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

Sphero Makes Popsci Best of What’s New 2011

I am so psyched about the launch of Sphero. I’ve got mine (one of the first 10 made) and the line is gearing up to start shipping them out soon.

November 16, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Brad Feld's Amazing Deals: Invisible Shoes

If you are a running enthusiast you’re going to love today’s Brad Feld’s Amazing Deal. Today’s deal takes the barefoot running phenomena to its logical conclusion. Invis

November 16, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

American Censorship Day Is Tomorrow (11/16/11)

There are two very disturbing bills making their way through Congress: Protect IP Act (PIPA – S.968) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA – H.R.3261). These bills are coated in rhetoric

November 15, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

My FarmVille Gumball Sheep

A week ago, Fred Wilson wrote a post titled Etsy Gift Finder. In it he described a new Etsy feature that uses your Facebook friends info to suggest gifts for

November 14, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Startup Colorado's Year One Initiatives

We launched Startup Colorado last week as part of the Startup America Partnership. I’m co-chairing this effort with Phil Weiser (Dean of CU Boulder Law School) and Jan Horsfall (CEO

November 14, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Real Cost of Patent Trolls

James Bessen, Jennifer Ford, and Michael Meurer of BU School of Law have written a phenomenal paper titled The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls. Rather than be politically

November 13, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Standing Cloud Raises $3 Million

My friends at Standing Cloud have closed another $3 million financing from us (Foundry Group) and Avalon Ventures. They’ve also added a long time friend, co-investor, and amazing entrepreneur Wi

November 10, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Don't Forget To Bootstrap

I recently spent some time with a long time friend and entrepreneur who I’ve funded in the past. He’s working on a new company which I think is really neat

November 9, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld