Happy 21st Anniversary @abatchelor

Lots of people get married on the summer solstice. To all of them – including those getting married today – congrats and welcome to the club! It’s a particularly sweet

June 21, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Opportunity / Growth Fund Trend

With yesterday’s announcement that early-stage VC Greycroft has raised a $200 million growth fund, this type of fund has officially become a trend. But before we dig into the dynamics of

June 20, 2014 · 5 min · Brad Feld

After Failure, What's Next?

Recently, I wrote a post titled After Your First Big Success, What’s Next? The comment thread was powerful and fascinating, as was the direct email feedback I got, including the following note:

June 19, 2014 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Book: The Martian

The Martian by Andy Weir is the best book I’ve read in a while. I consumed it in the last 24 hours. But first, here’s what I woke up to this

June 17, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Moving To Homer, Alaska

Nope – Amy and I aren’t moving to Homer. While we have a home in Homer, where we will be for the next three weeks, we still call Boulder, Colorado

June 14, 2014 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Thanks Elon Musk For Being A Real Leader On Patent Reform

Fred Wilson beat me to it this morning with his post A Big Win For The Patent Reform Movement but he’s got a couple of hour time zone advantage over me. Regardless,

June 13, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Take Responsibility For Your Company's Actions

Recently I had  a full day of meetings with chaotic juxtapositions of people. In one meeting, the person I interacted with was awesome. He owned everything that was going on in

June 12, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld

My Obsession With Online Identity

Today, we announced that we’ve led an $11 million round for about.me and that I’ve joined the board. I’ve been living online since the mid 1990’s. I’ve tried every servic

June 10, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

I've Been Afraid To Run

I had my first good run in over two months. It was only 3.2 miles, but the weather was perfect and I felt great. On March 30th, I ran 12.2

June 9, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Book: No Place To Hide

Amy and I were going to have a bunch of friends over to our house today but we got rained out. So, I read Glenn Greenwald’s book No Place to

June 8, 2014 · 3 min · Brad Feld