About Brad Feld
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| Brad Feld is currently a Managing Director at Mobius Venture Capital and has been with the firm since 1996. Prior to Mobius, Brad founded Feld Technologies, which was sold to AmeriData Technologies in 1993, where he became Chief Technology Officer. Brad currently serves on the boards of a number of private companies, including Atreus, Comergent, ePartners, FeedBurner, Gold Systems, Judy's Book, Klocwork, NewsGator, Quova, Rally Software, and StillSecure. In addition, he is on the board of The National Center for Women & Information Technology, The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, and The Colorado Conservation Trust. Brad has previously been a member of the board of directors of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization and founded the Boston and Colorado chapters. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
Recent Article:
Social Graph - The Next Future Overused Phrase
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Get ready to start hearing “Social Graph” as frequently as you hear “Web 2.0.” The construct of the >Social Graph (and its friend – Social Network) has been around for a while. Now that Facebook has stolen our minds (and help us control our friends), we all are part of a social network. Or nine. Or 721 (that’s my best guess for the number of different services that have a social network that I’m a user of.)
Brad Fitzpatrick, the creator of LiveJournal, has a great overview of the Social Graph and a real call to action in his post Thoughts on the Social Graph. After reading it, I thought of a few things:
My first online social graph was my Compuserve email list. I don’t have it anymore.
My second online social graph was AOL and my buddy list. I still have it.
My biggest online social graph is the 4348 contacts I have in Outlook. Where oh where is Microsoft in all of this?
Every time I log into a new web app that needs a social graph, I want it to inherit the one I have (see #6.)
Identity theft is going to become a massive problem. On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. Except maybe Dogster.
I own my social graph. Whatever applications I use need to give me a way to control it.
All applications should be motivated to interoperate with each other.
Several of my investments are addressing different parts of this problem, including Me.dium, Lijit, and TrustPlus. Several of the TechStars companies, including EventVue, SocialThing, and Villij are also working on aspects of this. Many of my investments rely on a Social Graph and should be motivated to aggressively interoperate with others. Remember that I’m a horizontal guy so this appeals nicely to my brain.
“Social Graph” might become the new “Web 2.0.” Phrase droppers of the world unite.
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