I Don't Hate Marketing

One of the jokes in my little universe is that “every time I hear the word ‘marketing’ I throw up a little in my mouth.” I’ve been joking about this

September 22, 2011 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Another $100,000 For Every TechStars Company

Today, TechStars announced that they’ve raised $24 million from a broad syndicate of investors to fund an additional $100,000 for every TechStars company going forward. The investors include Fou

September 21, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Is It Important To Understand Convertible Debt Terms?

Recently, several entrepreneurs and investors have asserted to me that they don’t think the terms on a convertible debt deal matter much. I was perplexed by the statement and asked

September 20, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Office Hours At The Boulder Bookstore On Monday 9/26

Jason Mendelson and I are doing office hours at the Boulder Bookstore on Monday 9/26. We will be hanging out from 2pm – 5pm and chatting with whomever comes by.

September 19, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Kroll's Diner Bismarck Marathon

Marathon #18 – the Kroll’s Diner Bismarck Marathon – has been conquered. My goal was to do it under 5 hours – I finished in 4:54:48. It was a small

September 18, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Sayahh's Financial Statements For August 2011

Now that Dick and Jane have added a CTO to SayAhh’s founding team, they’ve turned their full attention to working on their product. Today, we’ll look at the impact of

September 16, 2011 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Instrumenting My Marathon

I’m running the Kroll’s Diner Bismarck Marathon on Saturday. This will be Marathon #18 in my quest to run one in every state. I’ll be there for a couple of days so

September 15, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

MakerBot Deals, TechStars Cloud, and Convertible Notes

Before we invested in MakerBot, we bought and assembled a Thing-O-Matic. When I say we, I mean me, Jason, and Ross. It took us about 20 hours (Jason and I

September 13, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Behind The Making of I'm A VC

On This Week In TechStars #6, David Cohen interviews Jason Mendelson on the making of our hard hitting documentary on VCs music video “I’m A VC.” The interview happens in Jason

September 12, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Reflecting on 9/11

To everyone who lost someone close to them on 9/11 – I’m sending you every bit of good karma that I can today. While I was in New York that

September 11, 2011 · 9 min · Brad Feld