TechStars: Episode 13: Bean Town

This year TechStars ran a program in Boston.  Shawn Broderick was the ring leader and everyone had an awesome time.  To get a feel for the scene, take a look

October 10, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Our Very Busy Government Regulators

Two things really tweaked me in the past 24 hours. The FTC rules to regulate product endorsements in blogs The US Antitrust Inquiry of IBM The FTC thing is just

October 8, 2009 · 4 min · Brad Feld

StartupVisa Video and Congressman Jared Polis Comments

Last week I was interviewed by the Denver Business Journal for an article on the StartupVisa Movement.   Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) – who represents the district in which I live

October 3, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

RedLaser #2 Paid App in the AppStore!

The other day I wrote about two TechStars companies (Occipital and DailyBurn) teaming up to create FoodScanner for the iPhone. That app is now in the top 65 in the

October 1, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

StartupVisa Momentum

In the few weeks since I wrote the post The Founders Visa Movement there has been a ton of positive momentum, input, ideas, and support.  Thanks to the efforts of Dave

September 29, 2009 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Defrag 2009 – Your Locally Owned Restaurant of Tech Conferences

Defrag 2009 is happening in Denver on November 11th and 12th.  As this is Defrag’s third year, I can say with great confidence that it will be an amazing experience.

September 29, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

I Almost Ended Up in Jail Last Night

I’ll start with the lesson that I learned: Always make sure your license plate matches your registration and insurance forms that you keep in your car and that these are

September 29, 2009 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Be Your Own Lobbyist – Donate to the Startup Visa Initiative

The Startup Visa movement is picking up a lot of speed.  I’ve had more positive conversations about it than I have about any other government related thing I’ve been involved

September 28, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Nice Move By Funding Universe

A few weeks ago I wrote a post titled An Angel Investor Group Move That Makes Me Vomit.  In the post, I lambasted the practice of charging entrepreneurs to pitch

September 28, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

DailyBurn and Occipital Team Up to Create FoodScanner

In an intense environment like TechStars, filled with smart and extremely driven people, you might expect that things would get competitive among the teams. However, one of the most interesting

September 24, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld