OpenCoffee Club Coming To Boulder – Soon

Saul Klein of Index Ventures turned me on a few weeks to OpenCoffee Club – a new program he started in London that is quickly making its way across the

March 12, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Empirical Evidence of Why Software Patents Are Bad (or Good) – Part 2

In January, I posted Part 1 of an empirical approach to determining whether software patents are bad (or good). The essay was sent to me by John Funk, founder of

March 11, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Book Review: Consulting Demons

If you’ve ever been a management consultant you’ll love Consulting Demons by Lewis Pinault. My first company (Feld Technologies) did a lot of work for and with a major east coas

March 11, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Fear of Failure's Impact on Success

Jason Wood has an interesting post up titled Failure: Can fearing it impede professional greatness? It’s consistent with the title of his blog (The Ponderings of Woodrow) – really go

March 11, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Guitar Hero Freebird

There was much Guitar Hero playing last night. Those who were there know who they are and should now bow before a real master. 475,402 and a 425 note streak

March 6, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Don Dodge Rips on Microsoft Ripping on Google

I love it when a smart employee of a company calls out stupid / foolish / irrational / annoying behavior of his employers. Don Dodge – a Microsoftie who I

March 6, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

3/5/7 is an odd day

Thanks Jake for the reminder. 4 8 15 16 23 42 to you.

March 5, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

A Weekend Reading Theme

Every now and then I realize that I had a theme to my weekend reading. This weekend I absorbed three books: Ego Check, Toilets of the World, and The No

March 5, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Springtime In Boulder

Finally. We had an amazingly wonderful normal weekend in Boulder – sunny, 50 degrees, a little snow hanging around, especially in the mountains. Notwithstanding the daylight savings

March 5, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

What It's Like to Pitch at VCIR

Roger Fillion has a great, detailed article in today’s Rocky Mountain News on Todd Vernon’s experience pitching his company – Lijit – at the recent Venture Capital in the Rocky

March 5, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld