Stacy Maxwell – Cancer Survivor

My friend and almost relative (fiance of my wife Amy’s sister) Stacy Maxwell has started a blog. Last fall at the age of 28 Stacy was diagnosed with Berkitt’s Lymphoma

February 3, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Has AOL Just Endorsed Paid Spam?

I’ve been deeply involved in the email business for the past decade through investments in companies like Postini, Return Path, Critical Path, MessageMedia, and Email Publishing and have been in

February 1, 2006 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Sling Media's $46 Million Financing

If you are interested in Sling Media’s $46m financing by the likes of Liberty Media, EchoStar, and Goldman Sachs, my partner Ryan McIntyre (who sits on their board) has his

February 1, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

I've Got A New Computer

I decided today was a retro day at the office and decided to see if some of my old computers still worked. My dad cleaned out his attic last week

January 31, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Oracle Meets The A-Team

Niel Robertson, the CTO of Newmerix, has what I anticipate will become a legendary blog post up called I Pity The Fool that dissects Oracle’s recent “Half Way To Fusion”

January 30, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Censorship

Other than reading a bunch of blog posts about the Google / China thing, I hadn’t paid much attention to it. Early today, I got an email that fits the

January 30, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Miami Marathon 2006

This was another marathon weekend for me. Amy and I spent the past week at our friend Jared Polis’s apartment in South Beach getting acclimated. I ran the Miami Marathon

January 29, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

FeedFlare on Your Blog

The guys at FeedBurner have had a busy week. Earlier this week – they announced that their FeedFlare service – which they announced in December – could now be incorporated

January 27, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Coming Irrelevance Of My.Yahoo For Me

After reading Fooled By Randomness, I found myself becoming increasingly annoyed by the information on My.Yahoo page. I’ve had My.Yahoo as my default home page since 1997 or so and

January 26, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Stratify's Hockey Stick

It’s always really exciting when a portfolio company hits its inflection point and has a year of extreme growth. All venture backed companies always predict their growth will follow a

January 26, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld