Nexus: Awesome Near Term Science Fiction

Nope – I’m not talking about an Android phone. I’m talking about an amazing book titled Nexus by Ramez Naam. Ramez sent me a pre-release version last month. I read it

December 18, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Startups Looking to Hire CU Students?

In the Startup Communities, I talk extensively about leaders and feeders. I assert than anyone in the startup community should be able to start / create / do anything that is

December 18, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Hire For Cultural Fit Over Competence

This first appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Accelerator series last week under the title Cultural Fit Trumps Competence. Also, I’m going to be doing online office hours with the WSJ o

December 18, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Can You Ski Off The Top Of The Train In Polar Express?

I love the emails I get from readers of this blog. Yesterday morning, I got the following from Shane Schieffer of FitTrip and I just saw it as I was grinding through

December 17, 2012 · 3 min · Brad Feld

It's Startup, Not Start-up or Start Up

When I created Startup Revolution and began writing Startup Communities, I insisted with Wiley (my publisher) that the word be “startup” and not “start-up” or “start up

December 15, 2012 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Nyan Cat and Sphero

So – I’ve apparently been hiding under a rock and had no idea about the Nyan Cat phenomenon. The original Youtube video has 89,604,608 views as of this moment. Insane. Ok

December 14, 2012 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Travel 2013 – There Is Only One Of Me

At some point in the future, the machines will take over. At that time the machines can create Feldborgs if they so desire; until then there is only one of

December 14, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Read Startup Communities With Me On BookShout!

I don’t think I’m breaking new ground by saying that book publishing is going through a rapid transformation. I’ve learned a lot about traditional publishing after working with Wiley

December 13, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld

An Awesome, Growing Team at TechStars

The roster at TechStars continues to grow with awesome people. In the past month, TechStars has announced Mark Solon as a general partner, Luke Beatty as managing director for Boulder and Ari Newman a

December 12, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Best Science Fiction Books of All Time

I love reading science fiction. I started when I was ten-ish and have never stopped. While on vacation in Mexico recovering from my kidney stone surgery, I read a bunch

December 12, 2012 · 1 min · Brad Feld