Telcontar in China

Fortunately, as Jack Bauer tries to find his way around China next season, he’ll have Telcontar’s maps to help him. And no – I really don’t think they are going

May 25, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Salesforce.com Impresses Me

Today Salesforce.com had a set of major announcements around their AppExchange platform, including the release of the AppExchange OEM Edition. One of my portfolio companies – Rally Softwar

May 24, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

It Sucks Less

The motto for my first company was “We Suck Less.” Many years later, with the price of oil at some silly high price, it seems all the more appropriate as

May 23, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Musee Rodin

Today’s Paris Art Tour is brought to you by “Rodin’s Very Own Personal Van Gogh.” I woke up this morning, had an expresso (my very bad French for “really tiny,

May 23, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Users and Usability

I did a quick podcast interview with Outside In Innovation a few weeks ago when I was at MIT at Eric von Hippel’s Innovation Lab seminar. There are two segments –

May 22, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Guernica: The Most Important Painting Done in 1937

I just read Picasso’s War, the story of his creation of the painting by the same name, the history of Spain that inspired the painting, and the subsequent activity around the

May 22, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Huh, I Wasn't Paying Attention

Carolyn Curiel wrote an editorial yesterday in the NY Times titled “Let’s I.M. as You Read This.” A friend sent it to me with the suggestion that Carolyn might have

May 22, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

NCWIT's Town Hall – IT Innovation and the Role of Diversity

NCWIT had a “town hall” event at the National Academy of Sciences Auditorium last Wednesday. Along with the NCWIT participants were a number of special guests, including Senator Barack Oba

May 22, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

A Mental Model For VC Investments

A reader asked me the other day if – in the words of Charlie Munger – I have a “mental model” for investing in early stage companies. I do, but

May 21, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Why Incorporate In Delaware?

Jason and I occasionally get asked “why are the majority of companies incorporated in Delaware, regardless of their actual physical location?” Besides being difficult to spell (c&rsq

May 20, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld