FastCompany RSS

  • Technology
  • Designs
  • Ethonomics
  • Leadership
Magazine Newsletters Subscribe

Topic: Brad Feld

  
   |  Comment

Best Business Blogs: Venture Capital

BY Jena McGregor
Relevancy Score: 100

An expanded list of our favorites.READ»

   |  Comment

Serious Questions for Super Angels

BY Brad Feld
Relevancy Score: 100

In the beginning, there were angel investors. And it was good. As individual angel investors made more and more investments, they became super angels. One day a super angel woke up and thought to himself, "Gosh, I could do a lot more investments if I had a fund." And so the super angels became micro-VCs (or "institutionalized super angels").READ»

   |  Comment

Intrinsic Motivation

BY Brad Feld
Relevancy Score: 100

At a talk I gave recently to a room full of first year graduate business school students, I was asked "what motivates me." Before I answered, I felt compelled to explain what intrinsic motivation is and used the following example to ...READ»

   |  Comment

Why You Should Start a Company in... Boulder

BY Laura Rich
Relevancy Score: 100

It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in ...READ»

   |  Comment

Liquidity Events

BY Jena McGregor
Relevancy Score: 100

These days, for better or worse, everyone seems to be a blogger. How to know what's worth reading? This month, Fast Company unveils our top picks from the ever-expanding blog universe -- starting with the best from the world of venture capital.READ»

   |  Comment

The Lack of Women in Tech

BY Brad Feld
Relevancy Score: 98

The meme of the lack of women in tech (or software, or entrepreneurship) appeared in several places today. I've been the chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology for a number of years and deeply involved in this issue. It's very satisfying for me to see a meme like this pick up speed.READ»

   |  Comment

How I Think About Seed Investing as a VC

BY Brad Feld
Relevancy Score: 89

Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed ...READ»

   |  Comment

How the SEC Is Violating My Wife's First Amendment Rights

BY Brad Feld
Relevancy Score: 69

Over the past 24 months, a deplorable activity in the money management business came to light. It got the name "pay to play" but was just another form of bribery. However, for some reason, the definition of this expanded to include any campaign contributions to any state or local officials.READ»

   |  Comment

Attracting Smart People to Your Community Accelerates Entrepreneurship

BY Brad Feld
Relevancy Score: 64

Entrepreneurial communities grow up around smart people. Whenever someone in government asks me what they can do to accelerate entrepreneurship, I always tell them to put as much money and energy as they can into education. If you build a broad base of smart, inquisitive, curious people that are long term members of your community, you'll be delighted with the results.READ»

   |  Comment

Addressing the VC Seed Investor Signaling Problem

BY Brad Feld
Relevancy Score: 62

One of the most common criticisms of VC investors making seed investments is what has become known as "the signaling problem." VCs can create a "negative perception" about a company if they make a seed investment but then don't follow through and make a next round investment.READ»

   |  Comment

Have We Reached the Software Patent Tipping Point?

BY Brad Feld
Relevancy Score: 46

We've shifted into a new zone in the world of software patent stupidity. Oracle sued Google over a series of Java-related patents and Paul Allen sued 11 major software companies. This behavior is an absurd abuse of the patent system. It's a massive tax on innovation.READ»

   |  Comment

Google Voice Returns to the iPhone, by Hook or by Crook

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 14

This is a case of fabulous PR timing: Google's just released Google Voice for the iPhone...and this time it works. It's all thanks to some nifty HTML5 coding, and Google's clearly hoping to steal some of Apple's iTablet ...READ»