Leadership, Ego, and Saying No with Seth Godin

I’ve been enjoying doing podcasts again on the Techstars Give First Podcast. When I went into hibernation two years ago, David carried the weight of the podcast and kept it

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · Brad Feld

My Favorite Books Become Movies

I am an enormous Andy Weir fan – I think a long dinner 1:1 with him would be epicly fun. While I usually run naked (I don’t listen to anything),

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Podcasts on The Startup Community Movement

As I wander around Seattle for a few days, including a fun event with JP Morgan in the morning and PSL at the end of the day, I’ve been pondering

July 2, 2025 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Is AI Just Software?

I decided to ask Claude (Opus 4), Gemini (2.5 Pro), and ChatGPT a few personal questions. I’m tired of the excessive anthropomorphizing of “AI software”, so I thought I’d see [

June 30, 2025 · 10 min · Brad Feld

Non-Transactional, Positive-Sum, and Multi-Turn

I spent two days in Toronto (hosted by Matt Golden at Golden Ventures) and a day in Upstate New York (hosted by Martin Babinec) this week as part of the

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Give First is a Philosophy, Not a Religion

Give First: The Power of Mentorship is now available in both physical and Kindle formats. BradTheBookSalesman says, “Don’t wait, buy it today!” And yes, someday it will be available

June 24, 2025 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Book: Fever Pitch: A Novel About Selling Your Vision, Raising Venture Capital, and Launching Your Startup

As I gear up for the official launch of Give First: The Power of Mentorship this week, I spent the weekend reading, playing with my 7GL, running, celebrating my 32nd

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Tech4Youth – Inspiration at Any Age

Amy and I have helped start several non-profits over the last 30 years. While our Anchor Point Foundation covers a wide range of initiatives, most of the projects we’ve co-founded

June 22, 2025 · 3 min · Brad Feld

LLMs Just Lie

The AI hallucination problem is well known. If you’ve used any of the LLMs with any depth, I expect you’ve encountered this. One of the hints for me has been

June 20, 2025 · 8 min · Brad Feld

Book: The System: A Novel of the Deep State

I haven’t read much in the last 30 days as I’ve been consumed with writing, speaking, and events around the launch of Give First: The Power of Mentorship. The Kindle

June 19, 2025 · 4 min · Brad Feld