Terms, Terms, and First Round Terms

Fred Wilson has a nice post up titled The Ideal First Round Term Sheet.  In it he describes the process of closing a financing using a standard set of Series

August 17, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

A Random Hodgepodge of Daily Reading

Tired of the health care debate?  There’s a ton of other great stuff out there today.  Here’s some of the things I came across on my Sunday morning pre-run scan

August 16, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

VC Behavior in Board Meetings

There was plenty of chatter about my post The Best Board Meetings.  One idea popped up a few times and was well articulated by John Boyd in his post What

August 13, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

I’m Jealous of My Dogs

They seem to be having a very nice day. Good thing the coyote didn’t catch them.

August 12, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

A Patent Ban on Microsoft Word and a Haiku

I haven’t written about software patents in a while.  I still hate them and think they are an illogical construct.  But first, a haiku from xkcd to warm you up

August 12, 2009 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Gearing Up For Defrag 2009

Long time readers of this blog know that we helped put together the Defrag Conference series and are enormous fans of Eric Norlin and everything he does.  Well – we’re

August 11, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

TechStars: Episode 11: Practice Like You Play

Even though investor day happened last week, this week’s TechStars’s video – Practice Like You Play – is the lead up to investor day.  Watch the Everlater guys kick Seth’s

August 11, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The More Things Change ...

Some mornings I come across a blog post from a friend that breaks my mind – in a good way.  Today’s post from Todd Vernon titled My 100 year hobby

August 11, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

A Small Set of Simple Moves

I heard the phrase “a small set of simple moves” a few weeks ago from someone and it stuck in my head.  Since then I’ve been thinking about it regularly

August 10, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Doubling Down and TechStars for Life

I’m heading out for the first run in 10 days since I hurt my back playing tennis.  It’s a beautiful day here in Keystone and I’m looking forward to enjoying

August 9, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld