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

Political Joke of the Day

I have no idea where this joke came from, but I couldn’t resist posting it because it combined Alaska, Massachusetts, Democrats, Republicans, Guns, the Pope, and a Grizzly Bear. The

August 19, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

ASP = SaaS = Cloud = ?

Matt McAdams has a clever blog up titled Up next: telesoftware!  He discusses the rise of our favorite new buzzword (hint: it’s "Cloud Computing") and spends some time harkening b

August 19, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Approaching A VC

My partner Chris Wand has a long guest post up on Ask the VC titled How Should I Approach a VC I Don’t Know?  Lots of good do’s and don’ts

August 18, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Priorities of a Venture Capitalist

I’m baffled whenever I hear from a CEO that he’s having trouble getting a response from one of his VC investors.  Unfortunately, this is a very common occurrence in VC-backed

August 15, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

AOL Acquires SocialThing

After some rumors a few weeks ago, it’s now official.  AOL has acquired SocialThing.  I’m immensely proud of the Matt, Ben, and Brian.  As one of the members of the

August 15, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld