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The Rock Band played on: Harmonix working on 3 new games
Hamonix is officially done with Rock Band. On April 2, the developer will release Don McLean’s “American Pie” — and that will mark the last track the company will add to its downloadable-song store....
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How to support immigration reform: Join the virtual march on Washington
GUEST: This is a guest post by Brad Feld, a managing director at Foundry Group. With the immigration debate in Washington heating up, Americans across the country recognize that we need smart and...
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Is LinkedIn Intro good, bad, or impossible?
When LinkedIn posted LinkedIn Intro: Doing the Impossible on iOS, I was intrigued. The post title was provocative (presumably as intended) and drew a lot of attention from various people in the...
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The future is enchanted objects, not glass slabs
GUEST: This is a guest post by Brad Feld, a managing director at Foundry Group. On Saturday, I read the final draft of a magnificent book by David Rose. The book is titled Enchanted Objects: Design,...
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No one wants your PowerPoint: How to make board meetings better
GUEST: In my new book, Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors, in addition to decomposing and explaining a lot about the functioning of board meetings, I also describe my ideal...
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Two theses for building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in your community
GUEST: Yesterday, Kauffman Foundation released a study that provided empirical support for the Boulder Thesis that I came up with in my book Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem...
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Tech stock correction? This has all happened before
In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25 percent decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. They range from “the sky is falling” to...
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Tech employees: You are not your stock price
GUEST: If you are an founder or employee of a public company, repeat after me: “I am not my stock price.” This is one of my favorite Jeff Bezos quotes. It’s easily to get bummed out when your stock...
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'How can this be a billion dollar company?' and other BS questions VCs ask
I was in the bathroom this morning catching up on all the blogs (via Feedly) that I hadn’t read this week since my head was in a bunch of other things. I came across one from Nic Brisbourne (Forward...
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Startup founders: If you are contemplating suicide, get help
GUEST: I know this post is going to be a downer but I think there is a lot more to be talked about regarding depression, mental health, and entrepreneurship. I recently heard a terrifying stat about...
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Mattermark, the startup helping investors rank other startups, picks up $6.5M
We once described business intelligence company Mattermark as “counting cards” when it comes to evaluating startups amid a sea of gamblers. And it looks like the strategy is paying off, as the company...
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How FullContact helps make Gmail contacts less lame
GUEST: Editor’s note: Brad Feld’s firm, Foundry Group, is an investor in FullContact. I live in Gmail. Gmail Contacts has been lame for a long time. Within an email, it’s even lamer on the right side...
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My recently erratic world of the Gmail spam filter
Let’s start with a brief history of my investment-led fight against the perils of spam and my never-ending love of SMTP. We were investors in Postini and my partner Ryan sat on the board. It...
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Here’s an easy way to identify potential leaders via email
As the Boulder startup community evolved, I started to become inundated with people who wanted to get involved. Some of these were locals while others where people looking to move to Boulder, or who...
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The death of distance, the end of time, and the net neutrality blip
I was fortunate to spend an hour with a group of about 30 people and Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the FCC yesterday morning. It was a super interesting and stimulating conversation that preceded an...
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How to deal with email after a long vacation
Since I’ve been thinking about email recently, I thought I’d write about how to deal with it after a long vacation away from the Internet. Over the years, I’ve heard over and over again from people who...
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Get ready for the first real intersection of music and virtual reality
In 1995 I made a seed investment in a tiny company called Harmonix founded by two guys, Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy. After one meeting with them I knew I wanted to be part of their journey and made...
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Cash policies for startups
I heard a rumor on a call the other day that some startups are starting to keep balance sheet cash in higher yield instruments such as corporate debt. This is apparently becoming trendy again as...
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Investor Brad Feld explains why he tries to say no to startups in just 60...
GUEST: 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 later I got the following email from the...
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Bringing depression out of the shadows in startups
I’ve been very open about my struggles with depression over the years. A few weeks ago, I participated in a Q&A with Greg Avery at the Denver Business Journal titled Brad Feld Q&A: Bringing...
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When greed turns to fear
There is a cliche in the financial world that has been around forever. Two things drive decisions: Greed and Fear For the past few years, we’ve been a zone where greed has been dominating. Every now...
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What is the ‘Third Wave’ of this generation?
When I was 14, my dad gave me a copy of Alvin Toffler’s book The Third Wave It blew my fucking mind. I then read its predecessor Future Shock, which was good, but since my mind was already blown, it...
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A conversation with Jerry Colonna about life
Of all the podcast interviews I’ve done over the years, I think the one I recently did with Jerry Colonna on his Reboot podcast series is my favorite. In the podcast show notes, Jerry links to a fun...
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Why teleportation will be awesome
As I sit in my hotel room in Virginia trying to fall asleep (and not succeeding), my mind has wandered to my trip here from Austin this morning and my trip home to Colorado tomorrow. During this...
View ArticleColorado entrepreneurs say they are doing ‘awesome’& have the data to prove it
For entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley is no longer the only option. Burgeoning tech hubs like Seattle, Boulder, Austin and Denver offer a strong community, tax breaks, and a lower cost of living. Above:...
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Evolution of the modern cloud: How the cloud’s value proposition is changing
GUEST: I’ve promoted cloud computing since the very early days of my career — nearly ten years. While I still have a passion for the cloud, the technology’s value proposition has changed drastically...
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Nix Hydra raises $5M to make games for young women (exclusive)
Nix Hydra, a Los Angeles entertainment studio that makes games and other apps for young women, has raised $5 million in funding from the Foundry Group. That’s not bad for a company that focuses on a...
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PitchBook: Colorado and Utah have a surprisingly high density of late-stage...
There’s no exact formula that cities and states can follow to create a healthy startup community in the vein of Silicon Valley, but that doesn’t stop them from trying to find one. To that end, venture...
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4 tips for scheduling efficient meetings in 30 minutes or less
Have you ever finished something and thought to yourself, “That didn’t need to take an hour?” In my world, I have an endless stream of requests to do something for an hour. I just looked at my calendar...
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Techstars launches program to assist growing startup communities, starting in...
In its new startup ecosystem development program, Techstars will partner with cities of more than 100,000 people to help them become entrepreneurial hubs.Read More
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