Video Day – TechStars, Twiistup, and RallyCafe

It’s Tuesday, so that means – well, I’m not sure what that means.  But I do know that if you want to watch me on video, following are three choices.

August 4, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

VCs on Twitter

Yesterday, I wrote about the new VC Blogger Network powered by Lijit.  A handful of VCs emailed me asking to be added to the network (which has been done).  There’s

July 7, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Would You Want It If It Were Free?

The meme of “Free” is one again making the rounds.  I expect it reignited when Chris Anderson’s new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price (available on Amazon for

July 5, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Saying No In Less Than 60 Seconds

I say “no” all the time.  I could start keeping track of the number of times I do it a day, but I’d guess it’s a minimum of 10 and

June 28, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Relationships Matter – A Lot

It blows my mind how many people think they can treat entrepreneurs and other investors poorly and think that it won’t come around to negatively impact them some time in

May 8, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Spark Capital’s Seed Program

I’m psyched that my friends at Spark Capital have launched Start@Spark, their new seed program.  In their post Why are we doing this? they explain: “So, this must be a

March 26, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

A VC’s Biggest Flaw: Arrogance

I’m really enjoying writing my print column for Entrepreneur Magazine.  It’s a different kind of writing than my blogging and exercises different mental muscles. This month’s article A VC’s Bigge

March 23, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Entrepreneurs vs. VCs

I caught the tail end of SXSWi (showed up yesterday and gave a speech sponsored by the Canadian Consulate) and am hanging around today for some night time music entertainment

March 18, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Investment vs. Speculation

As I read the Berkshire Hathaway 2008 Annual Report, a thought kept popping into my mind that had also come up over and over again while reading Bogle’s Enough: True

March 2, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

I’m a Venture Optimist

Yet again an article in the New York Times bemoaning the demise of venture capital – this one is titled Maybe We Should Call Them Venture Pessimists. “Optimism is in

January 28, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld