There Is No Glory In This

As I schlep through the San Jose airport at 5:30am to catch a flight to Los Angeles, I have a moment of nostalgia. I haven’t been here in a while

August 5, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Joining Conference Calls By Pressing One Button

I participate in multiple conference every day. While I can’t change much about the general tediousness associated with 15 different people all joining a call within a five minute window,

August 4, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Importance of Young People In Your Startup Community

From Chattanooga to Omaha to Las Vegas, many cities in the US – and around the world – are building startup communities. An important part of doing this to attract,

August 2, 2015 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Weekend Podcast – Investors Are Human Too

On my run this morning (yay – I’m running again) I listened to a wonderful podcast between Jerry Colonna and Bijan Sabet called Investors are Human Too – with Bijan Sabet.

August 1, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Our 2016 Foundry Group Fund and A Little History

Yesterday we closed our fifth fund, Foundry Venture Capital 2016, L.P. As with all four of our other funds, it’s a $225 million fund. In 2007 we raised our first fund

July 30, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Unicorns Without The Magic

I got the following email recently, titled “Unicorns Without The Magic.” “With the rise in venture capitalism it’s hard to say the word “start up” and not be offere

July 28, 2015 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Book: Armada

Ernest Cline’s second book, Armada, is almost as wonderful as his first book, Ready Player One. While plenty of folks on Amazon are giving it mediocre ratings, I think it’s

July 26, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Talking At Startup Grind in Denver on 7/30

I’m ending a full day in Denver with a talk about the potential invasion by the Europans at Startup Grind from 6pm – 9pm on 7/30 at Galvanize.

July 25, 2015 · 1 min · Brad Feld

1985: Oil Prices Will Go Up Forever

This is not a post about a bubble, real or imagined. It’s a lesson from when I was 20 years old. I showed up at MIT as an eager freshman.

July 23, 2015 · 6 min · Brad Feld

AMA on Product Hunt About Startup Communities

I’ll be doing an AMA on Product Hunt’s new Book Channel on Friday 7/24 at 1130 AM PST.

July 23, 2015 · 1 min · Brad Feld