Nerd Week

Bill Gates has a bi-annual “think week.” I have an unpredictably scheduled “nerd week” that occurs whenever I no longer can walk into my office at home because boxes of [

June 2, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Ajax Scrubbed

Adam Bosworth once again has an extremely useful post – this time on his thoughts about why Ajax is having an impact these days (compared to 1997 when he was

June 2, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Sun Acquires Another Colorado Anchor Tenant

Yesterday I posted a chart showing the large cap tech buyers over the past two years. Sun was on the list – but near the bottom (three deals). This morning,

June 2, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Who Are The Large Cap Technology M&A Buyers?

If you are running a VC-backed IT software or hardware company, it’s much more likely that the success event for your company will be an acquisition rather than an IPO.

June 1, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Internet at 35,000 Feet, Circa 2005

I’ve been a long time fan and supporter of the work of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. In the mid 1990’s, I was an “entrepreneur-in-residence” there,

May 31, 2005 · 7 min · Brad Feld

Are You On Crack?

No – I’m not referring to Ken Lay. One of my favorite local newspapers (ok – I have three of them – I don’t want to have to choose) wrote

May 9, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The "Don't Be An Idiot and Launch a Product on Friday" Policy

Feedburner is releasing a new set of features on Monday. I got a note from Dick Costolo – CEO – saying they were all set to go but were going

May 6, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Dan Bricklin's Open Source Video

I hooked up with Dan Bricklin last week when I was in Boston. I met Dan in the mid-1990’s when he was starting up Trellix (which I was an early

April 30, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Internet Axis of Evil

Today is my periodic Fred Wilson blog love fest. Fred’s characterization of the Internet Axis of Evil, which currently consists of Phishing, Click Fraud, DNS Hacking, Comment Spa

April 13, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

NPR: An Impending Period of Transitional Chaos for Media

I don’t write about broadcast media much – it’s not my thing. I’ve definitely had my entertaining moments – including a very strange lunch at Blackrock with Mel Kar

April 8, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld