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

My Blog Community

A few weeks ago I enabled the MyBlogLog Community feature on my blog – I just put it up higher on the left hand side. I’ve been using MyBlogLog for

July 7, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Work Life Balance Interview

I’ve given a number of interviews on Work Life balance since the post I wrote about it a year ago. Eric Bergman interviewed me the other day – it’s a

July 7, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Is It Appropriate For VCs to Charge a Due Diligence Fee?

Fred Wilson has a good answer up to a question that was posed to him the other day about VCs and fees. Our startup company recently started seeking funding and

July 7, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld