The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman

Poetry is complex, beautiful, and mysterious. My wife Amy writes poetry. So does my first business partner Dave Jilk (Rejuvenilia, Distilled Moments). There is a lot of poetry in my

January 21, 2021 · 5 min · Brad Feld

How To Lose

In the US, we are currently getting a master class in “how not to lose.” When I was young, my parents regularly said to me, “Don’t be a sore loser.”

January 19, 2021 · 2 min · Brad Feld

How Is The 54th Week of 2020 Going For You?

At lunch today, Amy said “Welcome to January 112th.” I just got an email from a friend that included the line, “I’m writing off the first 20 days of the

January 13, 2021 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Welcome Maëlle Gavet to Techstars

Today, Techstars announced that Maëlle Gavet has joined as CEO. When David Cohen, David Brown, Jared Polis, and I started Techstars in 2006, we could have never envisioned what it

January 12, 2021 · 3 min · Brad Feld

RIP Len Fassler

After 89 years on this planet, Len Fassler passed away on Friday. Len was my Yoda. As a paternal figure, he was a close second to my father. I loved

January 11, 2021 · 8 min · Brad Feld

Media Archaeology Lab Virtual Tour on 1/21/21

For a long time, I collected computers (hardware, software, manuals, and magazines.) About five years ago, I donated my collection to the Media Archaeology Lab, located at CU Boulder. Also,

January 10, 2021 · 1 min · Brad Feld

What Is Your First Political Memory?

For the past nine months, Amy and I have started our morning together. I get up, pee, weigh myself, brush my teeth, meditate for 20 to 30 minutes, and then

January 8, 2021 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Book: In the Beginning…Was the Command Line

I love Neal Stephenson. I’ve read all of his books, some of them multiple times. Well, except the Baroque Cycle trilogy, which I’m saving for a special period of time

December 29, 2020 · 3 min · Brad Feld

What Is Your Biggest Hope and Your Bigger Fear?

About a month ago, I participated in a discussion hosted by the CU Boulder Conference on World Affairs titled Back to the Future: Lessons for our emerging challenges from science

December 28, 2020 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Tenet – One Big, Hot Mess of a Movie

Amy and I watched Tenet the other night. When we finished, she turned to me and said, “That was one big, hot mess of a movie.” I sat for a

December 25, 2020 · 1 min · Brad Feld