The Reputational Damage of Non-Responsiveness

VCs love to say things like “we are entrepreneur friendly.” It’s trendy, catchy, and looks good on a blog post. But, as I’ve said in my post Your Words Should Match

August 8, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

VC Posts That Say What The VC Thinks About How It All Works

Some of my favorite VC posts are ones that say what the VC posts that say what the VC thinks about how it all works. And – importantly – how

June 27, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Something Ventured: The Founding of the Venture Capital Industry

Last night Amy and I watched the movie Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists. This was my reward (I got to choose) since she watched both football

January 6, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

SEOmoz Acquires Followerwonk – A Perfect Small Acquisition

When I saw this graph I was hooked. If you are a Twitter user and you don’t use Followerwonk, go try it now – I’ll be here when you return.

August 16, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld

How To Respond To A Cold Call Email From An Associate At A Big VC Firm

We have investments in a lot of companies that are growing very quickly. They end up on the calling (now emailing) lists for a bunch of VC firms who have

August 14, 2012 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Power Of Honesty In An Entrepreneur – VC Relationship

Rajat Bhargava and I have been working together since 1994. We’ve been involved in creating seven companies together (the most recent ones are MobileDay and Yesware) and, while most have

August 6, 2012 · 3 min · Brad Feld

VCs Are Like D&D Characters

I spent most of the day yesterday at TechStars Boulder. Demo Day is a week away and I did my annual “talk about how to finance your company” thing which

August 2, 2012 · 4 min · Brad Feld

An Amazing Deal On SEOmoz Pro

Today on Brad Feld’s Amazing Deals you can get three months of SEOmoz PRO for only $99 dollars. Normally three months of PRO service is $198, so this deal saves

July 18, 2012 · 1 min · Brad Feld

You Are The Sustainable Future Of Daily Deals

Deal Co-op, the company that powers Brad Feld’s Amazing Deals, released their software last week as a self serve, SaaS product. This means anyone reading this post can go to

June 25, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld

It's Hard To Tell Someone They Suck

I discovered Josh Breinlinger’s blog this morning via a tweet from @stefanobernardi. I added it to the Ask the VC blogroll, read carefully through his post  VCs are liars. And so

June 15, 2012 · 3 min · Brad Feld