My First Known Interview – Age 4

We’ve all got to start somewhere. Over the weekend my mom gave me a CD with the recording of my first known live interview. I’ve tossed it up on SoundCloud

July 30, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Amazon's Scorpion Problem

I expect most of you know the fable of the scorpion and the frog, but if you don’t, it goes like this (quoted from Wikipedia): “A scorpion asks a frog

July 29, 2014 · 6 min · Brad Feld

Why The SBIC Doesn't Work For Venture Capital Anymore

I woke up to an article in Daily Camera today titled Small Business Administration trying to bring SBIC funds to Colorado. There are so many things wrong in the article

July 28, 2014 · 8 min · Brad Feld

Use Your Competitors' Products All The Time

I was sitting with the founders of a company we’ve funded the other day talking about their competition. I love this product and I use it every day. It doesn’t yet have

July 25, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Second Order Impact of FG Angels

If you’ve been following along at home, you know that we recently created an AngelList Syndicate called FG Angels. Our goal is to make 50 investments through AngelList before the

July 24, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Foundry Women's Exec Summit

A few weeks ago we had a summit for the women execs in our portfolio. About 40 women attended. Overall we identified about 70 women in our portfolio in leadership positions,

July 23, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Oblong NYC Event on 7/24

If you are in NY on 7/24 and want to have your mind blown by one of my favorite companies ever, go to the Oblong NYC Open House to see their

July 22, 2014 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Mentors 3/18: Be Authentic – Practice What You Preach

In today’s installation of the Techstars Mentor Manifesto, we deconstruct #3: Be Authentic – Practice What You Preach. Authenticity has once again become a trendy word. When I started blog

July 21, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld

What Should You Do When Someone Rips Off Your Site Design

I recently received the following email. I am in a bit of a dilemma and would really appreciate any insight you all have on what to do. Last month, my team

July 18, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Mentors 2/18: Expect Nothing In Return

The second element of the Techstars Mentor Manifesto is Expect nothing in return (you’ll be delighted with what you do get back). It’s extraordinarily simple while being profoundly hard. It

July 17, 2014 · 5 min · Brad Feld