Powerful Essay From Kevin Tillman

Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002 and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who

October 21, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Google Destroys Their Numbers

Once again, Google announced financials that are incredible. If I’m on the exec team at Yahoo or Microsoft, I’m having a drink tonight wondering what I’m doing wrong and what [

October 19, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

I Love My Mother

I received the following postcard from my mom today. Love ya mom.

October 19, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

A $139 Million Elbow

I’m not in Steve Wynn’s league, but I’ve definitely damaged some of my own art (think dropping it on the ground, putting tape over the corner of something and watching

October 18, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Travel Is Good For the Toothpaste Industry

I finally had my bizarre TSA / toothpaste confiscation experience. It was bound to happen – I’m just surprised it took this long. Yesterday I went through security at DIA.

October 18, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

I Lead Better Than I Follow

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.

October 16, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Board Meeting Rules

Following are some board meeting rules that were recently presented to me and my fellow board members by a CEO at one of his first board meetings at a newly funded early stage

October 16, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Meetings

Scott Converse (CEO of ClickCaster) has post summarizing his first board meeting. Todd Vernon (CEO of Lijit) does also (ok – his second board meeting.) Finally – Jeff Bussgang

October 16, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Pop Ups and Spam

Who said lawyers aren’t creative? Come on – it was at least one of you out there. Last night at the Kidstek 6th Annual Tech Leader’s Dinner, each of the 13

October 13, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Deals Deals Deals

If you haven’t tried Judy’s Book in a while (or ever), take another look. The “morph” is in progress to the place for smart shoppers.

October 13, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld