No More MBOs

I am so very tired of MBO-based bonuses in startups. I knew the concept of MBOs pre-dated my time in business school, but I couldn’t remember where they came from.

October 8, 2013 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Rally Gives $1.3 Million To The Boulder Community

My day started out great. After getting up at 5, having a delightful run at 6, walking Brooks, and then hanging with Amy for four minutes, I got in my

October 7, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Gravity – The Best Movie in "A While"

I saw Gravity on Friday night. I can’t remember being more immersed in a movie since I saw Star Wars 36 years ago. It could have been because I was

October 6, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

NEXT by Startup Weekend in Boulder

I’ve been a big supporter of Startup Weekend, locally and nationally, since the very beginning and I’m continuing to do so by both sponsoring and mentoring in the NEXT Boulder

October 4, 2013 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Recreating Law School

I spend a lot of time hanging around CU Law School. I know it’s a strange place to find a venture capitalist and entrepreneurs, but it happens to be the

October 3, 2013 · 6 min · Brad Feld

JumpCloud – Jump to the Next Level of DevOps

Two of the themes we love to invest in are Protocol and Glue. We’ve especially been interested in companies that make software developers and DevOps lives better. Some examples include

October 2, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Launching FG Angels To Make Investments on AngelList

This morning my partners at Foundry Group and I announced that we are going to make 50 seed investments of $50,000 each on AngelList between now and the end of

October 1, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Interviewing Luke Beatty on 10/7 at Entrepreneurs Unplugged

I got to work closely with Luke Beatty this summer while he was running the Techstars Boulder program. In one word, he’s “awesome.” Deeply, truly awesome. I knew Luke from

September 30, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Paul Berberian Interview on This Week In Startups

I’m a big fan of Jason Calacanis’ show This Week In Startups. I usually run naked (no headphones) but when I listen to something it’s usually an interview or a book.

September 29, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Worst of Times Is Just Around The Corner

Our new video is almost out. Let’s do over / under bets on whether it’ll be here before Twitter goes public. In the mean time, enjoy the teaser. If

September 27, 2013 · 1 min · Brad Feld