The Machines Will Keep Us Warm

I’m a big believer that the machines have already taken over. I recently gave a talk at the Defrag Conference titled “Resistance is Futile” where I made the point that

November 27, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Books On Entrepreneurship

I love books. I love to read. I realize I’ve had a dry spell – I’ve hardly been reading books at all this fall. That hasn’t stopped them from piling

November 25, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

gmail iphone exchange password incorrect

This is a note from your Gmail tech support person (my life in a parallel universe) just trying to help with whatever frustration you are having today. Over the weekend

November 23, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

PBS Newshour on Accelerators

PBS Newshour has a neat eight minute segment on accelerators. TechStars is featured, along with several others. This makes me happy as part of our goal when we started TechStars

November 23, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Is Astroturfing Coming To Social Media?

I hate astroturfing. I think think it’s the lamest form of promotion and advocacy possible. It’s the opposite of authenticity and the antithesis of the brilliance of Twitter. Last week

November 22, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Philadelphia Marathon

Marathon #21 is done. I ran the Philadelphia Marathon in 4:28:46 yesterday. Of the 21 marathons I’ve run, it was my third fastest (I did the Dallas Marathon in 4:28:00

November 21, 2011 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Planet Earth Is Amazing

Turn of your lights, close your door, and full screen this five minute video. It’s an incredibly time lapse video of the journey of the International Space Station (from one

November 21, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Last Marathon Of The Year

Tomorrow I’m running the Philadelphia Marathon, which will be the sixth marathon I’ll do this year and the last one for 2011. This year I’ve done marathons in Cincinnati, Madison

November 19, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

College Is Like A Sandbox

I spent yesterday at University of Michigan with my partner Jason Mendelson (he’s a two time grad – economics undergrad and then law school.) This was my first trip to

November 18, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

founders@yourcompanyname.com

Today’s “founder hint of the day” is to create an email address called founders@yourcompanyname.com and have it automatically forward to all the founders of your company. I interact

November 17, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld