Talking About Entrepreneurship and Mental Health With David Cohen

David Cohen and I have co-hosted the Give First podcast for 71 episodes. I think our host ratio is 80/20 David/Brad, and he’s covered everything in 2021 because I was

September 8, 2022 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Back to School

I got the following email from Barry Schuler this morning. We’ve known each other for many years, and he’s one of my favorite VCs to work with. He described exactly

September 6, 2022 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Founder's Choice VC Firm Ranking

There have been many different approaches to ranking VC Firms over the years I’ve been an entrepreneur and a VC. Each approach I’ve seen has issues. Most are easily gamed

August 30, 2022 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Venture Deals Fall 2022

Registration for the Venture Deals Fall 2022 course is open. The course is free and starts on September 20, 2022. This is the second time we are running the new

August 24, 2022 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Reboot 2022 Q4 Leadership Bootcamp

Registration is open for the 2022 Q4 Leadership Bootcamp, which is happening in Boulder, Colorado, on Nov 10-13, 2022. Regular readers of this blog know about my long-time (back to

July 31, 2022 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Brilliance of Bloomberg's Matt Levine

Of all the business and technology writers out there, including bloggers, I think the best one, at this moment, is Matt Levine. He’s the only person currently writing on Planet

July 18, 2022 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Navigating Choppy Waters

In the last seven months, the venture / entrepreneurial world has gone from “the only thing that matters is massive growth” to “the world is going to end.” For perspective,

June 30, 2022 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Evolution of Apple macOS

My partner Ryan shared this with me. It’s a 10-minute video showing the evolution from System 0.97 to macOS 13 Ventura. I had an original Macintosh 128K which is now

June 23, 2022 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Book: Startup Boards, 2nd Edition Is Available

The 2nd Edition of my book Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors launched today. My co-authors, Matt Blumberg, the CEO of Bolster,

June 15, 2022 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Down Rounds: Deal With Reality

Connie Loizos is one of the long-time tech industry writers who I respect. I don’t respond to many interview requests these days, but I’ll always talk to her. She has

June 10, 2022 · 2 min · Brad Feld