Kauffman Foundation eVenturing Web Site and Blog

The Kauffman Foundation has re-released their “entrepreneur resource website” named eVenturing. In addition to the site – which is full of great information for entrepreneurs &

November 17, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Ice Pick Lobotomy

NPR had an emotionally devastating segment on the story of the Transorbital (or “Ice Pick”) Lobotomy created by Dr. Walter Freeman in 1946. It was told by Howard Dully, who

November 17, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Business Plan – Charter

Back when I was 21 years old I figured you had to start somewhere. Our business plan started with a “charter statement” which – in hindsight – was roughly equiv

November 17, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Letter of Intent: Form of Consideration

I had the following conversation recently. Entrepreneur: “Brad, I just got an offer for my company for $15 million from Company X.”Brad: “Awesome. Who’s Company X –

November 17, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Trend Spotter

Wired Magazine has a great article this month on Tim O’Reilly. The first time I heard Tim’s name was in 1994 at NetGenesis when GNN appeared on the scene. I

November 16, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Night of the Living Hack

FeedBurner just completed its second hackathon. Eight hours of focused hacking generated the following features: PodMedic: podcast cleanup tool Subscribe to FeedBulletin via Email Reporting Expo

November 15, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Business Plan

I periodically get questions from readers of this blog about business plans. I was pondering the best way to work through a “business plan series” (similar to the Term Sheet

November 15, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Roku PhotoBridge HD – Bummer

So Brad was pretty bored by my first two reviews so I figured I’d tackle something a bit more complex this time around, the Roku PhotoBridge HD. In short the

November 14, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanies

An MIT study delves into the reality of Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanies. Is it a great innovation? Is it a government plot? Is the FCC involved in some way? Or

November 14, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Linux is Not Windows

Dave Jilk passed on this article by Dominic Humphries explaining why Linux is Not Windows. The analogy that starts off the article is perfect: Linux <=> Windows is like Motorbikes

November 13, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld