One Year Ago Today

My first full day in isolation was one year ago. My last dinner out was on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, with Mike Platt. I remember driving home that night pondering

March 10, 2021 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Humans Just Don't Understand Complex Systems

My first reaction to this photo was “you’ve got to be fucking kidding me.” My next reaction was the title of this post, “Humans Just Don’t Understand Complex Systems.

June 26, 2020 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Black Lives Matter and My Fear About Short Attention Spans

While I was trying to get my soul to reset a little yesterday, I worried about short attention spans. As humans, we naturally have short attention spans that are amplified

June 8, 2020 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Book: The End of October

I took a digital sabbath yesterday. I ended up doing three things. Read The End of October by Lawrence Wright Took a nap Watched three episodes of Breaking Bad I

May 3, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Covid-19 Podcasts About Crises and Mental Health

Over the past week, I’ve done a handful of podcasts to help entrepreneurs, leaders, and employees at startups to help think through how to respond in a crisis. I’ve requested

March 20, 2020 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Don't Waste A Crisis

This cliche, which has uncertain attribution (Winston Churchill, Rahm Emmanuel, M. F. Weiner) is a priceless line that gets tossed out periodically, especially in the middle of a crisis. Over the year

June 21, 2016 · 3 min · Brad Feld