The Best Entrepreneurs Know How To Fail Fast

Last night at the TechStars Boulder Mentor dinner I got into a conversation about what makes a better CEO of a new startup – an experienced entrepreneur who’s last company

April 28, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Don’t Confuse a Conference and a Trade Show

Eric Norlin has a great post up this morning titled A conference is about community.  In it, he describes clearly the difference between a conference and a trade show, what

April 28, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Transforming the State of Colorado’s Information Technology Services

After Bill Ritter was elected governor of Colorado in 2006, I was asked to be a member of the IT transition team.  We had about a month to review the

April 27, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Foodzie and Brightkite Make Businessweek Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2009

My friends at Foodzie (TechStars 2008) and Brightkite (TechStars 2007) were both recently named Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs of 2009.  There are a bunch of neat links up on the

April 27, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

High School Prom Is Just Around The Corner

I stayed at my parents’ house in Dallas on Tuesday night.  My mom has been going through a “clean all the shit out of the house” routine and keeps dumping

April 24, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Vancouver Entrepreneurial Energy

I did another Beers with Brad event tonight in Vancouver.  Danny Robinson and Boris Mann of Bootup Labs pulled it together with some help from their friends and a few

April 22, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Maturing of the Implicit Web

I’ve been fascinated with the notion of the Implicit Web since I determined that I was tired of my computer (and the Internet in general) being stupid.  I wanted it

April 22, 2009 · 4 min · Brad Feld

The Sun Shines On Oracle in Colorado

Sorry – I just could not help myself when crafting that title.  I wonder if it’ll get good SEO juice.  And yes – it was a really sunny day today

April 20, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Power of Peer Groups

I had a phenomenal day.  A few months ago my friend Bill Flagg recommended that I be a speaker at this year’s Gathering of Titans (GOT) event.  This is an

April 18, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Help Todd Vernon Put On A Leash

I love working with Todd Vernon, the CEO of Lijit.  Todd and I have been friends since I met him in 1997 when I was an investor in the seed

April 17, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld