AngelList Syndicate Update – Week 1

We had a fascinating week trying to get everything figured out on our FG Angels initiative with AngelList. Our syndicate, which we are going to max out at $450,000, is currently right

October 11, 2013 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Why Twitter's Confidential S-1 Filing Is A Good Thing

Did you know Twitter is going public? Of course you did – it’s all the mainstream media could seem to write about last week after the now infamous twitter tweet

September 20, 2013 · 5 min · Brad Feld

The Proposed SEC Rules Undermine The Goal Of The JOBS Act

The JOBS Act, which was approved by Congress and signed by President Obama with much fanfare over a year ago, was intended to help small business. It is, after all,

July 16, 2013 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Announce Your Financing In Conjunction With Your Form D Filing

I’ve always had mixed feelings about the importance of a company announcing a financing in the absence of any other activity. “Dear World: We Just Raised $X From Investors A,

December 29, 2011 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Using RSS To Track SEC Filings

I considered titling this post “why RSS isn’t dead” but decided that was too easy. I don’t pay much attention to public markets. However, now that the IPO window for

June 20, 2011 · 2 min · Brad Feld

How The SEC Is Violating My Wife's First Amendment Rights

Over the past 24 months, a deplorable activity in the money management business came to light.  It got the name “pay to play” but was just another form of bribery.

July 11, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Internet Makes DC Closer To Homer

I’m far away from Washington DC today.  Actually, I’m a lot closer to Russia than I am to DC and that makes me an expert on Russia.  Wait, someone else

July 8, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld