Brad Feld

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Denver Art Museum – Rich Dula’s Structural Steel @ The William Havu Gallery

Apr 19 2005
Amy and I have been collecting contemporary art for a number of years.  If you’ve even been to our house, my office, or The Nature Conservancy in Boulder, you’ve seen some of our collection.  I attribute this vice to my mom the artist, who always had a great eye for art and surrounded me with […]
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New West Boulder Launch Party – 4/14/05 – 6pm – Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Apr 07 2005
I recently made an angel investment in Jonathan Weber’s (the former editor of The Industry Standard) new publishing venture – New West Network.  I got turned on to Jonathan by Jerry Colonna who knew Jonathan well from the publishing business.  New West isn’t a “venture deal”, so we chose not to fund it as a venture […]
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Book Review: On Bullshit

Feb 21 2005
I must have a fascination with books with the word bullshit in the title, as On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt is the second I’ve read in the last twelve months (the other one was Another Bullshit Night in Suck City). Frankfurt, a Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University, has written a delightful half-book (half-book =< 100 […]
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Measure Everything

Feb 09 2005
I’m at the Microsoft Partner Advisory Council (PAC) meeting (I’m on Microsoft’s Venture Capital PAC).  Simon Witts – the Corporate VP of the Enterprise and Partner Group – is keynoting the morning session.  It unbelievable (and extremely impressive) how much Microsoft measures about their business.  In his session, Simon has been extremely candid about positives […]
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Precepts

Oct 24 2004
My first company – Feld Technologies – was a transformational experience for me.  I started the company in 1985 out of my fraternity at MIT.  My first major client was a 100 person dental practice in California (run by the step-father of one of my fraternity brothers) – I wrote their office management and insurance […]
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Homer, Alaska in the NY Times

Jul 24 2004
I mentioned recently that we have a place in Homer, Alaska. A common refrain that we hear from our friends is “where is Homer?” Well, believe it or not, the New York Times wrote an article on Homer in today’s NY Times (Friday, 7/23) titled 36 Hours In Homer, Alaska. It’s a cute story that […]
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Book Review: The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

Jun 21 2004
Amy finished The Kite Runner the other day and immediately called me on my cell phone and said “I just read the best first novel that I’ve read so far this year.” NPR’s Susan Stamberg had a great piece on summer reading and first novels this morning and – as Amy has been working on […]
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Ugly Americans

May 23 2004
Nope – this is not yet another post about Iraq. I just finished reading Ugly Americans : The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions. Awesome! Ben Mezrich previously wrote Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions. I directly […]
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Generation X Philanthropy and Generation X

May 17 2004
I had lunch today with Gary Zeff who runs Boulder Open Studios. In addition to talking about Open Studios – which is a very cool thing for the local Boulder art community – we got into a long discussion about why my generation (Generation X – born between 1965 and 1980) is so light on […]
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