The Cognitive Sport of Building Startups
Brad Feld highlights the mental‑health crisis among startup founders, who are 50% more likely to report conditions than the general population. He introduces Meru Health Advanced, a lifestyle‑medicine program that unites six health pillars—nutrition, sleep, stress, activity, social connection, and substance use—under one clinical team. The service delivers continuous biometric data and a shared treatment plan over six to twelve months, targeting both mental and physical performance. Feld, an investor in Meru, recommends founders treat their health with the same data‑driven rigor they apply to business decisions.
Burn Bright, Not Out
The Kabila Founder Mental Health Fund, launched by James Oliver Jr., provides up to four therapy sessions or $300 reimbursement for founders who cannot afford mental health care. The fund, supported by a $25,000 seed donation from the author and...
Give First, Build Right with Eric Ries
Eric Ries, author of *The Lean Startup*, will host a free virtual fireside chat with Brad Feld on April 29. The event promotes Ries’s upcoming book *Incorruptible*, releasing May 26, which tackles how companies can safeguard their mission over time. Feld connects...
I Built a Plugin Because Anthropic Won't Stop Shipping
Anthropic’s Claude Code is updated every day, delivering fixes and new features but also introducing breaking changes that can cripple custom hook configurations. Developer Brad Feld built a /whats-new plugin that scans a user’s Claude Code setup—hooks, rules, skills, commands,...
Nothing New to See Here
A founder built an AI‑generated SaaS platform that launched in January, attracting 400 users across 50 paying customers. Despite the product’s live status, seasoned engineers dismissed it as impossible, echoing historic tech‑skepticism. Investors also show hesitation toward AI‑built solutions, especially...
Opt-Out Is Not Consent
GitHub announced that, starting April 24, it will automatically use interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ individual users to train its AI models unless users manually opt out. The data includes code, file names, repository structure, cursor context,...
Quality
Robert Pirsig’s "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" survived 121 rejections before J.D. Landis offered a modest $3,000 advance, eventually selling five million copies. The book’s core concept—Quality— is presented as something we recognize before we can define, bridging...
Three Books for the Next Phase
The author highlights three recent reads that converge on navigating the next phase of entrepreneurial life. James Oliver Jr.’s *Burn Bright, Not Out* spotlights founder mental‑health struggles and introduces the Kabila Founder Mental Health Fund. *Hiking Zen* by Buddhist monks...