Book: Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process

John McPhee’s Levels of the Game was published when I was three. I’ve read many books about tennis, but it’s still my favorite, with String Theory: David Foster Wallace on

May 21, 2023 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Book: Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide

Chris Heivly released Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide. I encourage you to get Chris’s book if you are a startup community builder or are interested in

April 26, 2023 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Book: Startup Boards, 2nd Edition Is Available

The 2nd Edition of my book Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors launched today. My co-authors, Matt Blumberg, the CEO of Bolster,

June 15, 2022 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Summer Is Here

About a year ago, I decided to take a summer vacation from blogging. I didn’t feel like blogging when summer ended, so I extended my blogging vacation indefinitely. I figured

June 8, 2022 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company's Critical Functions and Teams

Matt Blumberg has a new book out titled Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup

June 9, 2021 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Investment vs. Speculation

I reread Enough.: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life by John C. Bogle over the weekend. I’d read it in 2012 and it had a huge impact on me.

June 8, 2021 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Book: LEVERS – The Framework For Building Repeatability into Your Business

The best businesses are data-driven and metrics-driven. Instead of simply tracking top-line metrics, every person in the organization understands their role, how they impact the business metrics, and

April 20, 2021 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Partial Q1 Vacation – Books and Running

I sort of took a Q1 Vacation last week. 2021 didn’t really feel like it started for me until January 21st. Yeah, I took a company public on January 4th,

April 6, 2021 · 6 min · Brad Feld

Book: The Soul of an Octopus

My favorite animal is a polar bear. For some reason, I have always related to polar bears. When I’m reincarnated, I hope I come back as a polar bear. I’ve

February 28, 2021 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Book: Becoming Monday

I read G. W. Constable’s near term sci-fi book Becoming Monday. If you are a fan of near term sci-fi, AGI, or the singularity, go get a copy right now

November 15, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld