Is "Fuck" Really Offensive in the Southeast US?

When I was a kid, whenever my mom said something like “Brad, you sure do have a mouth”, I’d usually respond with “You better fucking believe it.” (which usually eli

March 3, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Venture Capital – An Entrepreneur's View by Tom Evslin

Tom Evslin – the founder / CEO of ITXC (public, and then acquired by Teleglobe) – has written two great posts on An Entrepreneur’s View of Venture Capital. They are

February 22, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Fred Wilson Announces the Launch of Union Square Ventures

Fred Wilson wrote today that he and his partner Brad Burnham have officially launched Union Square Ventures and have completed the final close on their inaugural fund. I’ve known Fred

February 10, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld

VC's and Public Company Boards

Fred Wilson has a great post about his decision to no longer sit on public company boards – it’s worth reading if you are either on a public company board or

January 17, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

National Association of Corporate Directors – The Venture Capital Board

I attended the NACD Colorado monthly event today in Denver. It was moderated by Mike Platt of Cooley Godward (one of my primary attorneys) and was a good moderated panel

December 2, 2004 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Why Scientists and Engineers End Up on the Wrong Side of the Value Equation

This morning I hosted a presentation by the MIT Deshpande Center about their program to a group of Colorado VCs. I’m really excited about what the Deshpande Center is up

November 5, 2004 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Audits – do them early

I screwed up. I was involved in a merger of two companies in Q4 last year. Post merger, I let both companies slip on completing their audits. I figured we’d

October 12, 2004 · 2 min · Brad Feld

What Does Pro-rata Mean?

Author: Seth Levine, Mobius Venture Capital Brad’s given me permission to co-opt his blog for the day. I work for Brad (and had a great time recently up in Alaska

September 3, 2004 · 5 min · Brad Feld

To Participate or Not (Participating Preferences)

When I wrote my first post on the structure and financial components of a typical venture capital investment – where I described Liquidation Preferences – I alluded to the concept

August 24, 2004 · 9 min · Brad Feld

VC Clichés

The two guys that work with me in Colorado – Chris Wand and Seth Levine – are visiting me in Alaska this week. We started joking about all the ridiculous

August 5, 2004 · 3 min · Brad Feld