Amazon Acquires Shelfari

Congrats to Josh Hug and the gang at Shelfari for joining the Amazon.com family.  I was an early angel investor in Shelfari and have been a long time avid user

August 27, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

What A House Hit By Lightning Looks Like

The parents of a close friend just had a direct lightning strike on their house.  It immediately burned to the ground and everything was lost. The simple advice from my

August 27, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Solving the H-1B Visa Issue

One of the big topics that came up on the panel I was on today at the DNC was the issue surrounding the labor supply in the US in computer

August 26, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

2008 Technology Roundtable at the DNC

I’m having my half day DNC experience this morning.  At 10am I’m on a panel creatively titled 2008 Technology Roundtable.  It’s limited attendee (200 people at the Ricketso

August 26, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Fantastic Post By Calacanis On How To Get PR

Anyone who has worked with me knows that one of my favorite lines is "marketing is stupid."  And – if you really know me – you know that I don’t

August 21, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

In The Stupid Patent Advertising Category

It’s DNC time in Denver and all kinds of weird advertisements are popping up all over the place, including the airport.  My partner Jason sent me a photo of this

August 21, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Gluing EventVue and Twitter Together

At Foundry Group, one of our investment themes is Glue.  We’ve done a handful of investments in this area, including Gnip.  Since Gnip’s launch last month, it’s been put in

August 21, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Lessons From Phelps and Bolt

Jason and I were talking about some of the running events in the Olympics as we walked in to the office together this morning.  After chatting about the marathon, he

August 20, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

It Should Be A Fun Day

I like this life thing.  Good luck TechStars Class of 2008!

August 20, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Upcoming Idaho Marathon

Marathon #12 is on Saturday.  I’ll be running the Mesa Falls Marathon in Ashton, Idaho.  157 people ran it last year so it’s a deliciously small one.  I’ve been traini

August 20, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld