Do Restarts Have A Negative Overhang?

Following is a question that I got from a reader of this blog on Friday. “I have wondered about the dynamics of a restart company and how it affects employees, options and

January 16, 2006 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Full Ratchet

I heard there was a performance by a legendary band called Full Ratchet in Atherton last week. Can you identify the members of the band? They were joined (or maybe

January 16, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Q106 Entrepreneurship / Venture Capital Books

I get a lot of questions about “the best entrepreneurship / venture capital books.” Q106 promises to be a good quarter for them as Tom Evslin’s hackoff.com: An Historic Murder

January 16, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

24 (Season 5) Starts In 24 Minutes

I bet you can guess what I’m doing tonight.

January 15, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Speech Recognition, The Palm 700W, and Cheat Sheets

Terry Gold – CEO of Gold Systems – has a great post up about his experience with speech recognition on the Palm 700W (and yes – he finds some documentation

January 15, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

409A Legal Disclaimer

Not surprisingly, some lawyers have suggested that Jason and I are now 409A experts and that we have been dispensing 409A advice. Nothing could be further from the truth –

January 13, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

James Frey Should Not Be Hung Out To Dry

I’m a huge James Frey fan – I loved both of his books A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard. He’s recently been beaten up for embellishing his story as

January 13, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Why VC Blogs Are Lame

There’s been some chatter – stimulated by Jeff Jarvis – about the generic advice given on many VC blogs (e.g. “Dear World, Here’s My Top 10 Tips For A Better

January 13, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Hackoff.com Available Via Podcast

Tom Evslin’s fantastic blook hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery set in the Internet Bubble and Rubble – soon to be available in traditional book form – is now availabl

January 12, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Metzger Associates Has Class

I speak at a lot of conferences – I’m basically happy to give a speech or sit on a panel if I’m in the town when the conference is happening (I

January 12, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld