Your Chances of Getting a Venture Job

Thisisgoingtobebig.com 10/28 12:54A Charlie O'Donnell

I get asked all the time: How do you actually break into venture? Getting an early-stage VC job — analyst, associate, whatever the title — is incredibly competitive. The hardest part isn’t just breaking in—it’s the level-setting . Figuring out...

Leveling Up in the Vibe Coding Video Game

Feld Thoughts 10/13 3:56A Brad Feld

While vibe coding was a catchy phrase when I first heard it, something about it felt like a head fake to me. And, now that I ve leveled up to competent individual software developer again (after 33 years of not writing any code) I think it s the...

When the Music’s over: founder Life immediately after failure

Thisisgoingtobebig.com 10/6 9:53A Charlie O'Donnell

So Your Startup Failed. Now What? Statistically, most startups fail. Mine did. I started a company in 2007, ran it for two years, and it didn’t work. I was a pretty bad head of product, and we tried to raise money in October 2008 — right as the...

Break the Fast With Me and Sue Heilbronner in Longmont on 10/2

Feld Thoughts 10/1 6:27A Brad Feld

I m not aware if there has ever been a book launch associated with a Yom Kippur Break Fast , but we are going to have one as part of the launch of Sue Heilbronner s excellent new book, Never Ask for...

I’m Ensorcelled by Books by Friends

Feld Thoughts 9/3 5:30A Brad Feld

I love books. I love reading. I love reading books. Ensorcelled by Eliot Peper is genius. It s a unique format that can be read in one setting. The writing is beautiful. The story, like the image on...

Everything you need to know about pitching you can learn from Inception

Thisisgoingtobebig.com 8/27 3:37A Charlie O'Donnell

Everything you need to know about pitching you can learn from the movie Inception— the Leonardo DiCaprio movie about shared dreaming and breaking into someone else’s unconscious. In Inception,...