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Brad Feld

Software founder and venture investor

A founder of Feld Technologies and cofounder of Techstars and Foundry. His original reading posts recommend startup history and fiction.

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3Books recommended

Books Brad Feld recommends

3 books, each linked to the source where Brad Feld recommended it.

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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

by Douglas Coupland · 1991

Brad Feld recommends Generation X and reports sending a copy to a friend.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Feld Thoughts

Evidence details

Book: Generation X

Own reading recommendation; source misspelling normalized through publisher author identity. Catalog summary, no source excerpt copied.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Feld Thoughts · 2021-03-26 · accessed 2026-10-01

Article · Own reading selection

Own reader-facing suggestion, gift and favorable rereading account. Douglas Coupland is the author, despite the post’s spelling.

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The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places Are Building the New American Dream

by Steve Case · 2022

Brad Feld recommends The Rise of the Rest to readers interested in American startup communities.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Feld Thoughts

Evidence details

Book: The Rise of the Rest

Own reading recommendation; collaboration with the author disclosed in the source. Catalog summary, no source excerpt copied.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Feld Thoughts · 2022-10-03 · accessed 2026-10-01

Article · Own reading selection

Own explicit reader instruction after reading. His past work with Steve Case is disclosed; his own authored Startup Communities is excluded.

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Please Report Your Bug Here

by Josh Riedel · 2023

Brad Feld recommends Please Report Your Bug Here in a positive review of startup fiction.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Feld Thoughts

Evidence details

Book: Please Report Your Bug Here

Own favorable reader-facing book review; author spelling verified with publisher. Catalog summary, no source excerpt copied.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Feld Thoughts · 2023-01-23 · accessed 2026-10-01

Article · Own reading selection

Own positive review after completing the novel. Publisher verifies Josh Riedel; source misspells the surname. Incidental Age of AI reading mention is excluded.

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