The Power of Why

Simon Sinek’s TED Talk from TedxPuget Sound (Sept 2009) has been posted and is just awesome.  He starts out with the question “Why is Apple so innovative,“ Why is it

May 10, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Bullshit of Government Statistics

I just got the following breaking news alert from The New York Times. “U.S. Economy Adds 290,000 Jobs in April; Jobless Rate Rises to 9.9%” Let’s parse this.  The first

May 7, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Software Patent Absurdity

As long time readers of this blog know, I’m strongly against software patents.  Succinctly, I think they are (a) invalid constructs, (b) totally unnecessary, and (c) a massive tax on

May 6, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Give Your VCs Assignments

Over the weekend, Mark Suster wrote a great post titled How To Communicate with your Investors between Board Meetings.  Mark continues to just tear it up with great advice for

May 5, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

What Was The Address of Your First Real Office?

I’m fascinated with first offices.  I’m not talking about the bedroom, the dorm room, the garage, or the apartment.  I’m talking about the first real office.  Here’s mine. Bill Warner [

May 4, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Cecelia Feld in Texoma Living Magazine’s Art Issue

There’s a huge profile of my mom (Cecelia Feld) in this month’s Texoma Living Magazine.  She’s one of the five highlighted artists for their third annual art issue. If you’ve

May 4, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Flings Pop-Up Recycling and Trash Bins

A few years ago, several friends started a company called Evergreen IP to help inventors commercialize their consumer innovations.  I participated in the financing as an angel investor (it was [&

May 4, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

My Obsession With The Product

For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of interviews lately.  In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?”  When I’m

May 3, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Mastering the VC Game

Over the years, I’ve occasionally thought about writing a book about how venture capital actually works.  I no longer have to contemplate doing this as Jeff Bussgang has nailed it

May 3, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Our World Is One Big Game

Following is an outstanding 30 minute presentation by Jesse Schell at DICE 2010 explaining how our life is just one big game.  PS3 Games – E3 2010 – Guitar Hero

May 2, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld