eCortex – What Could Computers Do If They Could See?

One of my oldest (as in “known for the longest time”) friends – Dave Jilk – recently started a new company called eCortex with his business partner, CU Boulder Professor

May 19, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Will You Be Joining Us For Lunch?

Barry Eisler – one of my favorite authors – made me laugh out loud this morning. Amy and I had a legendary dinner at Guy Savoy last night with our friends Warren

May 19, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Niel Robertson Blogging At SAP's SAPPHIRE Conference

There was a gang of bloggers at SAP’s SAPPHIRE conference that was organized by SAP’s Jeff Nolan. The wiki has a bunch of context and links to the various folks

May 18, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

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