Startup CEO – New Book in the Startup Revolution Series

Matt Blumberg, the CEO of Return Path, has just put up a post about the new book he’s working on called Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Building and Running Your

November 6, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Finding Traction

Ever since I did the American River 50 Mile Endurance Run I’ve been fascinated with ultramarathons. After struggling through the emotional fallout of the six weeks after the race, I decided that

November 5, 2012 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Build It

During the last few days in Kentucky I was asked some version of the question “how do I get started” a few times. It was usually in the context of

November 3, 2012 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Defrag and Blur 2012

Defrag and Blur are only two weeks away, and if you’re not yet registered to come, you should find a way. Why? 1. Makerbot will be there with the Replicator

November 2, 2012 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Depression and Entrepreneurs

Amy and I wrote a meaningful amount about entrepreneurs and depression in Startup Life. Since we finished the final draft a few weeks ago, I’ve given several talks where depression

October 31, 2012 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Looking For A Design HackStar for Startup Revolution

I’m starting to integrate a bunch of new stuff into the Startup Revolution site now that I’ve finished book #2: Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an

October 30, 2012 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Changing How We Think About Education

On Friday I spent three hours at Tufts University meeting with Chris Rogers and a few of his colleagues at the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.  We had

October 29, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Standing Ovation Before The Speaker Begins

A few weeks ago at Thinc Iowa I noticed the tradition they had of giving a standing ovation to the speaker when the speaker took the stage. I had never

October 28, 2012 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Play Offense When Predicting Revenue

I got an email today from an exec at a company who I was with at a recent board meeting. I thought it was a powerful summary of part of

October 27, 2012 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Dealing With Business Cards

Update: Cards@fullcontact.com is no longer available as FullContact has integrated this into all of their consumer applications. The simplest approach to doing this is now FullContact CardReader. Ther

October 25, 2012 · 2 min · Brad Feld