Brad Feld    I recently wrote the Foreword for Unshackled, a new book co authored by Soundarya Basubramani, a writer from India, and Sameer Khedekar, a veteran immigration lawyer. Unshackled breaks down how legal immigration works in America in a way that is friendly, accessible, and human. It’s filled with raw...

Brad Feld    Alan Arkin is one of my favorite actors. I just saw a note that he passed away yesterday. I expect I’ll look like him when I lose my hair since he looks like my dad. And every time I see Alan Arkin, I think of my dad. If you see me driving my Jeep around The post RIP Alan Arkin appeared first...

Brad Feld    The Venture Deals course is free and starts on June , . This is the fourth time we are running the new version of the course v that was co created with Techstars and Kauffman Fellows. If interested, sign up now. I hope to see you in one of the AMAs we will host for anyone who takes the ...

Brad Feld    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 Tennis coming in a close second. Both books share extraordinary writers and a topic I can relate to, given my short but profane...

Brad Feld    I got an email from Matt Blumberg this morning with the above image that said, We have been blogging for years. I can remember sitting together above Super Liquor futzing with Typepad like it was yesterday. Super Liquor is Superior Liquor in Superior, Colorado, which was on the first floor...

Brad Feld    Startup Snapshot, a data sharing platform for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, recently released its latest report, The Untold Toll: The Impact of stress on the well being of startup founders and CEOs. Clearly, the emotional state of founders and entrepreneurs in any period, especially now in this...

Brad Feld    I’m not a sports fan, but wow, this is good. The post It’s Not A Failure It’s Steps to Success appeared first on Brad Feld.

Brad Feld    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 startup communities. When Ian Hathaway and I started working on The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial...

Brad Feld    After my post about the Founder Mental Health Pledge, I received a note from Kari Palazzari, the Executive Director of Studio Arts Boulder, a local nonprofit that manages a community pottery studio. She lamented that very few members of the Boulder startup community seem to take advantage of their...