Brad Feld

A venture capitalist and prolific writer who recurs in Kyle’s notes mainly as the author of How To Predict The Future (feld.com, 2012) — a long read Kyle annotated. In that piece Feld lays out his core forecasting method: use the smooth, linear trend in underlying hardware to time the non-linear technology disruptions that ride on top of it (“forget about trying to predict advancements in software and just look at the hardware trend”). That essay anchors Feld’s place in Kyle’s Historical Futurism and Forecasting threads (Historical Futurism - Research).

Feld also appears in Kyle’s media-landscape thinking: his long-running blog (cited as “Feld Notes” / Feld Thoughts) is listed alongside Stratechery, Exponential View, and Gates Notes as an example of an influential operator-written publication (The State of Startup Media - Research).

Context: Brad Feld is a Boulder-based venture capitalist, co-founder of Foundry Group and Techstars, and an early Mobius Venture Capital partner. He is a widely read startup blogger (Feld Thoughts) and co-author of “Venture Deals.”

Where this appears

• How To Predict The Future — author of the annotated essay on timing tech disruption via linear hardware trends.
• Historical Futurism - Research — listed among the people/sources feeding Kyle’s historical-futurism research; the Feld essay is a key forecasting source.
• The State of Startup Media - Research — his blog cited as an operator-written publication in the startup-media landscape.