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

George Orwell Talks To Us From The Future About a Free and Open Internet

I thought this was a powerful and clever video about the risks to the free and open Internet. It’s worth a watch with an appropriate cynical and concerned view. I

December 11, 2012 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Nike Accelerator – Powered By TechStars

When we started TechStars in 2006, one of our premises was to help build a strong startup community in Boulder. Our experience with TechStars – starting in Boulder, but expanding

December 10, 2012 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Inappropriate Fearmongering About Marijuana by Bruce Benson – CU President

I’m a huge supporter of CU and CU Boulder in particular. While it’s not my alma mater, I’ve probably contributed as much or more time and money as I have

December 9, 2012 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Robotic Balls Dancing In Union Square

28 Spheros + 1 Boombox. + 4 Android phones = Mind Blown. Wow – have you bought a Sphero for Christmas yet?

December 6, 2012 · 1 min · Brad Feld

My Smart Phone Is No Longer Working For Me

I spent two weeks without my iPhone. I was completely off the grid for the first week but then spent the second week online, on my MacBook Air and Kindle,

December 6, 2012 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Startup Visa – One Step Forward, One Step Back

On that same day the White House announced A New Front Door for Immigrant Entrepreneurs President Obama said that he was not supportive of the STEM Jobs Act of 2012. Infuriating. I’ve

December 5, 2012 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Business Plans Are An Historical Artifact

This article (Business Plans Are An Historical Artifact)  first appeared last week in the Wall Street Journal The Accelerators Column, which I’m contributing to on a regular basis.  In 1987

December 4, 2012 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Wow – That Was Intense

As they wheeled me into surgery, I thought to myself “If this is the end it has been pretty amazing.” This is a photo my brother Daniel took of me

December 3, 2012 · 4 min · Brad Feld