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

Events Next Week That I’m At

As I continue to walk the earth, like Caine in Kung-Fu, I’m enjoying another early morning in Mountain View.  I look forward to getting back home to Boulder late tonight,

September 24, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Eliminate Ranges From Your Negotiating Vocabulary

I was fortunate that two of my early mentors were master dealmakers.  They had different styles and approaches so I learned an incredible amount from each of them.  Before I

September 23, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

TechStars 2009 Demo Day in Mountain View – 9/30/09

We’ve just wrapped up our third year of doing TechStars and not only do we have some interesting companies coming out of Boulder, we also have a bunch coming out

September 21, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

@2gov and The Founders Visa Movement

I received an overwhelming response to my post last week titled The Founders Visa Movement. There were tons of comments – both positive and negative (many constructive on both sides),

September 19, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Why I Read Science Fiction

Yesterday morning I spent the day at my semi-annual MIT Sloan Executive Advisory Board meeting.  During breaks, I got into two separate conversations about a book I read last week

September 18, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Gist Is Now Available to All

For those of you that are regular readers, you know how excited I am about Gist, an investment we made earlier this year.  On Tuesday Gist launched their open beta

September 17, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Huffington Post Shows Up In Boulder/Denver With Substance

The Huffington Post launched their Denver channel today (but I’m going to call it the Boulder/Denver channel because it’s really both.)  And they launched with a bunch of great, substantive

September 16, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

MassTLC Innovation 2009 Unconference – 10/1/09

When I was last on the grid, I was returning to NY from Boston on the Acela Express after the first TechStars Boston Investor Day.  It was a tremendous experience

September 16, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld