A Great Graduation Speech For Engineers And Entrepreneurs

My friend Krista Marks (now at Disney – which acquired her first company – Kerpoof) sent me a copy of the graduation speech she gave at the University of South

June 14, 2011 · 8 min · Brad Feld

The Need For A Gender Neutral Pronoun

The English language badly needs a gender neutral pronoun. The more I write, the more I feel the need for this. In my post yesterday, Does Your VP of HR

June 14, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Does Your VP of HR Report To Your CEO?

A decade ago I didn’t pay much attention to the VP of HR position. Today, I view it as a key role if you are growing headcount at least 50%

June 13, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Cell Phone Suggestions For Europe Trip

I’m spending some time in Europe (Paris and Tuscany) this summer and trying to figure out the best cell phone approach for me and Amy. We are both iPhone users

June 10, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Throw Tomatoes At Strangers

Clint Nelson, co-founder of Startup Weekend, is bringing the European tomato-chucking phenomena stateside. Today on Brad Feld’s Amazing Deals, you can get a half price ticket to the innagural To

June 9, 2011 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Gnip Partners With Twitter and U.S. Library of Congress

I recently wrote about how well things are going at Gnip. Here we are just a few weeks later and my friends at Gnip continue to generate goodness in several

June 8, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Joining The Reinventing The Board Meeting Bandwagon

I hate board meetings. I probably have 100 per year which means I’ve gone to well over 1,500 of the past 15 years (I’m sure the number is much higher).

June 7, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Thinking About 2015

Once a quarter my partners (Seth, Ryan, Jason) and I spend 48 hours together. Unlike a typical offsite that ten zillion organizations have, we tend to spend less time on

June 3, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Backing Up Your Google Apps Data

I find it endlessly entertaining that people say things like “I don’t need to back up my data anymore because it’s in the cloud.” These people have never experienced a

June 2, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

How Not To Start A Relationship

In the last month I’ve had the chance to make about 50 new friends. I’ve suddenly become very popular with investment bankers and have been on the receiving end of

June 1, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld