Why entrepreneurs need to share moments of weakness with their startup peers

Panelists at last night's discussion on managing family life and startups.

“Oh excuse me, it’s Amy,” said Brad Feld as he answered his wife’s phone call, while sitting on stage doing a live panel to a packed out room at the Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle. Priorities! Many topics were covered during last night’s session, to share insights on how we, as entrepreneurs and workaholics, can… Read More…

SEOmoz raises $18 million, Brad Feld joining board — and yes, the deal has closed

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SEOmoz CEO Rand Fishkin has been down this path before, as detailed in his extensive account of the company’s unsuccessful attempt to raise a large round of venture capital funding last year. But this time, with a different investor, the deal has actually closed. They’re so excited that they’ve created their own Internet memes about it…. Read More…

Tech humor: The crazy, wacky and stupid things that VCs do

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Venture capitalists do some of the wackiest things. (OK, not really). But now, thanks to venture capitalist Brad Feld, there’s a new comedy Web site devoted to the wacky and silly behavior of this privileged investment class. Feld has started a new comedy site called I Can Has VC, hosted on Cheezburger. There you will… Read More…

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

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[Foundry Group co-founders Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson are the authors of Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist, published by John Wiley & Sons. This excerpt is from Chapter 2: How to Raise Money] Your goal when you are raising a round of financing should be to get several term sheets. While… Read More…

Greg Gottesman, Brad Feld and others join board of Startup Weekend

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Startup Weekend, the Seattle-based non profit which coordinates 54-hour startup marathons at locations across the globe, has formed a new board with leading venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and execs from the Kauffman Foundation. New members include Carl Schramm, CEO of The Kauffman Foundation;  Steve Blank, an entrepreneur and professor at Stanford and Berkeley;  Greg Gottesman, managing director… Read More…