About the Authors

Brad Feld (brad@foundrygroup.com, @bfeld, www.feld.com) is a co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado–based early stage venture capital fund. Foundry Group invests in information technology companies all over the United States.

Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, Brad co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and operate software companies. Brad is also a co-founder of TechStars and co-authored the book Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup.

Previously, Brad served as chief technology officer of Ameri-Data Technologies. AmeriData acquired Feld Technologies, a firm he founded in 1987 that specialized in custom software applications. Brad had grown Feld Technologies into one of Boston's leading software consulting firms prior to the acquisition. He also directed the diversification into software consulting at AmeriData, a $1.5 billion publicly traded company that was acquired by GE Capital in 1995.

In addition to his investing efforts, Brad has been active with several nonprofit organizations and currently is chairman of the National Center for Women and Information Technology. Brad is a nationally recognized speaker on the topics of venture capital investing and entrepreneurship and writes widely read and well-respected blogs atwww.feld.com andwww.askthevc.com.

Brad holds bachelor of science and master of science degrees in management science ...

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