TechStars Show On Bloomberg TV

Ever since David Cohen and I started talking about TechStars in 2006, one of our goals was to be open about everything we did in the program. We viewed TechStars as

August 2, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Be The First Mover

Recently I wrote a post titled Competition where I listed out a set of topics that summarizes my philosophy around competition. I’m involved in a lot of companies, many of

August 1, 2011 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Remote Board Attendance Via Skype

I’ve been on a number of board calls this month while I’ve been in Paris. About half of them have been via Skype; the other half have been standard audio

July 31, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Finance Fridays: Getting Started – Allocating Equity and Founder's Investment

Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: split

July 29, 2011 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Ask the VC Bonus Material

When Jason and I set out to write Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist, we both agreed that we wanted to try to create as useful

July 27, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Why I Won't Game AngelList

I think AngelList is awesome and I’m a huge fan of what they’ve done. Nivi wrote a great post celebrating their 1.5 year anniversary today: 1.5 Years Of AngelList: 8000 Intros,

July 26, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Ask The VC A Question

When Jason and I started AsktheVC, one of our goals was to have a place where entrepreneurs could ask us questions and get direct answers. We did this for a

July 25, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

TechStars Boulder Demo Day and Open Angel Forum #4

August 3 and August 4 are busy days in Boulder for entrepreneurs and early stage investors. On the evening of August 3 is Open Angel Forum #4. In the morning

July 25, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Finance Fridays

Last week I expressed my frustration with the current lack of financial literacy that I see all around me. In the spirit of Fred Wilson’s awesome blog series MBA Mondays,

July 22, 2011 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Contact Management Tools For Google Apps: Rainmaker and WriteThat.Name

I’ve recently discovered two awesome tools for helping me manage my contacts in Google Apps. One is a TechStars Boulder company called Rainmaker and the other is a Paris-based company

July 20, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld