Resolving Conflicts in a VC Partnership

I got the following question the other day. “If you get a chance, I’d request you to write a blog post about various business decision related conflicts or misunderstanding that

March 24, 2015 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Capital Is Cheap And Labor Is Expensive

I was on an airplane for the first time for business in a while and when I woke up from my nap I found my self staring at CNBC on

August 5, 2014 · 4 min · Brad Feld

When VCs Don't Bullshit You

I know many entrepreneurs who feel that VCs have played them, gamed them, deceived them, or bullshitted them. But this doesn’t only happen to entrepreneurs. VCs play this game with

July 31, 2014 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Why The SBIC Doesn't Work For Venture Capital Anymore

I woke up to an article in Daily Camera today titled Small Business Administration trying to bring SBIC funds to Colorado. There are so many things wrong in the article

July 28, 2014 · 8 min · Brad Feld

Dear VCs: What Happens When Your Words And Your Actions Don't Match

Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a post Your Words Should Match Your Actions. It was a generic rant that resulted from me watching a couple of VCs blow up their

July 12, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld

When VCs Invest Together, Does Ability or Affinity Matter?

I woke up to a bunch of VC related things in my twitter stream this morning. I had a nice digital sabbath yesterday so I was a little surprised by how much

June 29, 2014 · 6 min · Brad Feld

Why VCs Should Recycle Their Management Fees

I’m an investor in a bunch of VC funds. Some of them recycle their management fees; others don’t. I’ve never really understood why funds don’t recycle their management fees. Un

May 28, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Spending The Day With Another VC Firm

A few weeks ago Hunter Walk and Satya Patel of Homebrew, a one year old seed-stage VC firm that my partners and I are investors in, came and spent the day

May 27, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Corporate Bad Activity Against Innovators

There’s an amazing amount of bad activity going on in the world of tech right now. It’s predictable – when things start going well the switch flips from fear back to

May 6, 2014 · 4 min · Brad Feld

My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

I often get asked how I ended up becoming a venture capitalist. When people ask me how they can become a VC, I point them to my partner Seth Levine’s

January 2, 2014 · 5 min · Brad Feld