My Dad's Summer Camp Story – 1950

I love it when my dad writes about personal history on his blog.  He’s a great storyteller and is extremely articulate about living and growing up in a generation that

July 23, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Doubling Down

Fred Wilson – my friend and co-investor in Zynga – titled his post on Zynga’s $29 million financing Raising The Stakes so I couldn’t resist titling my post Doubling Down. 

July 23, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Glue and Comments

Since last summer I’ve been talking about comments as the Dark Matter of the Blogosphere.  I use Intense Debate* for the comment system on my blog and have learned a

July 22, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

I'm Speculating About The Speculation About Oil

Having just finished reading George Soros’s latest book The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means my brain is now full of his

July 22, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Running and Conferences

I’ve got some fun things for you to do this Monday morning (or at least to put on your schedule to do.) Want to learn how to run?  How to

July 21, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Reporting on w3w3 from Homer, Alaska

My friend Larry Nelson who with his wife Pat runs w3w3.com interviews me periodically.  I’m always happy to talk to Larry – he’s a tireless reporter on the Colorado entrepreneur

July 21, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Brilliant Op-Ed Crushing McCain On The Economy

My Sunday morning online scan of the New York Times turned up an awesome Op-Ed by Frank Rich titled It’s the Economic Stupidity, Stupid.  It’s a scathing (er – "fucking

July 20, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Excellent Story on the Failure of Monitor110

It’s unusual for a founder to write a long thoughtful post on the failure of his company.  Roger Ehrenberg – the co-founder of Monitor110 – which shut down earlier this

July 19, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Will You Marry Me On Scramble?

Who said the magic of Facebook is wearing thin?  Nah.  Cynics. One of our investments – Zynga – helped a nice young couple (Tyler Richardson and his (now) fiancee Christine)

July 18, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Gnip Starts Getting Twitter Data

One of the questions I’ve been asked numerous times since Gnip launched a few weeks ago is "when is Gnip going to start working with Twitter?"  The answer is: today.

July 18, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld