Calling All Boulder Tech Companies To Engage With Downtown Boulder, Inc.

I had never heard of the organization called Downtown Boulder, Inc. until I was asked to keynote at the annual meeting which I did a few weeks ago where I

January 30, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Welcome Young College Graduates Into Your Entrepreneurial Community

I feel strongly that the one of the important elements of building a sustainable entrepreneurial community over a long period of time is for the entire existing entrepreneurial community to

January 29, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Being Interviewed on Live Radio in Dallas

It’s always fascinating to me to actually be interviewed on live radio – in this case on Wall Street Shuffle in Dallas on CNN Radio 1190 AM. I’ve never listened

January 28, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Running and Dumping

If you are a fan of Californication, you’ll recognize my homage to Hank Moody. As a marathon runner, I regularly encounter one of the mildly unpleasant aspects of long distance

January 27, 2011 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Start Every Board Meeting With A Demo

I find three hour “reporting board meetings” where everyone sits around and goes through a 50 page PowerPoint deck to be tedious. When I first started investing in 1994, this

January 26, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

My 2011 Marathon Schedule

I’ve now put together eight great weeks of running in a row. On Sunday, I finally had a long run to town (from Eldorado Springs to Boulder). This has been

January 25, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Upstate New York Do More Faster Book Tour

Last summer, my long time friend Martin Babinec and his colleague Nasir Ali asked me if I’d come spend a few days in Upstate New York talking about TechStars and

January 24, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Time For Google To Get Serious About Enterprise Tech Support

We are in the final stages of completely switching Foundry Group to Google Apps. This began as an experiment in August 2010 when I decided to Try Gmail for a

January 24, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Wave of iPad Purchasing Has Just Begun

It’s fascinating to me when a new product aggressively shifts from early adopters to the mainstream. It should be no surprise that the day the iPad came out a bunch

January 22, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Blur Conference Day 1 Is Looking Awesome

The next Eric Norlin conference is Blur and is happening in Orlando, Florida (yay – warm) on February 22 and 23. I’ll be there along with my three Foundry Group

January 20, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld