Venture Capital

Fred Wilson has a great, descriptive post on how he thinks about deal size in the context of his fund (Union Square Ventures.) The “Brad” in the post is Fred’s [...]

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures has a great post up on why he prefers to be the lead investor in the companies he invests in.

On Wednesday, the IRS announced what it called “relief” extending the “transition period” of compliance with 409A through January 1, 2008 (unless you are a public company and y

I woke up to two big local Boulder deals. The first hour of my day (usually 5am – 6am) is “reading time” – online newspaper, catch up on email, blogs – so

Congrats to my friend Scott Maxwell who just launched his new venture capital firm – OpenView Venture Partners. I’ve gotten to know Scott over the past few years while working [&hell

Pascal Levensohn and his partners at Levensohn Venture Partners have started a new podcast on Venture Capital called VC-Inside Out. The first two episodes are up: (1) Six Early Warning Sign

While I was on vacation, I got an email from someone much more “in the know” than I am that it is highly unlikely that the final 409A regulations will [...]

When I was a teenager in Dallas hanging out at the shopping mall and the skating rink, one of my favorite songs was Queen’s Another One Bites The Dust. Another [...]

My friends at Cooley Godward announced yesterday that they are merging with NY-based Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman. The new firm will be called Cooley Godward Kronish. I’m been a

IBM announced today that it is acquiring Internet Security Systems for $1.3 billion. This is IBM’s third large deal in as many weeks. I wrote about IBM’s acquisitions of F