Startup Phenomenon, November 13th-15th in Boulder

An event called Startup Phenomenon is happening In Boulder on 11/13 – 11/15. It gets to the heart of how startup communities are developed and I’d love to have you

October 21, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

How To Fix Obamacare

Now that our federal government is back at work and the short term debt ceiling thing is resolved, it should be no surprise that the news cycle is now obsessed

October 21, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Worst of Times For Technology

Time for a new Foundry Group video. If you want the backstory, go take a look at the post Foundry Group Announces Major Shift In Investment Strategy. If you just want

October 17, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

I'm A Talking Rubber Duck

Phin Barnes at First Round Capital just nails it today with his post To get the most out of your investors, turn them into rubber ducks.  Go read it – I’ll

October 16, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

A Quality Benchmark for Accelerators: The Global Accelerator Network

When David Cohen and I came up with the idea for the Global Accelerator Network (GAN) in 2010, we counted roughly 100 accelerator programs around the US that were founded following the

October 15, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

I'm Sorry – I Don't Remember Your Name

A few years ago, I realized that I had run out of namespace in my brain and the only way I could learn a new name was to forget one

October 14, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Join Me at the Halloween Benefit for Flood Relief @ Mocavo

The Entrepreneur’s Foundation of Colorado, the Living Green Network, and Mocavo are hosting a roofdeck bash on Halloween to benefit first-responder families and local farms devastated by the rec

October 13, 2013 · 1 min · Brad Feld

AngelList Syndicate Update – Week 1

We had a fascinating week trying to get everything figured out on our FG Angels initiative with AngelList. Our syndicate, which we are going to max out at $450,000, is currently right

October 11, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Business Love

“Passion is temporary. It doesn’t last long. Love is enduring. And that’s the important thing. If we all had love in our lives to the degree that we should, it

October 10, 2013 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Defrag 2013 In One Month

We’re just under one month until Defrag, and if you’re a startup founder, a VC, and IT exec, or anyone that wants to have their brain stretched, I hope you’ll

October 9, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld