Anti-VR

A central theme of science fiction over the past 20 years has been the dystopian future of humans, laying on couches, connected to machines that feed them and process their

March 8, 2019 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Book: Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe

I read Roger McNamee’s book Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe the day it came out. While likely uncomfortable for a lot of people, it was excellent, provocative, and

March 6, 2019 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Give A Teacher Of Your Choice A Sphero RVR

As part of the Sphero RVR Kickstarter campaign, Amy and I have decided to give away up to 200 RVRs as part of a new tier called the 2 RVRs

March 5, 2019 · 1 min · Brad Feld

littleBits Is Helping To Close The Gender Gap in Technology

We’ve been investors in littleBits since 2013. Last night, littleBits was featured as an example in the 60 Minutes segment on Closing the Gender Gap in the Tech Industry. Among other

March 4, 2019 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Book: Digital Minimalism

Several friends have mentioned that I’d love Cal Newport’s writing. I finally got around to reading his most recent book, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

March 3, 2019 · 3 min · Brad Feld

How to Build a Successful Startup Ecosystem in your City

I participated in a one hour Crowdcast yesterday with Techstars and 43 North about How to Build a Successful Startup Ecosystem in your City. Some of the thoughts from my

March 1, 2019 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Three Year Future Org Chart Exercise

I’ve been doing a three-year future org chart exercise with the CEOs of a number of the companies I’m involved in between $25m and $250m in revenue. This can be

February 28, 2019 · 5 min · Brad Feld

The American Tailwind 

Every year, one of my favorite things to read is the Berkshire Hathaway annual letter. The 2018 version is out and, as always, is a beautiful thing to read if

February 23, 2019 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Robin Hauser's Film Bias at the Boulder International Film Festival 2019

Amy and I are long-time supporters of the Boulder International Film Festival. The 2019 festival starts soon and runs from February 28 to March 3rd. Bias, one of the documentaries

February 22, 2019 · 1 min · Brad Feld

How To Get A Job In Venture Capital

My partner Seth Levine has written several posts over the years on the topic of how to get a job in venture capital. His 2019 post, titled creatively How To&nbs

February 21, 2019 · 2 min · Brad Feld