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APRIL 27, 2013

And it is significantly easier to help when you are local. It’s a goal to help you understand the life of a VC. Of course if it’s a company on fire I would travel to any 2-hop city from LA. .” Most VCs view it as their responsibility to mentor, debate, cajole and generally assist with investments they make.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

Andy Sack, Dave McClure, Brad Feld & Jason Nazar (photo by Jolie Odell). We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). photo credit to Brian Solis].

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JUNE 5, 2015

I am reminded of this problem every time my firm does a financing where a note went before us but more specifically I was reminded by this great post by Brad Feld to talk about the pre-money vs. post-money conversion issue. But as Brad discussed – what happens to the prior convertible note in this new world?

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MARCH 23, 2015

So part of playing an effective coach is helping the team to see the answer for themselves. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.” ” This clip is just 2 minutes: I agree.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

I should note that my friend Brad Feld has written a new book on the subject that I would recommend if you want the bible on the topic. I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

And my friend Brad Feld & his wife had written a book on the importance of personal relationships which made me want to weigh in on that. But of course life isn’t like this. And this person is worthy of treatment, help, sympathy and compassion. I didn’t set out that way. It just happened. Aaron Schwartz.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Some data like those in the studies I mentioned above might help influence our thinking but the answer is, in the end, subjective. Of course I don’t believe this argument. There is of course much nurture and culture weaved in. Of course you don’t have do be great at all 12 skills. from a young age.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6-month training program. I am committed to finding ways to help graduates get jobs.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog.

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APRIL 21, 2010

And of course the big question is whether Salesforce.com can out innovate these startups (especially after their acquisition of InStranet ). Expect great things from Assistly. They help you built insights into whom you connect with the most via email or whom you haven’t contacted in a long time. 2.2mm in Series A. Enter Xobni.

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JANUARY 16, 2010

You can also have them automatically published to Twitter; in fact, I first heard about the Withings from seeing Brad Feld Tweet about it. There is, of course, a paid version. The other key is making your goals public – at least to someone else who can help keep you accountable. I prefer the private portal.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. Oh, they didn’t cover that in your Stanford CS course? They’ll help you ensure that any money you raise doesn’t come with surprise terms that are hidden in legalese. And Brad Feld. Our lives are intertwined.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

I saw these addressed well in a new book, “ The Startup Community Way ,” by Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway. Of course, ultimately you must appeal to real customers to survive. If you are already there, it’s time to help us all by gathering the right assets creating a viable startup community for the rest of us.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Of course this can be done and of course I am a big proponent of the rise of startup centers across the country as the Internet has moved from the “infrastructure phase” to the “application phase” dominated by the three C’s: content, communications and commerce.

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JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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MAY 5, 2011

Of course I have. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Look at what Brad Feld has done for Boulder. I see this emerging in Seattle and the passion of “a few key individuals&# who can help shift the game.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free! I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

My political science degree was more helpful than my economics degree. Take lots of inputs but then let your internal compass set your course. Often it’s not the best course. I love reading Eric Reis, Steve Blank, Clay Christenson, Brad Feld and others. Don’t get me wrong – I loved economics.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

In fact, most early investor work hard to help their startups get to the next level so it makes no sense for the angel investor and founders to be at odds. If you really want a deep dive on anti dilution better that you go read Brad Feld’s post on the topic. Investors call Bull Cap. Enter “the cap.”

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JANUARY 20, 2013

Brad Feld seems to write books faster than I can read and write about them. But Brad & Amy take it one step further than I have – they talk about the impact on your personal relationships – most notably with your spouse or partner. Brad was married and divorced in his early 20′s. I’m done.”

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

And was willing to be as open about it as Brad Feld, my inspiration , was. Jason charted his own course though. At the time both SaaS and LA seemed risky branding to me so I settled on what I felt was most authentic – Both Sides of the Table. But Jason took Quora usage to 11.

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