How Many Stock Options Should I Give An Advisor?

I received the following question recently: Just want to ask you a question. I’m looking to bring in a couple of advisors for my startup, how much stock and the

May 18, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Munchner Lowenparade 2006

In Munich, der Lowe has eaten La Vache. The Munchner Lowenparade (Lion Parade) was out in force. I snapped about 50 pictures of beautifully painted lions like the one below

May 18, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Teaching in Munich

Amy and I had a great few days in Munich earlier this week. The highlight was teaching Joachim Henkel’s class at Technische Universitat Munchen on the topic of “Why Innovations

May 18, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Gold Systems Wins A Microsoft Speech Server Partner Spotlight Award

Congrats to my friends at Gold Systems for winning the “Best Outbound Solution” as part of the Microsoft Speech Server Partner Spotlight Awards that were announced on Tuesday. T

May 18, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

eBay's Minor Patent Victory

John Funk, a partner in Evergreen Innovation Partners, recently had a nice summary of the minor victory eBay just had in at the Supreme Court in the universe of defending

May 18, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Running In Munich

I had a superb run this morning through the English Garden in Munich. This is only the second time I’ve ever been in Munich – the first time was with

May 16, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

How to Set The Strike Price on Stock Options

I received the following question on pricing stock options recently. In a post you wrote last year, you said “Let’s also assume that company did a financing and is worth $10.5m

May 15, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Stalking is the New Networking

Recently, I spent part of a day at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA at the National Center for Women & Information Technology Entrepreneur Alliance Planning Session.

May 15, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Dr. Stanley Feld – Repairing the Healthcare Systems

My dad – Dr. Stanley Feld – just started a blog called Repairing the Healthcare System. Stan – a retired endocrinologist – has been deeply involved in trying to improve [

May 15, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Centre Pompidou

Today’s Paris Museum tour once again brought to you by La Vache and his new friend, Le Scary Badass Manhorse Sculpture About To Step on La Vache (Amy told me

May 14, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld