Failing Fast at Standardized Seed Deal Documents

While some people hate the phrase “failing fast”, I find it instructive when it’s used to signify that one isn’t going to pursue a particular path in the context of

April 6, 2010 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Shifting to Twitter for Deal Evaluation

Over the past year the amount of emails I receive on a daily basis from entrepreneurs has reached a point where I can’t deal with it any more.  My partners

April 1, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

I’m An Amazon Affiliate Again – Sort Of

On March 8, 2010 Amazon fired me as an Amazon Affiliate because of Colorado HB 10-1193.  I proceeded to have a dozen different conversations (email and live) with several of

March 31, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Prefab Is A Great Example of HCI Research

I talk about human computer interaction (HCI) a lot on this blog.  We’ve invested in a number of companies in our HCI theme, including Oblong, Organic Motion, and EmSense and

March 31, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Sawyer on The Notion of Willful Infringement

Tonight, during Lost, I tried to decide just how “willful” Locke-the-smoke-monster was being.  I didn’t reach a conclusion – and doubt I will until the end of the season.  In

March 30, 2010 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Email Is Still The Best Login

After downloading Skype 4.2, I realized that I could now invite all of my Facebook friends who had Skype accounts to my Skype contact list.  So I did.  Unfortunately the

March 30, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

100% Click Through Rate

I was thinking about how to drive CTR’s up via different mechanisms this morning when this email arrived in my inbox. I remembered talking about high CTR email response rates

March 30, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Are You Interested in TechStars Seattle?

I’ll be in Seattle on Tuesday 4/6 for a bunch of meetings and am attending the Seattle Open Coffee Club meeting at 8:30am at Louisa’s on 2379 Eastlake Avenue E

March 29, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

I had an amazing day on Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina.  I attended the Bank of America Technology Stars of the Future awards ceremony for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations

March 29, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

This Week’s Trip to Santa Fe

Amy and I love Santa Fe.  We need a long weekend after the past few weeks so we’ve decided to hop in the batmobile and drive as fast as we

March 29, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld