Leading Through Crisis: 96 hours after the fall of SVB

On Tuesday, David Cohen (Techstars co-founder/chair) and I did an AMA for Techstars founders about the SVB crisis. The team at Techstars turned it into a podcast for our Give

March 16, 2023 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Founder Mental Health Pledge

Since the middle of last week, there has been extreme stress on founders, startup leaders, and the extended startup community. This stress accelerated on Friday when the FDIC shut down

March 14, 2023 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Global EIR and Silicon Valley Bank Funding Match

Today Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) announced their support for Global EIR, a cause for which I care deeply. As you may know, over breakfast in 2015 Jeff Bussgang and I

June 13, 2017 · 4 min · Brad Feld

My First Public Startup Boards Talk – 3/6/14

On Thursday March 6th I’m doing my first public talk about my newest book – Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors. If you’ve got a copy,

March 3, 2014 · 2 min · Brad Feld

How Convertible Debt Works

Last night I gave a talk hosted by SVB at their Palo Alto office. It was part of the “Never Ending All Old Is New Again Venture Deals Book Tour.”

October 12, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld