Watching the Seeds Grow Into Trees

I’m an early stage investor. Very early. Think “seed stage.” My favorite investments are in tiny teams of founders that I can get in a closet (e.g. one to four

May 1, 2007 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Supreme Court Weighs in on Patents

Yippee! Jason had some comments up at AsktheVC. I can’t wait until the day comes that all the “obvious stuff that has been patented” gets invalidated (the patents –

May 1, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Sony Reader

I love new toys. It had been a while (at least two weeks) since my last one. I was sitting next to Howard Morgan at a meeting catching up and

April 29, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Is "Damn It" A Swear?

Jack Bauer (ok – Keifer) explains why he says “damn it” so much on 24. Thanks Jason S for the pointer.

April 29, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Forbes 90th Anniversary Issue

I rarely read an entire magazine. I typically just skim them in the bathroom and tear out the articles I actually want to read. The Forbes 90th Anniversary Issue was

April 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Bulk Email Patent Nonsense – I Volunteer to be an Expert Witness

I read Matt Blumberg’s post on Silly, Silly Patent Nonsense this morning. It concerns a bulk email patent that was issued in 2003 that is being used to sue InfoUSA

April 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Tim Wolters on Wallstrip

One of my favorite CTOs – Tim Wolters of Collective Intellect – is on Wallstrip today chatting with Lindsey. While I’d much rather there was less of Tim and

April 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Change from GAAP to SAAP

A blog reader (Sam from – well – somewhere) pointed out a critically important new set of accounting principles called SAAP that are a replacement for GAAP and are described

April 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

That's A Good Question

There are a bunch of verbal tics that people use that drive me crazy. “Honestly” and “to tell you the truth” are the two that I dislike the most. Another

April 26, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Widget Stats

Some of the companies I invest in are innovation factories – it feels to me like something interesting comes out of them at least once a week (and sometimes daily.)

April 26, 2007 · 3 min · Brad Feld