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

After Your First Big Success, What's Next?

As exits have been flowing nicely again the past few years, many of the entrepreneurs I work with have experienced their first big exit. I refer to this moment as

June 6, 2014 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Cable Company Fuckery

John Oliver and his new show Last Week Tonight has become Sunday night entertainment in my house. He’s simultaneously brilliant and hilarious. Oliver took on Net Neutrality on Sunday. Due to my

June 5, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Right Way To Do A Software ROI Analysis

On Monday we had a Foundry Group portfolio company sales summit. We are fortunate in that we’ve got a bunch of amazing sales execs in our portfolio, including several CEOs

June 4, 2014 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Venture Deals Class With The Kauffman Fellows Academy – Version 2

This spring Jason Mendelson and I taught a class called Venture Deals with the Kauffman Fellows Academy. It was a blast so we’ve decided to do it again. KFA uses

June 3, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Help – I'm in Email Group Hell

Lately, I’ve been struggling to figure out the best way to have expanding email groups. I’ve tried all the obvious stuff and nothing is satisfying to me. Historically, I’ve just used

June 2, 2014 · 1 min · Brad Feld