The Illusion of Progress

I’ve had a busy July – lots activity in my portfolio, travel, and interesting stuff to deal with.  Most of the companies in my portfolio had solid Q2’s (recession?  what

July 27, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Eric Ries Is Coming To Boulder

I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking

July 24, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

TechStars: Episode 8: Your Best Friend

I hope you are enjoying the TechStars video series as much as I am.  This week’s video – Episode 8: Your Best Friend is a special one.  Early on Jeffrey

July 22, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

My First Office – 875 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Everyone remembers their first "X".  Last Thursday, I spent the day in Cambridge at the TechStars Boston office.  It’s in Central Square, just down the block from where I lived

July 20, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Sensobi – A Better Address Book For Your BlackBerry

I spent last Thursday at TechStars Boston meeting with all of the TechStars Boston 2009 teams.  They’ve all made a ton of progress since I met with them a month

July 20, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Book: Computing in the Middle Ages

The book I read tonight – Computing in the Middle Ages: A View From the Trenches 1955-1983 by Severo Ornstein – stood out in stark contrast to the book I

July 19, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Mastering A Genre – Book: The Accidental Billionaires

Yesterday afternoon I read Ben Mezrich’s latest book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal.  I downloaded it on my Kindle yesterday

July 19, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Inside Zynga

My friends at Zynga just put up a short video on the YouTube Zynga channel titled Inside Zynga which is an intro to their company. I’ve never been involved in

July 18, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

RFID Makes Running Marathons More Fun

When I ran my first marathon in 1983, I remember carefully filling out all the information on my race number so that when I crossed the finish line the race

July 16, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Disrupting the Conference Call Market – Again

Yesterday, Gold Systems released their new Conference Server.  This is a new conference call product built on top of Microsoft Office Communications Server.  I’ve been a user of conference c

July 16, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld