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Revisiting the Term Sheet
via Feld Thoughts by brad@feld.com on June 02, 2008
... on SalesProprietary Information and Inventions AgreementCo-Sale AgreementFounders ActivitiesInitial Public Offering Shares PurchaseNo Shop Agreement (also Unilateral or Serial Monogamy) IndemnificationAssignmentWhile the 24 references are a bit dated (we might use Lost or Weeds this time around), I hope you will also enjoy (or at least forgive us for including) a little bit of Jack Bauer.
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Post Acquisition Integration
via Feld Thoughts by brad@feld.com on February 20, 2008
... to work flawlessly over the past few quarters. This is a testament to the quality of the service in the first place.These days, whenever someone tells me that "scaling is no big deal" or "after that, we just need the money to scale things up", I just burst out laughing. The deep dark hole of post acquisition integration is often deep and dark. When it works, it can be a beautiful thing.
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Foundry Group Raises $225 Million Early Stage VC Fund
via Feld Thoughts by brad@feld.com on February 25, 2008
... begin WriteLn(‘Foundry Group Raises $225 Million Early Stage VC Fund’); end.And that would be the third. These three examples are minor derivations of everyone’s first program – also known as “Hello World” – written in APL, Basic, and Pascal for the non-nerds among you.Last year I co-founded Foundry Group with four partners – Seth Levine, Jason Mendelson,...
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I Don't Believe in COO's
via Feld Thoughts by brad@feld.com on March 06, 2008
... - with a 2% exception.)There are two situations that are common that I think are silly:The sales guy (VP Sales) wants to be the COO. The finance guy (VP Finance) wants to be the COO. Somewhere along the way there was an infomercial that said "if you are a VP and you want to advance in your career, become a COO." I've never understood this and it just confuses things. There's a ...
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Being A Doer Is How You Change Things
via Feld Thoughts by brad@feld.com on May 29, 2008
... have said at least one memorable thing during our conversation:“The most impactful people tend to be the doers in the organization. We can’t rely solely on entrepreneurs, who may have very little time, to make change happen. Anyone with a strong voice can be a role model. It’s easier to get started when you’re a leader but real change happens when you build momentum across a much broader...
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Glue - Our Sticky Theme
via Feld Thoughts by brad@feld.com on March 23, 2008
My partner Seth Levine just put up a post about our "Glue" theme on the Foundry Group blog.In our continuing series discussing some of our investment themes, we’d like to introduce a topic that we’re calling “glue”. Glue is our term for the web infrastructure layer that facilitates the connections between web services and content companies. As this ecosystem becomes increasingly complex...
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Google's 2007 Annual Letter
via Feld Thoughts by brad@feld.com on March 26, 2008
As I was reading through my RSS feeds this morning, I came across Graeme Thickins reposting of the Google 2007 Annual Letter (this year written by Larry Page.) It a good one - written in plain, straightforward English. Worth a careful read for anyone that interacts with The Google.
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Yahoo! 404
via Feld Thoughts by brad@feld.com on May 06, 2008
Some great images are coming in already in response to my Request For Images For A Presentation post. I couldn't resist putting this one up on the heals of the Microsoft / Yahoo! drama.If you don't get it - well - I can't help you. (Thanks Ray)
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Success Pending
via Feld Thoughts by brad@feld.com on May 22, 2008
... my great joy, Josh states "I believe there is little-to-no value in depending on pending patents for a "barrier" to entry. " He then adds a line that I love in the never ending "patents are like nuclear bombs" debate: "But if you're fighting a war today, it's better to count on weapons you have at hand today -- don't rely on a nuclear program that could take five years ...
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Fucking Lawyers
via Feld Thoughts by brad@feld.com on June 01, 2008
... planet. My partner, and ex-lawyer, Jason Mendelson has a fantastic rant up titled Why Start-up Lawyers Frustrate Me. He provides a detailed look on his two gripes: pricing and execution.While "some of my best friends are lawyers", I couldn't agree more with Jason's post. I'm looking forward to Jason's equivalent of "fucking accountants" post which is hopefully coming soon.
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