Q&A on Startups, DevOps, and Agile

Raj Bhargava (CEO of JumpCloud) and I have been talking about how startups can leverage DevOps and Agile more. We created a conference on DevOps last year for our portfolio companies and

April 8, 2014 · 1 min · Brad Feld

In WordPress Hosting Hell? Pantheon Now Supports WordPress

You may noticed from prior posts that we’ve had a difficult time at Foundry Group managing our growing portfolio of WordPress sites. We are not alone. You would think that

March 19, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Rover Cuddles Up to $12 Million

Today, Rover announced that Menlo Ventures has led a new $12m round of financing. As is our style, we participated, but we’re excited to have a new partner to join

March 12, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Orbotix: Creating the Future of Connected Play

I’ve loved being involved in Orbotix from the very beginning. I got to know Adam and Ian, the founders, even before they got into Techstars. Their original company name was

March 3, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Real Transparency

Lots of people talk about being transparent. Lots of companies espouse principles of transparency. Lots of statements start out with “I like to be transparent” or “I’m being tr

January 31, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Impact in Angel Investor Decisions

I’ll be speaking at an Impact Angel Group event on February 12th. With a few other angel investors, I’ll be talking to other angel investors, along with prospective angel investors, about

January 24, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The 99 Investor Problem

When the JOBS Act was finalized, one of the rule changes that had a lot of fanfare around it was the increase in the number of shareholders a private company

January 22, 2014 · 4 min · Brad Feld

AngelList Accreditation Report

One of the most annoying things about being an angel investor is filling out the same Accredited Investor Questionnaire over and over again. I’ve made about 200 angel investments and

January 21, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

FullContact Makes Its First Acquisition – Acquires Cobook

I love playing offense. FullContact is officially in this mode and today announced that they have acquired Cobook with Pot, Ski Passes and Dogecoin. Kaspars Dancis – the awesome CEO of

January 15, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

BetaBrand Embraces Comic Sans

One of the super crazy fun companies we are investors in is Betabrand. At this point, half of my new wardrobe comes from them. They are hunting for a new

January 9, 2014 · 1 min · Brad Feld