, what’s the best place for an entrepreneur to move to and launch a startup or business? Denver, Colorado. Denver is another name that keeps popping up on various rankings and lists that focus on businesses and entrepreneurs. billion a year. .

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Questions I ask Mike Evans: [1:46] Could you give us a high-level overview of the startup of Grubhub to IPO to what you’re doing now? More About Mike Evans: Hangry: A Startup Journey. Like this show?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2022

They feature Q and a sessions with successful business leaders, keynote presentations and conversations on sales, marketing, business, startups and entrepreneurship. So I might create the ultimate guide to exterior painting in Denver. Success Story is one of the most successful, useful podcasts in the world.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Ian Hathaway, my co-author for my next book – Startup Communities 2: The Next Generation – has a great blog post up titled The Amazon Bounce Back. Colorado, specifically Denver, is in the final 20 cities bidding on Amazon’s HQ2. This open bid process is an absolutely brilliant move by Amazon for a variety of reasons.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Hauser Private Equity partnered with the Denver-based private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners to make a growth investment in DataLink Fund Solutions, a leading provider of integrated population health management applications. Hauser Private Equity was founded by co-managing partner Mark Hauser.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 22, 2010

A handful of folks that I know and respect have gotten involved in the Founder Institute’ Denver program. Andy Vuong of the Denver Post wrote a nice article on it titled Founder Institute is training minds for a great idea. While there is a little overlap in the mentor group , their’s is very Denver centric.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Tell us about your startup. Our NYC-based startup has developed a fitness app, called MotionTraxx that motivates you to push harder in the gym so you can be fit and feel great. We share marketing and management duties and also have an active Advisor, Andy Jackson, who is based in Denver and handles our Business Development.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 6, 2023

In the interim years, dozens of products and startups have launched or used GlueCon as one of the venues for their early premieres. In addition to bringing in plenty of people from around the country, we always get focused attendance from a bunch of tech leaders in Boulder and Denver.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 26, 2019

Colorado Public Television takes an in-depth look at Colorado’s thriving startup scene in its new 5-part season called Street Level Startups. The post A Short Recent History of the Colorado Startup Community appeared first on Feld Thoughts. And, plenty of other stuff. I love living and working here.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If you don’t know Larry, he was a super positive participant in the Boulder and the Denver startup communities for many years. ”) I always thought of Larry and Pat as the encouraging storytellers of the Boulder and the Denver startup communities. He and his wife Pat produced w3w3.com

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David Cohen

JANUARY 31, 2013

Now Denver’s PUC is trying to shut Uber down by inventing new rules targeted directly at it. Help us keep Uber in Denver along with other great cities of the world such as San Francisco, New York, LA, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, DC, Vancouver, Toronto, Paris, Milan, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Dallas. 1) Contact Gov.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

It’s a daily occurrence that a college student emails me asking how they can get involved in the Boulder startup community or any startup ecosystem. For those students looking to get involved in Boulder and in Denver, I always point them towards Startup Summer , a program out of Startup Colorado.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Last week, in the midst of Denver Startup Week, we had a full day Foundry Group Exec conference. An impressive academic pedigree doesn’t predict startup awesomeness (although it’s always impressive). Ben Deda from FullContact convened about 100 execs from our 60 or so portfolio companies for the day.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 21, 2013

An event called Startup Phenomenon is happening In Boulder on 11/13 – 11/15. It gets to the heart of how startup communities are developed and I’d love to have you join me at it. in terms of tech-startup density. in terms of tech-startup density. Collins, Denver, and Colorado Springs.)

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 24, 2013

I’m excited to announce the launch of the Colorado Startup Community Fund. This is a $200,000 fund for providing financing to support activities, events, and organizations in the Colorado startup community. It’s part of the Startup Colorado initiative and is going to make the first round of grants at the end of Q3.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

He hopes to expand to Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, and San Francisco. Their beer is currently shipped to Portland, Oregon, Denver, Boise, and Seattle. Expanding its brewing facilities to Denver is on the company’s wishlist. Denver has been a fertile market for the brewery, and they plan to start making sour beers there.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 30, 2013

A few weeks ago I did an event with Built In Denver where I interviewed Tim Miller and Ryan Martens, the founders of Rally Software , on their journey from a startup to a public company (NYSE: RALY ). The attendance at the event was roughly 50% Boulder entrepreneurs and 50% Denver entrepreneurs. And inclusive of everyone.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Brad Feld’s new book Startup Communities joins the two other “must reads,” ( Regional Advantage and Startup Nation ) and one “must view” ( The Secret History of Silicon Valley ) for anyone trying to understand the components of a regional cluster. These events are a good proxy for the health and depth of a startup community.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

But there is a trend that feels inevitable to me: “Startups everywhere.” When the phrase “Startup Communities” started to become mainstream around 2012, I made the strong assertion that you could create a startup community in any city with at least 100,000 people. Don’t lose sight of that.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

One of the fun projects I am involved with is Startup Colorado, a community focused initiative to spur new company creation in Colorado. One of Startup Colorado’s most promising projects is Startup Summer. The Startup Summer Seminar Series featuring prominent entrepreneurs teaching classes on entrepreneurship.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In the Startup Communities , I talk extensively about leaders and feeders. I assert than anyone in the startup community should be able to start / create / do anything that is helpful to the startup community. They don’t have to ask permission – there is no VP Activities in a startup community.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

When it comes to running a business startup, you likely know that generating traffic is as important as creating effective content. You can hire a Denver SEO company , for instance, to help you promote your Colorado-based business startup. . Your website is an investment you don’t want to overlook.

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