Mr. Feld Goes to DC To Talk About Innovation

I’m in Washington DC again – this time to talk about innovation.  I’ve been here three times in the past year – the first time was to hear Bilski at

June 10, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Founders 2010 #3: Be Fearless. Today.

One of my often quoted lines is that “fear is a useless emotion in business.”  Sure – self doubt enters the picture on occasion and there are plenty of dark

June 8, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Mailing Out Patent Absurdity

On the eve of re: Bilski, the anxiously awaited Supreme Court decision on business method patents (with potential implications for software patents), I decided to collaborate with the End Software

June 6, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Metaphor: VC as a Produce Supplier

I was in a meeting with Rich Miner from Google Ventures on Friday with some entrepreneurs we are working with on a potential investment. While the team isn’t a rookie

June 6, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Google I/O Panel on VCs Who Code

The video from the second panel I was on at Google I/O 2010 – Technology, innovation, computer science, & more: A VC panel – is up.  Dick Costolo – the

June 5, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Interested In The World Cup? Play StarStreet Sports

The TechStars Boston 2010 program finished up the other day.  I was at investor day and it was awesome to see how far the ten companies came over the last

June 4, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Outlook 2010 Inbox Zero Bug

I’ve always had a knack for quickly finding bugs.  It’s not hard with most software / web services as the bugs are everywhere, but they like to emerge from the

June 4, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Google I/O 2010 Panel on Making Freemium Work

A few weeks ago I was on two panels at Google I/O 2010.  The video from one of them – Making Freemium work – converting free users to paying customers is

June 3, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Suggestions for Angel Investors

I’m on an Acela train between Boston and New York (listening to Boston’s More Than A Feeling – how recursive) on my way to the TechStars Boston 2010 Investor /

June 2, 2010 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Two Weeks Later, I’m Loving The HTC EVO

Google gave all 5000 Google I/O attendees an HTC EVO (I guess it’s a Sprint EVO) running Android.  For the past two years I’ve been using an iPhone and have

June 2, 2010 · 4 min · Brad Feld