Supporting Sophie's Neighborhood on World Pediatric Bone & Joint Day

Today, I’m helping amplify a $50,000 fundraiser for Sophie’s Neighborhood as part of World Pediatric Bone & Joint Day. Amy and I just contributed $25,000 so we are effectively matching

October 19, 2020 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Come Join Us at Foundry Group: Hiring a Head of Network

At Foundry Group, we are hiring a Head of Network. Following is a repost of the overview of the role and why we are adding a Head of Network to

October 15, 2020 · 6 min · Brad Feld

A $25K Matching Gift To Boost Entrepreneurship in Kansas City Through Storytelling

Today, Amy and I are announcing a matching gift from our Anchor Point Foundation to the Startland News’ Give A Start donor campaign. We will match any contributions from this

October 14, 2020 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Definition of #GiveFirst

Jaclyn Hester, one of my Foundry Group partners, recently asked if there was an online definition of #GiveFirst. I spent some time looking around, and, while it’s embedded in numerous

October 13, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

RIP Larry Nelson

Larry Nelson, a very close friend, passed away on Friday. If you don’t know Larry, he was a super positive participant in the Boulder and the Denver startup communities for

October 12, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Fundraiser for the Energize Colorado Gap Fund on October 8th

$135 million. That is the amount that over 5,600 Colorado small businesses requested from the Energize Colorado Gap Fund in our first three weeks of open applications. According to the

October 5, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Are You Spending Your Weeks The Way You Want To?

Amy has a birthday coming up. We spent some time this morning talking about her next year. Since the two of us are together all day every day, we also

September 13, 2020 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Denver Startup Week 2020

Denver Startup Week, the largest startup week in the world, happens next week. In the time of Covid, it’s virtual, so I hope we attract a lot of people from

September 11, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Book: Portrait of Resilience

Daniel Jackson created a magnificent book. It’s a combination of three things: 1) Extraordinary personal stories about 2) The struggle with mental health, anxiety, and depression while 3) at MIT

September 10, 2020 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Bolster and the Next Executive Network

Historically, almost everything I do uses a network model. Foundry Group runs as a network. If you take a look at the Foundry Group partner funds or talk to us

September 9, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld