Google Acquires dMarc Broadcasting, Strategic Thinkers Rejoice

Finally, someone in the AGILEAMY crowd has done a meaningful strategic deal. Google announced that they acquired dMarc Broadcasting today for $102 million cash and up to $1.1 billion of

January 17, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

409A Legal Disclaimer

Not surprisingly, some lawyers have suggested that Jason and I are now 409A experts and that we have been dispensing 409A advice. Nothing could be further from the truth –

January 13, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Why VC Blogs Are Lame

There’s been some chatter – stimulated by Jeff Jarvis – about the generic advice given on many VC blogs (e.g. “Dear World, Here’s My Top 10 Tips For A Better

January 13, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Desperate Entrepreneurs

I’ve never really gotten into Desperate Housewives (I’m – well – more of a 24 guy). However, I saw a note forwarded to me today from another VC that is definitely [&

January 10, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Deal Bookends – Truveo and SearchFox

Two things happened at both ends of the spectrum today in deal land. A little company named Truveo was acquired by AOL and a little company named SearchFox announced it will shut

January 10, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

CA Acquires Wily Technologies for $375 Million

On Thursday CA announced that it was buying Wily Technologies for $375 million. I had a busy day and didn’t fire up FeedDemon (2.0 Alpha 1 – very very cool) until

January 7, 2006 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Lies That Venture Capitalists Tell

Not surprisingly, Guy Kawasaki has come out swinging. Post #11 is The Top Ten Lies of Venture Capitalists.

January 6, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Is Your Placement Agent Legit?

I received several comments and private emails about my post on Investment Agents – Good or Bad? A colleague sent me a good follow up note adding some flesh to my

January 4, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Practical 409A Valuation Question

In the spirit of the New Year, I’m trying to blog the questions that I’m getting that I think could have broad interest. Here’s another one. Remember – I’m no

December 31, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Investment Agents – Good or Bad?

Over the past year, I’ve regularly gotten questions via email on venture capital and entrepreneurship from readers of this blog. I always try to respond. A number of these questions

December 30, 2005 · 4 min · Brad Feld