Revenue Recognition Policy

Software revenue recognition can be incredibly complex in today’s world of SaaS, perpetual vs. subscription licensing, SEC SAB 101 (and others), new FASB pronouncements, and the legacy of bad (o

March 22, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Term Sheet: Pay-to-Play

There’s nothing like a solid week of vacation with no phone, email, or blogs to get the writing juices rolling again. Of course, now that I’m through my email, I only

March 22, 2005 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Spencer F. Katt Blogs

I’ve been a Spencer F. Katt fan for as long as I can remember. I even have a classic Spencer Katt t-shirt and a coffee mug somewhere for rumors I sent

March 21, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Term Sheet – Anti-Dilution

It has been a while since I put up a term sheet post so I thought I’d tackle a hard one today. While it’s fun to tease lawyers about math

March 21, 2005 · 7 min · Brad Feld

Vacation in Paris with Amy and Books

Five years ago, Amy told me that in order to stay married (to her), I needed to commit to going away for a week every three months for a vacation.

March 20, 2005 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Warren Buffet's Annual Shareholder Letter

Warren Buffett is one of my business heros – I think he is amazing on many different levels. His Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder letter is legendary (and a model that everyone [

March 12, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Analog Analog – How to Explain Your Idea to a VC

Allen Morgan at Mayfield has a nice series up on his blog about the ten commandments for entrepreneurs. His post today is Commandment #6: Explain Your New Ideas by Analogy

March 8, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Exponential Cost Curves and the Datacenter

Everyone knows that exponential curves don’t last forever. However, it’s remarkable to look at how they apply to specific cost curves – especially when they enable a radical tr

March 8, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Amazon / T-Mobile Will Pay You $50 to Buy a Sidekick II

I’ve never completely understood the whole cell phone industry subsidize handset thing, but I’ll roll with it (ok – I understand it – market share, total value of the customer,

March 6, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Books: Mental Muscle and Mental Floss

I was totally fried from my week so I stayed away from my computer all day yesterday. I had a fun breakfast with Lucy Sanders of NCWIT and Krisztina Holly of

March 6, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld