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Amazing Q&A with Alan Greenspan

Written by: Brad Feld

Article Overview: If you ever have the chance to see Alan Greenspan do an hour of improptu Q&A in front of any audience (in this case 500 business people in Denver), do it. I went to the AMG National Trust Bank sponsored event today at the Denver Art Museum titled “Art, Alan and AMG.” It was awesome.

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Amazing Q&A with Alan Greenspan

If you ever have the chance to see Alan Greenspan do an hour of improptu Q&A in front of any audience (in this case 500 business people in Denver), do it. I went to the AMG National Trust Bank sponsored event today at the Denver Art Museum titled “Art, Alan and AMG.” It was awesome.
AMG and the Denver Art Museum were superb hosts. Greenspan was amazing. He stood up for most of an hour and took random Q&A from the audience. His answers were cogent, direct, and powerful. It was fascinating to watch him think for a few seconds and then spit out a comprehensive, well articulated answer to question after question after question.

After fielding a few questions on energy policy and oil, someone asked him a random question about the middle east. Greenspan thought about it for about ten seconds and then succinctly stated “I don’t think I know enough about that particular issue to have a qualified answer.” That was – without a doubt – the most impressive moment of the day.

There are very few people that have enough confidence to respond to a question in front of 500 people that way. I expect Charlie Munger does, but the list gets short quickly. Greenspan won my heart and mind with that one.

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Brad Feld is currently a Managing Director at Mobius Venture Capital and has been with the firm since 1996. Prior to Mobius, Brad founded Feld Technologies, which was sold to AmeriData Technologies in 1993, where he became Chief Technology Officer. Brad currently serves on the boards of a number of private companies, including Atreus, Comergent, ePartners, FeedBurner, Gold Systems, Judy's Book, Klocwork, NewsGator, Quova, Rally Software, and StillSecure. In addition, he is on the board of The National Center for Women & Information Technology, The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, and The Colorado Conservation Trust. Brad has previously been a member of the board of directors of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization and founded the Boston and Colorado chapters. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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