Reflections on Mentors

Ben Casnocha is hard at work at his book titled “My Start-Up Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley”; which Jossey-Bass (part of John

November 29, 2006 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Failing Gracefully

David Cohen has a great post up about the failure of one of his startup – iContact. Even though iContact failed, David and his partners still managed to return 78% of

November 26, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Getting Value From Experimental Technology

David Cohen (who I have done a few angel deals with – including ClickCaster and Solidware) recently spent a couple of weeks building a cool new tool called earFeeder. earFeeder

November 16, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Another Great "What Makes A Great Board" Post

Fred Wilson has a superb post up today titled How To Build A Good Board. If you run a company and have a board, or sit on a board, go read

November 13, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Munching on Your Competitors' Bones

One of my portfolio companies recently put together a short video for a recent company meeting. The video consisted of a series of questions for each board member and a

November 8, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Trust But Verify

As I slowly work my way through State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III, the phrase “trust but verify” has appeared at least once. Now that Rumsfeld is no

November 8, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Company Stages – Revisted

A few days ago I wrote about the transition from a small to medium to large business. I had a few people write to me with additional questions, including requests

November 3, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Ben Casnocha – One of the Best Entrepreneurs Under 25

Congrats to my friend (and world traveler) Ben Casnocha for being highlighted in BusinessWeek as one of the best entrepreneurs under 25.

November 1, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Small to Medium to Big

I was at a board meeting on Friday for a company that is doing great and growing quickly. This will be their second year of revenue and – for a

October 30, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Killing a Project

Failure can be “positive” – John Funk at Evergreen IP is about to start writing about a project he and his partners just killed. Understanding why things don’t work &ndas

October 29, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld