What Does It Take to Scale A Web 2.0 Startup?

Last year, the meme of “you can start a company for minimal capital” made the rounds. This is still true. But – it’s not trivial to scale a company for

January 26, 2007 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Random Dinner in Philadelphia

One of the really cool things about entrepreneurship (and life in general) is being open to new people and new ideas. I’ve written about my random days policy in the past.

January 23, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

So Many Things Hinge on Leadership

Will Herman wrote a super post on The Leadership Power of Great Public Speaking. I’m a closet introvert, but I know the value of being a great public speaker (and

January 13, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Tom Evslin on the Investment Required to Start a Web Company

I couldn’t agree more with Tom Evslin’s post titled Web 2.0 – Greater Initial Investment Required. If you are the founder of a company with the description “Web 2.0&rdquo

January 8, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

My New Blog – AsktheVC

Jason Mendelson and I have started a new blog aimed at entrepreneurs called AsktheVC. We’ve started this blog to discuss relevant issues in the venture capital and entrepreneurial ecosyste

January 2, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Crazy Dad Stories

Entrepreneurship requires serious determination. So does life. My friend Andy’s story of his dad’s fractured back reminded me of my favorite story about my dad’s dad.&nbs

December 11, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Questions for a Virtual Board of Directors

David Cohen – who writes the ColoradoStartups blog among other things – came up with a fun idea for a podcast series last week. He’s going to do a “Virtual

December 10, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

M&A Due Diligence Posts

Are you thinking about selling your company? David Shanberg – who I worked with when I was an investor in PeoplePC and he ran corporate development – has a nice series

December 9, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

My Zero-ith Company

In 1983, when I was a senior in high school, I started my first company.  There were six founders – they are the gang below: John Gruberman, Drew Debelak, Jeff

December 6, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

How To Take Care of Your Introvert

I wrote a post this summer titled CEOs That Are Introverts. While I’m very comfortable in group settings and have no problem in front of a crowd, I’d much prefer

December 4, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld