Boulder Philharmonic – Conductor Feld

Last year at about this time I hosted a fundraiser for the Boulder Philharmonic and was the guest conductor. Prior to this I knew nothing about conducting and – while

March 27, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Books: On Intelligence

There was plenty of buzz last week about the new company – Numenta – that Jeff Hawkins (inventor of Graffiti and the PalmPilot, Visor, and Treo products) and Donna Dubinsky

March 26, 2005 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Unexpected Drivers of VoIP Adoption Growth

A long time friend, Shawn Broderick (first employee at my first company Feld Technologies and founder/CEO of Genetic Anomalies – acquired by THQ), has started up a new company called

March 25, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Feed Games

I’m playing around with some of the characteristics of my Feedburner feed so I apologize in advance (and ask for your indulgence) if you get multiple copies of posts. Things

March 25, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Term Sheet: Redemption Rights

If you are avid followers of the TV series 24 (as Jason and I are), you’ll recognize that the next item in our term sheet series – Redemption at Option

March 25, 2005 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Man Smuggles Own Art Into MoMA

If you thought it was challenging determining the quality of art these days (e.g. does it – or does it not – belong in MoMA), you apparently aren’t the only

March 25, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Automating My Compute Infrastructure

I woke up this morning thinking about Plaxo and my computer. I’m been thinking lately about the number of manual things that I do that my computer should take care

March 24, 2005 · 6 min · Brad Feld

Term Sheet: Dividends

As our term sheet series unfolds (almost as exciting as 24, eh? – if you’ve been reading the last few days I bet you figured out that I recently had

March 23, 2005 · 5 min · Brad Feld

How to Start a Company and Why VCs Suck

Paul Graham – founder of Viaweb (bought by Yahoo! in the late 1990s) and author of Hackers & Painters – has two new excellent essays up. While I don’t know

March 22, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

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