Cohen / Calacanis Interview on This Week In Startups

A few weeks ago I did a long interview with Jason Calacanis on This Week In Startups. I got a bunch of positive feedback on it and thought it was

January 24, 2013 · 1 min · Brad Feld

We Are The Lucky Ones

I participated in the lip dub of the song Lucky Ones, created by the gang at Undrip. They did this as a fundraiser for victims of Hurricane Sandy – I just contributed

January 24, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Are Entrepreneurs More Prone To Depression And Divorce?

Amy and I talk a lot about big issues, such as depression and divorce, in Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur. I’ve been speaking from experience

January 23, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Scenes from Legitimate Front's Album Release Concert

I’m crazy proud of my partners Jason Mendelson and Ryan McIntyre for their band Legitimate Front. In addition to being VCs, we each have a creative outlet that is super

January 22, 2013 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Urban Airship Meeting Rules

I love Scott Kveton, the CEO of Urban Airship. He and his team are building an amazing company in Portland. If you do anything mobile-related and use push notifications of

January 22, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Request for Laptops for Monarch High School Students

Following is a guest post from Lura Vernon, President of the Monarch High School PTSO. Lura is also a good friend, contributor to Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship

January 21, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Modern Day Patron of The Arts on Upstart

I recently decided to back three graduates on Upstart. In this new model of crowd-funding, accredited investors back entrepreneurs and have the option of signing on as mentors. In exchange, the

January 20, 2013 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Evidence of Google Winning The Generational Shift Over Microsoft

An email was forwarded to me this morning that had the following text in it (I’ve anonymized “The College” but it’s a large, well-regarded four year university.) The College is

January 20, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Why I'm Off The Grid Today To Reset My Brain

If you are reading this on Friday, 1/18/13 I’m probably  doing one of a couple of things right now. The three most likely are sleeping, laying on my couch reading

January 18, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

A Different Approach to Refreshing Stock Option Grants

Every year in December and January I go through the same cycle for all the boards I’m on. It’s the annual bonus, next year bonus plan, option grant refresh cycle.

January 17, 2013 · 4 min · Brad Feld