Brad has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over 20 years. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and operate software companies and later became a venture affiliate of the predecessor to Mobius Venture Capital.

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Frank Gehry's Painful MIT Experience

Posted on November 14, 2007

I spent seven years at MIT and managed to pick up two degrees before they kicked me out. I describe the place using the 10/40/50 rule. 10% of the people there are off the chart brilliant and nothing phases them. 40% of the people are extremely smart, figure out the system, and make it through with moderate but not life threatening scars. 50% of the people are extremely smart, but never figure out the system and their experience at MIT is a daily assault on their self esteem. Fortunately, I was in the 40%. In 2004, Frank Gehry's amazingly designed Stata Center (home of the MIT Comp...

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