The 800 Pound Gorilla Problem

I was at a board meeting recently where the board and management was discussing the company’s market position. This is a strong company that leads its market and, as a

November 23, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

TapLynx Black Friday Sale

A month ago, NewsGator released TapLynx – their framework for building iPhone apps.  They took the core code of NetNewsWire for the iPhone, abstracted it out, and built a really

November 23, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Can A Soundtrack Make or Break a Tech Conference?

I’ve been to my share of tech conferences that either don’t have any music playing or have some horrible mix that the hotel supplies turned up either a little to

November 22, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

BlogTalkRadio Interview on the Startup Visa Movement

Last week I did an hour long interview with Jon Hansen on the Startup Visa Movement titled Diminishing Prospects: How U.S. Policy is Undermining Entrepreneurial Vision. The interview is embedded

November 22, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

TechStars, StartUp Visa, iRobot Looj, and Cornell

You may be thinking “what do these things have to do with one another?”  Well – they are all in my browser this morning after I returned from my run

November 19, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Living Life While Working Hard

I had a 19 hour day yesterday – it started when I woke up at my hotel at 26th Street at 5am and ended when I hit the sack at

November 18, 2009 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Zeitoun

Over the weekend, I read what I think is going to be my “best book of the year.”  It’s Zeitoun by Dave Eggars of McSweeney’s fame. Some people just know

November 17, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

How I Use The Gist Dashboard View

I’m in NY all week with a jam packed schedule so I thought it would be a good week to talk a little about how I use Gist since I’ll

November 17, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

DIA Backlit By A Rising Sun

Another awesome APOD photo. I wonder how evil and scary the blue horse looks when backlit like this.

November 14, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

I Want More Information, Not Less

I spent the last two days at the Defrag Conference.  It was awesome on so many levels including the content, the venue, seeing a bunch of great friends, and meeting

November 13, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld