Book: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Ben Franklin is one of my heroes, along with Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, and a few others. As I start my march through reading books about American presidents, I figured

January 9, 2015 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Ben Mezrich's New Book – Q

I am an enormous Ben Mezrich fan – I’ve read almost everything he’s every written. So it’s mind-bendingly exciting to me that he decided to publish his latest work of

January 2, 2015 · 6 min · Brad Feld

Books About US Presidents

I was sitting at a Return Path board dinner around a year ago. We were at Frasca having a wonderful dinner when the discussion turned to American history. I sat and

December 31, 2014 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Bora Bora Biographies

I read over 40 books in my month off the grid in Bora Bora recently. I’ve had many requests to blog about my reading list but rather than do one big

December 25, 2014 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Book: Innovating Women

Suddenly, there’s a lot of constructive conversation about women in technology and entrepreneurship. I’m glad, as there is a continuous mess of sexism, misogyny, hatred, anger, specious as

October 27, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Calloway Way Book Tour – 10/28 and 10/29, Boston

Next week, I’m spending some time in Boston with my uncle Charlie Feld talking about his newest book, The Calloway Way: Results & Integrity. Alongside some private events with EMC, MIT,

October 20, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Book: Product Design for the Web

I read a lot – somewhere between 50 and 100 books a year. I prefer long form (books) to medium form (articles, blog posts), although I read plenty of that as

October 12, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Book: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Amy and I both feel lethargic and a little sick yesterday, so neither of us felt like doing anything or going anywhere. It might have been re-entry from 10 days

October 6, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld

A Mixer for Startup Mixology

Frank Gruber, a long time friend, recently released a book, Startup Mixology: Tech Cocktail’s Guide to Building, Growing, and Celebrating Startup Success. The book is filled with a bunch of grea

September 30, 2014 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Tucked And The Untucked

Last night I gave the kickoff talk to the West Michigan Policy Forum. I did my riff on Startup Communities and followed it up with a short Q&A on issues

September 29, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld