Book: The Inner Game of Tennis

When I played tennis as a teenager, I remember reading The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance by Tim Gallwey. Near the end of my

December 26, 2015 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Christmas Morning with The Velveteen Rabbit

It’s a beautiful almost snowy morning in Boulder. Crisp and cold, but subdued. Amy is on the phone with a cousin, Brooks is asleep on the floor, and Cooper is

December 25, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Enchantress of Number and The Concept of Universal Computation

When I think of geniuses who inspire me, Stephen Wolfram is near the top of the list. I’ve never met him but have followed him from a distance since I was introduced

December 24, 2015 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Why I Don't Have To Follow VC Blogs Anymore

Two words: Mattermark Daily When I started blogging in 2004 I think I was the third VC blogger after David Hornik* and Fred Wilson (if you were, or know, of another pre-2004 VC

December 21, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

What To Do When Google Chrome Helper Eats Your Mac's Battery Life

A few days ago, I noticed that my MacBook Air fully charged battery life had suddenly gone from around seven hours to under two hours and the fan was going

December 20, 2015 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Scaling Techstars Horizontally

There are two common ways to scale a system – horizontally or vertically. If you are a software engineer, you probably get this instinctively. If you don’t know what this

December 16, 2015 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Walking The Dog

When I sat down at breakfast, I told Amy that the title of today’s blog post would be “A Steaming Pile of Dog Poop.” She suggested I come up with a

December 15, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Force Awakens This Week

The Force Awakens has been particularly exciting to me since we are investors in Sphero. If you haven’t seen BB-8 from Sphero yet, take a look. I watched Star Wars

December 14, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

No Facebook Or Twitter Or Vitriol

As I sit here watching Amy play tennis with her coach Mason (I hurt my shoulder serving so I’m taking a few days off), I’m reflecting on my first week back

December 13, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Foundry Group Next

Over the years at Foundry Group we’ve built an extensive network of companies. While we’ve invested in some of these directly, this actually represents the smallest set of companies that

December 9, 2015 · 5 min · Brad Feld