More on Abolishing Software Patents

The partners of Union Square Ventures (Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham) recently had a “Union Square Session” on “Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy.” In these

July 11, 2006 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Sales Forecasting – The Waterfall

Josh Kopelman has a great post up about Sales Forecasting, along with a sample model of a “Waterfall Forecast.”

July 11, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The New Public Company Option Pricing Strategy

Quest Software has been competing with Mercury Interactive for a number of years. In the past, several of Quest’s strategic moves clearly positioned it as a alternative to Mercury. H

July 10, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Wimbledon on the Computer

We’re at our house in Homer which doesn’t have a TV (by design). Amy loves watching tennis and wanted to watch Wimbledon. Our Tivo at our house in Boulder broke

July 10, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Getting Rid of the Best People

My friend Will Herman is on a blogging tear these days. Today, he wrote a long, excellent post titled “When To Get Rid of the ‘Best’ People That Work For

July 9, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Book: The Monkey Wrench Gang

I usually clobber a book every other day when I’m in Homer. Last week was a slow week because of a family health issue that turned our world upside down for

July 9, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Backdating Options and Mercury Interactive's 2004 10-K

I’ve been watching the backdating option scandal unfold with the same horror that someone watches a slow motion multi-car pile up (or maybe the space shuttle exploding on takeoff.) A

July 8, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

More on An Inconvenient Truth

I’ve been struggling with what to say about Al Gore’s book “An Inconvenient Truth.” I read it a few weeks ago and had very mixed emotions about it. Fred and

July 8, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Banana Junior 6000

Do you remember the Banana Junior 6000? Someone actually built one. “Good Morning, Mr. President. Shall we dust Moscow?” I wonder how many times it needs to restart

July 8, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Brian Kellner – Grillin' in the Storm

Brian Kellner has started a blog called Grillin’ in the Storm. The subtitle – thoughts on agile software product management – sets the tone. I’ve known Brian for al

July 7, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld