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Brad Feld

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I'm a VC at Foundry. I live in Colorado, invest in software and Internet companies around the US, run marathons, and love to read.

Boulder, CO
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4 years
This is the most informative thing I've seen so far today.
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Andrew Yang's nonprofit is partnering with the $1K Project to bring $1,000 direct monthly payments to struggling US families - created by @alexiskold and others. Wow!
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Whare aren't we using masks in the US? Does anyone have a rational answer?
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Where America Didn’t Stay Home Even as the Virus Spread
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For those of you saying "people die of way more other things that Covid-19", this visualization helps you understand the urgency of flattening the curve right now.
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Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Startups
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Techstars Co-Founder Jared Polis is Colorado's Next Governor - - @techstars @jaredpolis
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The proof is in the data. Companies with at least 1 woman founder raise more capital than all-male teams. VCs & startups should bring on more women founding partners. See this study by @Kauffmanfellows @collinrwest @gopoptosis #DiversityMatters
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A great final thought from Jack Bogel in @axios @danprimack
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The Myth of the Young Startup Founder - Center for American Entrepreneurship by @IanHathaway
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Startups, It’s Time to Think Like Camels — Not Unicorns
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The Warning Label That Should Come With Venture Capital
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Something to ponder on the first day of the new year - Advice from some old people
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8 years
170 baseball tweets to ever 1 political tweet. Ahhhh - so happy again.
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This Parody Of Every TED Talk Ever Is Absolutely Perfect
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Startup Success Outside Silicon Valley: Data from Over 200 Exits in 17 Cities @dafrankel @fcollective
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That moment when you look at your twitter feed and think to yourself "seriously - this is what people care about?"
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Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You
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Harvard Unveils MRI Study Proving Meditation Literally Rebuilds The Brain’s Gray Matter In 8 Weeks
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One of the best blog posts about VC that I've read from anyone in a while - Losing Money by @fredwilson -
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I'm so glad it's Friday afternoon. I'm ready for the weekend.
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I guess we'll have to retire the saying 'avoid it like the plague' since it turns out people don't. ht @danshapiro
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15 Founder/CEO unicorns in one room! - Startup Club @techstars
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Head over to if you'd like to join the launch team for my new book, The Startup Community Way
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Congrats to my beloved wife @abatchelor for being appointed to The Nature Conservancy Global Board of Directors @nature_org
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After three years of work, The Startup Community Way is finally going to the printer today. Pre-order at - @IanHathaway
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Stop trying to make more Silicon Valleys, VC Brad Feld argues in a new book that comes just as techies are relocating to cities across the US #startupcommunityway
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One of my favorite epic rants from @bhorowitz . I included this (with Ben's permission) in my book with @abatchelor (Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur)
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8 years
i’m starting to believe that the US presidential election is a giant trick being played on us either aliens or the superintelligence
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7 years
Meet The Immigrant Who's Creating A Venture Capital Fund For Fellow Immigrants
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The Greatest Sales Deck I’ve Ever Seen - Andy Raskin - Pocket
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9 years
11. Just remember - it's not cash until you can buy beer with it.
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Potential game changer for Covid testing - Abbott Launches 5-Minute Covid-19 Test for Use Almost Anywhere
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The improbable rise of America's hottest VC
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Our Investment in Hustle Fund @foundrygroup @HustleFundVC
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Ikigai
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With @abatchelor just funded all the @donorschoose projects in Charlottesville. #charlottesville
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9 years
Dear iOS and Siri - the word is fucking, not ducking.
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4 years
If you are an experienced non-profit fundraiser and you want to work on non-profit low cost ($300) ventilator project being done in Colorado (for national use), DM me.
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7 years
Thx @MarkSuster for saying this so clearly. "No VC should ever make a pass at any person pitching them. Ever."
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Final page proofs of Startup Opportunities 2nd Edition. Almost done. @StartupRev
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Investors who back VC funds are worried about Valley culture @danprimack
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My new book, The Entrepreneur's Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors, written with @djilk , is now out and available.
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I enjoy very public displays of lack of understanding of basic macroeconomics
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Techstars Announces Maëlle Gavet as new CEO - welcome @MaelleGavet to the team!
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MIT researchers create a reusable silicone mask to replace the N95
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Feld Thoughts: Why Gross Profit Is More Important Than Revenue
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Count me a fan of NZ and their prime minister.
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"We're just having a bit of an earthquake here": New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat when a quake struck during a live TV interview.
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Just a little friendly reminder - Why Gross Profit Is More Important Than Revenue - Feld Thoughts
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7 years
Awesome
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The #GOAT . LeBron James pledges $87MILLION to let hometown kids attend college
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Spectacular post by @profgalloway - The Great Distancing | No Mercy / No Malice
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Startup Visa in France - French President Macron launches tech visa to make France a 'country of unicorns'
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Is vc still a thing? - - @msuster totally nailed it with this presentation.
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i love it when people who I turn down for an investment end with something like “Ok then - we’ll make smarter people rich.”
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life is so fragile. i heard of three cancer deaths and two suicides today in my community. treasure every moment.
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I stumbled upon this great page by @reidhoffman about how to work with him. I've had "write an FAQ to working with me" on my todo list for a long time. This inspires me to actually do that -
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OH: My husband thought Elon Musk was a men's perfume until last month.
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Awesome dinner with three friends. Find people you love and talk openly with them and then extend that love to others.
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Totally worth a minute of your life to watch this and ponder what has happened at different points in time.
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Most popular web browsers 1995 - 2019 h/t Pie Chart Pirate
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How 19 Year Old Harry Stebbings Became a Venture Capital Star
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Foundry’s Newest Partner: Jaclyn Hester @foundrygroup @jfreester
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the US really needs a quiet weekend. i hope we get one.
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Request for Help: Looking for pulmonologist / respiratory therapists to help validate a way to mass-refit home CPAP machines into CPAP machine that could be used in a hospital, allowing clinicians to control flow, PEEP and FiO2. DM me or email brad @feld .com
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What I Learned From Reading Every Amazon Shareholders Letter
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I'm shocked. Just shocked. Federal Reserve report finds Trump's tariffs raised prices, cut employment and hurt US manufacturers . The abstract and conclusion of the actual paper at is worth reading.
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Exclusive: Fitbit's 150 billion hours of heart data reveal secrets about health
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Black Funding Matters: Time for LPs to Really Diversify - Through Diversity - Different Funds
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This book for #startup founders raising capital launched today (and is free for a couple of days). Check it out: http://t.co/YbrXTJTxOq
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There is a massive move from the major East and West coast US cities coming. It was building, but unexpected pre-Covid. Here's a note from a friend. Consider all the second-order effects ...
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Why doesn't Apple buy Greece?
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Huge congrats to all my friends at #fitbit for letting my me and partners be a part of their incredible journey. http://t.co/o02WjfP36h
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14 Books Investors Wish All Startup Founders Had Read
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The trees at our house are tasty.
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Leadership starts with paying it forward @tobyruckert
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Brad Feld completed the Portland Marathon! Time 05:38:41 (UNOFFICIAL) #pdxmarathon
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microsoft should spend some time with pete carroll to figure out how to make comebacks like that.
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CEOs Must Assume a New Role: Therapist in Chief
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it would be ok with me if i never heard the phrase “killing it” again
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China is playing such a different game than the US - Say Goodbye to Banking as We Know It
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Spend five minutes watching this. Then spend another five minutes reflecting on it.
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Feld Thoughts: Unsettled and Disgusted
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Our Zero Tolerance Policy On Sexual Harassment -
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Having a good, solid, fake vc morning.
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