The Net Neutrality Napkin

A few weeks before the FCC vote on Net Neutrality, I spent the weekend in Las Vegas with my dad. He recently wrote a beautiful post about his side of the

March 7, 2015 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Who’s On First, What’s On Second, I Don’t Know’s on Third

My mom sent me this today. It’s still possibly one of the funniest comedy routines I’ve ever seen. I saw it for the first time as a little kid and

March 5, 2015 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Long Form to Nano Form

As my newest book, Startup Opportunities: Know When To Quit Your Day Job, has begun shipping on Kindle (order now and give me feedback, leave a review) I’ve been thinking a

March 5, 2015 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Mentors 10/18: Hold Information In Confidence

As we continue deconstructing the Techstars Mentor Manifesto, today’s item is about keeping information confidential. Techstars operates on a FriendDA concept. It’s not official, but it

March 2, 2015 · 2 min · Brad Feld

How To Deal With Email After A Long Vacation

Since I’ve had dealing with email on my mind recently, I thought I’d write about how to deal with email after a long vacation. Over the years, I’ve heard over

March 1, 2015 · 4 min · Brad Feld

The Magic of OtherInbox

I get 300+ non-spam emails a day. No matter how diligent I am at unsubscribing from stuff, I still get an endless stream of valid, opt-in email that I want to

February 27, 2015 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Startup Opportunities Book Tour, Presented by Intuit QuickBooks

Sean Wise, my co-author for my next book, Startup Opportunities, is a professor at Ryerson University in Toronto. When we first started writing this book in late 2013, we knew that

February 26, 2015 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Some Final Thoughts on the FCC and Title II Ahead of Tomorrow's Vote on Net Neutrality

Tomorrow, the FCC is expected to vote on a proposal for new rules around Net Neutrality. The vote is likely to be 3-2 in favor of the rules, split along

February 25, 2015 · 7 min · Brad Feld

Pantheon for Agencies

When your website crashes on launch day it really sucks. It’s ridiculous to me that that still happens today as a regular course of business. Every time a marketing team

February 19, 2015 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Agony and Ecstasy of Selling My First Company

Several years ago, Alex Iskold wrote a great overview of What It Is Like To Sell Your First Company. I thought it was a great description and encourage every entrepreneur

February 18, 2015 · 8 min · Brad Feld