Desperate Entrepreneurs

I’ve never really gotten into Desperate Housewives (I’m – well – more of a 24 guy). However, I saw a note forwarded to me today from another VC that is definitely [&

January 10, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

PDP Planet

Paul Allen (of Microsoft fame) has put up a web site for his collection of Digital Equipment Corporation mainframes and minicomputers. The collection has a real history, some pretty pictures, [&

January 10, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Deal Bookends – Truveo and SearchFox

Two things happened at both ends of the spectrum today in deal land. A little company named Truveo was acquired by AOL and a little company named SearchFox announced it will shut

January 10, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Apple 8086

The whole world knows that Apple officially announced it’s first Intel-based products today. Simultaneously, Apple stock closed at a price of $80.86 (it has traded up to $81.89 i

January 10, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The We Media Deal

Matt Blumberg has a good thoughtful post up on the notion of the “We Media Deal.” Matt spends a lot of time paying attention to the transition from “Old Media”

January 10, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The 24 Drinking Game

Ah – 24 Season 5 starts on Sunday. To celebrate (and warm up), we are planning having a 24 party starting Friday night. We’ll toss the first disk from Season

January 9, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

NewsGator Online Gets Ajaxy

NewsGator has been gradually releasing new inline features for NewsGator Online. If you haven’t played with it in a while and are tired of your existing web-based RSS reader, give

January 9, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Letter of Intent: Escrow

Jason and I continue our Letter of Intent series with one of our “favorite” clauses (sarcasm intended). The escrow is another hotly negotiated term that often is left ambigu

January 9, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The VC and The Fisherman

Eric Norlin emailed me an old VC joke that I thought I’d start your day off with. I put it in the category of “it’s an oldy, but a goody.”

January 9, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Internet Is Broken

I still read a handful of print magazines (you gotta do something in the bathroom) – one my favorites is Technology Review (MIT’s Magazine). This month’s cover story was T

January 8, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld