Funding Your Startup

We had a lot of fun on Thursday at the TechStars Funding Your Startup event. A few people have written great blog summaries about it, including one from eNeighbors, Certifyre,

June 16, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

How Not To Impress People

I answer my own phone. I always have. If I’m sitting at my desk working on something and my phone rings I’ll usually pick it up, even if I don’t

June 12, 2007 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Young Entrepreneur Interview on ABC News

ABC interviews Ben Casnocha about entrepreneurship around Ben’s book tour for My Start-Up Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley. If you’ve never

May 30, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Failure Comes From Not Following Your Additive Rules

The cliche “rules were meant to be broken” is a common one in the world of entrepreneurship. Paul Berberian – a great entrepreneur (and dear friend) almost died yesterday

May 18, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Seeking Alpha Web Interview

Seeking Alpha has started a new interview series on their site. Dick Costolo – the CEO of FeedBurner – has an excellent one up. Seeking Alpha readers have a window

April 26, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

I'll Never Do An Investment In That Kind of Thing Again

Every great investor has made some investments that he wishes he’d never made. Occasionally he’ll make another one like it. And another one like it. Eventually you learn.

April 24, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Fear Is The Mindkiller

I had a long phone call with a CEO of a company on Friday. He’s had an intense few weeks and was clearly stressed out. His summary was “my stomach hurts.”

April 21, 2007 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Wednesday is Posting Day

It seems like there’s a regular rhythm to the magnitude of “great posts from entrepreneurs and VCs” – Wednesday is the magic day. I woke up to a bunch of

April 11, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

I Don't Understand Our US Immigration Policy

Reuters had an article out today titled US reaches visa cap, skilled workers out of luck. As someone who is constantly trying to recruit great software developers for companies I’m

April 5, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Berkshire Hathaway's 2006 Chairman's Letter

I’m a huge Warren Buffett fan and have been for as long as I can remember. Buffett has recently posted his annual blog post (also known as the Berkshire Hathaway’s

March 26, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld