Brad Feld

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IBD Network – The Dealmaker Forum – 9/28/05

Aug 17 2005
I’m participating in a half day event on 9/28/05 from 9am – 1pm put on by IBD Network and hosted at the Fenwick & West office in Mountain View, CA called The Dealmaker Forum.  The quick overview is: If your company’s strategy involves a merger, acquisition, or strategic partnership, The Dealmaker Forum is where you need to […]
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When Are 350 Million Shares No Different Than 35 Million?

Jun 29 2005
I was recently asked the following question by email by a reader of my blog.  Rather than respond with a one-off email, I figured I’d post my answer here since it’s broadly applicable (ah – the joy of a cross country airplane ride when one is caught up on email.)  The question follows: At my […]
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Oxlo’s Busy Month of May

Jun 04 2005
I wrote a post earlier today about Matt Blumberg.  This afternoon, I was thinking about Jim Lejeal, another great entrepreneurs (and blogger) that I get to work with.  Jim is the founder and CEO of Oxlo Systems (we are investors.)  Jim was previously the co-founder and COO of Raindance Communication (again, we were investors – see […]
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NewsGator’s New Round

Apr 25 2005
Last week, NewsGator announced that they had raised a new round led by Masthead Venture Partners.  This brings the total amount raised by NewsGator to over $10 million.  David Beisel – an associate at Masthead who worked on the deal – has an extensive post on why they decided to make the investment.  Rather than repeat […]
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How to Start a Company and Why VCs Suck

Mar 22 2005
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 Paul, I do know of him, and I think his writing is great. How To Start A Startup.  Paul thinks you need three things: (1) […]
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MCI Acquires NetSec

Jan 21 2005
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 venture round in mid 2000.  As this investment was done at the peak of the bubble, we – like many other venture firms – were investing heavily in the […]
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Term Sheet: Liquidation Preference

Jan 04 2005
I’ve written about liquidation preferences (and participating preferred) before, as have most of the other VC bloggers (and several entrepreneur bloggers.) However, for completeness, and since liquidation preferences are the second most important “economic term” (after price), Jason and I decided to write a post on it. Plus – if you read carefully – you […]
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Term Sheet: Price

Jan 03 2005
A the end of the year, I completed a financing that was much more difficult than it needed to be. As Jason Mendelson (our general counsel) and I were whining to each other we decided to do something about it. At the risk of giving away more super-top-secret VC magic tricks, we’ve decided to co-author […]
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Thanksgiving – Books, Beach, Running, and Amy

Nov 24 2004
When some people think of Thanksgiving, they think of turkey and football. I think of sleeping late and reading a book a day. Amy and I are in Cabo San Lucas and off to a good start. Beach running is much different from mountain running, but when you net everything out, it’s about the same […]
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