Comments on: Boulder, Colorado

By: Mark Solon

Mark Solon — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:42:01 +0000

Agree Gabe that all year cycling would be terrific but how quickly can you get on the slopes in Silicon Valley

By: Gearing Up For Defrag 2009

Gearing Up For Defrag 2009 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:32:08 +0000

[...] Eric wrote a post today titled Come Early, Stay Late. In it he discusses the reason he has Defrag in Boulder (rather than in the bay area). If you want some more recent chatter on Boulder (on the heals of TechStars Investor Day) take a look at Fred Wilson’s post TechStars and Mark Solon’s post Boulder, Colorado. [...]

By: Gabe da Silveira

Gabe da Silveira — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:29:56 +0000

Lived in Santa Fe for three years and loved it, but the tech scene is pretty dismal across New Mexico. Now I'm at a great startup in Palo Alto, but my heart yearns for the Rockies. The only thing Silicon Valley has over CO is year-round mountain biking. Being near San Francisco is sort of nice, but Boulder is sounding better every day. I need to get out there and rebuild my lungs (I used to be able to do 7000' to 12000' on dirt in Santa Fe and still make it out alive).

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Twitted by giantnerd — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:06:03 +0000

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By: micah

micah — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:56:19 +0000

The thing I love most about people visiting Boulder and spending any time with us is the realization that its possible to be supportive and collaborative AND STILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

I often say that Boulder doesnt suffer fools, and we exist in a state of "collaborative competition," but its hard to really understand that without spending some time here. Im glad you came out, and it was great to meet your wife.

BTW – while the software startups get much of the news in Boulder, we have had a longstanding entrepreneurial tradition here, and the art of collaboration extends to green startups, product startups, hardware startups, etc.

Anyone who wants to come and check Boulder out, please feel free to drop me a line: micah@currentwisdom.com or @micah, and I would be happy to show you around a bit.

I look forward to seeing you again soon.

Looking forward to connecting soon!

By: Mark Solon

Mark Solon — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:41:33 +0000

If you've got a pulse and are involved in startups or venture capital, then you know who Brad is. There's no one I know who gives his time more freely to entrepreneurs than Feld. I know he inspires everyone that gets to know him, myself included. Brad is definitely one of the reasons that the Boulder culture is what it is today…

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:20:02 +0000

I love "collaboration per capita." I've been spouting off recently about two metrics that caught me by surprise recently – that Boulder has the highest percentage of software engineers per capita in the US as well as the highest percentage of Ph.D.'s per capita in the US. But – collaboration per capita is an actual "result" of the dynamics in Boulder (rather than an input) so it's much easier to see the cause/effect play out.

You are – of course – welcome in Boulder any time!