Homer Alaska Webcam

I put a webcam up at my place in Homer, Alaska. You can access it via my about me page or – thanks to Rob Shurtleff (who recommended the webcam

July 31, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Largest Private Equity Deal to Date

Last week, a private equity group led by KKR, Bain Capital, and Merrill Lynch announced that they were acquiring HCA for $33 billion. HCA is the largest hospital operator in

July 30, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Matrix Wrecked Everything

About an hour into Superman Returns, Amy leaned over to me and whispered “The Matrix wrecked everything.” I yawned about 20 times during this two hours and thirty four minutes

July 29, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Big Deal Week for Colorado Telecomm Companies

Colorado saw two big acquisitions this week – both in the telecomm (which – in my universe – includes what used to be called cable) sector. On Friday, Time Warner

July 29, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Almost Shouts and Murmurs – George Bush's MySpace Page

Niel Robertson has a hilarious post up of an article he wrote for the New Yorker Shouts and Murmurs section. He got rejected by them, but not by me. Awesome

July 29, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

A 3,100 Mile Foot Race Around Queens

My goal of running a marathon in every state by the time I turn 50 pales in comparison to the world’s longest foot race. 3,100 miles around a city block in Queens,

July 28, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Peter Rip on Business Models

Peter Rip of Leapfrog Ventures has a what I think should become a classic entrepreneur post on business models. He gives some context about the term (and why it’s often annoying,

July 27, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Levensohn – Best Practices for Running a Board Meeting

Pascal Levensohn – the founder of Levensohn Venture Partners – wrote a comment to my post title The Agenda (in the Board of Directors series) that I wanted to promote to a

July 27, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Board of Directors; The Agenda

The Agenda. This little one page document sets the tone, pace, and content of your board meeting. It’s fundamental to the success of a board meeting, so you’d think it

July 27, 2006 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Microsoft's Annual Faculty Summit

Lucy Sanders – the CEO of the National Center for Women & Information Technology – was a key participant in last week’s Microsoft Annual Faculty Summit. InformationWeek has

July 26, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld