Tech spars: Founder Fights boxing added to Boulder Startup Week lineup

BOULDER — When the word “valuation” enters the pre-bout boxing trash talk, you know it’s a pair of seasoned entrepreneurs stepping in the ring.

“Winner gets to pick valuation,” PivotDesk CEO David Mandell tweeted last week to Brad Feld, the Techstars cofounder and Boulder venture capitalist whose firm, Foundry Group, is an investor in PivotDesk.

Fightin’ words. Boulder-style.

Both men are signed up to participate in Founder Fights, a new event on the Boulder Startup Week calendar this year aiming to match up founders, VCs and other local business owners to raise money for charity. The event will be held in the New…