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title: 'How to build a startup community: Brad Feld on the "Boulder Thesis"'
date: '2012-10-24T10:07:38-07:00'
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  - Boulder
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# How to build a startup community: Brad Feld on the "Boulder Thesis"

If you’ve been following tech news lately, you’ve probably come across [Brad Feld](http://twitter.com/bfeld "Brad Feld")‘s latest book, [Startup Communities](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118441540/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1118441540&linkCode=as2&tag=return02-20), a treatise on what it takes to build a sustainable startup community. The book revolves around this concept Brad calls the “[Boulder Thesis](http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/tag/boulder-thesis "Boulder Thesis").”

My friends over at [Silicon Prairie News shared this quick interview with Brad about his thesis](http://www.siliconprairienews.com/2012/10/brad-feld-outlines-boulder-thesis-in-kauffman-sketchbook-video "Brad Feld outlines “Boulder Thesis” in Kauffman Sketchbook (Video)"). I’d encourage you to take a few minutes to listen and think about how we might apply this type of thinking around here.