The Online Machine Shop

I’m at MIT all day at a symposium run by Eric von Hippel on Democratizing Innovation. It’s a classic “drink from a fire hose” type of day – short (15

June 27, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

M&A Thoughts from a Corporate Point of View – Daniel Benel

Seth Levine has a guest blogger on his site today contributing to his M&A series – his friend Daniel Benel, a corp dev exec at Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT). Daniel’s

June 23, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Steve Jobs' Commencement Address at Stanford

I finally got around to reading Steve Jobs’ commencement address from earlier this week. It’s made the rounds on the Internet and lived up to the raving about how great

June 18, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Mouse Has The Elephant By The Toenail

It’s the end of the quarter and many of the entrepreneurs I know are crunching hard to get their quarter end deals done. I was riding in the car with

June 16, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Innovation

I’ve been thinking about “Innovation” a lot lately. A big part of the NCWIT theme is that having women in computer science is critical to the innovation process. I recent

June 12, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Compensation for Outside Directors

I recently got a question from a local entrepreneur about “current board comp for an outside director” for an early stage company. My friend is considering joining the board of

June 11, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Heidi Roizen on Venture Capital (and Entrepreneurship)

Heidi Roizen – one of my partners at Mobius Venture Capital and my close friend – just did her first podcast titled Heidi Roizen on Venture Capital: Silicon Valley is Back.

June 6, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Ben Stein's Lessons in Gratitude

This week’s Sunday New York Times was a treasure trove. In addition to having an incredible NY Times Magazine this week (Money 2005), Ben Stein had a phenomenal essay titled

June 6, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Women's Technology Cluster (WTC) Recognizes Mobius Venture Capital For Outstanding Support of Women Entrepreneurs

Last week we were one of four VC firms recognized by the Women’s Technology Cluster for our significant investments in women-led companies. The other firms recognized were NEA, Vanguard As

May 29, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

MIT $50K Competition

I attended the MIT $50K Competition Final Awards Ceremony last night. The MIT $50K competition is one of the oldest entrepreneurship competitions in the country – it was started in

May 10, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld