How We Think About Values Versus Deeply Held Beliefs

Matt Blumberg, the CEO of Return Path, has an outstanding post up this morning titled The Difference Between Culture and Values. Go read it, I’ll be here when you get back. If

June 25, 2015 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Why We Pass Quickly On Things

I passed on something referred to us by a close VC friend (who I’ll call Joe) who I’ve done a bunch of investments with over the years. A few minutes

April 10, 2015 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Foundry Group Traditions: Gnip Exit Gift

Foundry Group has now been around for over seven years and I’ve been working with my partners for 14 years. We’ve started to develop some traditions. One of my favorites

December 30, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Mattermark – An Example of How We Decide to Invest

There is a moment during the exploration of a new relationship where a switch flips and the answer is “I want to do this.” With Mattermark, I remember the moment

December 23, 2014 · 6 min · Brad Feld

Second Order Impact of FG Angels

If you’ve been following along at home, you know that we recently created an AngelList Syndicate called FG Angels. Our goal is to make 50 investments through AngelList before the

July 24, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Foundry Women's Exec Summit

A few weeks ago we had a summit for the women execs in our portfolio. About 40 women attended. Overall we identified about 70 women in our portfolio in leadership positions,

July 23, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Introducing FG Press

Every year or so my partners and I at Foundry Group create a new company, or start a new project, that we believe had the potential to change the way

February 26, 2014 · 6 min · Brad Feld

Getting a New Receptionist with TextUs.Biz

While I have nothing against receptionists, I’ve always felt like it was a thankless job that should be able to easily be replaced by the machines. Many of the people

November 12, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Worst of Times For Technology

Time for a new Foundry Group video. If you want the backstory, go take a look at the post Foundry Group Announces Major Shift In Investment Strategy. If you just want

October 17, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Launching FG Angels To Make Investments on AngelList

This morning my partners at Foundry Group and I announced that we are going to make 50 seed investments of $50,000 each on AngelList between now and the end of

October 1, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld