Caddyshack

Fortunately for my wife Amy, she’s aware that I’m a 15 year old boy trapped in a 39 year old’s body. So – when Netflix delivers Caddyshack to us, she

January 21, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

MCI Acquires NetSec

We had a good day yesterday at Mobius VC as MCI announced they were acquiring NetSec for approximately $105m. My partner Rex Golding has been involved since NetSec’s first ventur

January 21, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Term Sheet: Protective Provisions

As Jason and I continue to work our way through a typical venture capital term sheet, we encounter another key control term – the “protective provisions.” Protective provi

January 18, 2005 · 6 min · Brad Feld

RSS and Blogging on CNBC and in Fortune

RSS and Blogging are starting to permeate mainstream media. It’s both a blessing and a curse when something makes the front cover of the major business rags. In this case,

January 17, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

VC's and Public Company Boards

Fred Wilson has a great post about his decision to no longer sit on public company boards – it’s worth reading if you are either on a public company board or

January 17, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Ads in My Feeds

I’m playing around with ads in my feeds. I’ve enabled the Feedburner feature to insert Amazon ads in my book feeds and Overture “context based” ads in several (but not [&

January 17, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Must Read Book: Joel on Software

I just finished Joel on Software. It is fabulous! Joel Spolsky – CEO of Fog Creek Software – has written a must read book for everyone in the software industry. Joel

January 16, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Employees Blogging

My NewsGator Keyword Search Feeds picked up a couple of new blogs from employees of two of my portfolio companies. I posted recently about a few new Mobius VC bloggers – it&rsquo

January 16, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

PeopleSoft Employees Looking for Homes?

Jeff Nolan beat me to it with his “Attn PeopleSoft Employees” post, but he’s right on the mark. Given Oracle’s announcement that they are laying off 5,000 people today, a

January 14, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Sign Me Up! – A New Book from Return Path on Email Marketing

My friends at Return Path just released a book called Sign Me Up! : A marketer’s guide to creating email newsletters that build relationships and boost sales. We’re really excited [&

January 14, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld