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Portrait of Brad Feld

Brad Feld

(1965) Entrepreneur United States

91 quotes in 401 categories

Unintended consequences are a lesson learned early from a dad, and they shape how we think about business. The quotes suggest taking a quarterly break from the internet can change life. They also describe how startups are moving society away from old hierarchies toward new ideas.

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Brad Feld is an entrepreneur from the United States, best known for Venture deals.

Quick Facts About Brad Feld

Born: December 1, 1965
Nationality: United States
Profession: Entrepreneur
Notable works: Venture deals

About Brad Feld

Brad Feld is an American entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado, a firm he started with partners Seth Levine, Ryan McIntyre, and Jason Mendelson.

Quotes by Brad Feld

I love dreams.

Dream

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I'm usually an excruciatingly happy person.

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While I live a busy life, the pace ebbs and flows.

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I have a long history with Kansas City.

City

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I'm glad I get to live in the United States of America.

America

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Boulder is a very smart community.

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“If you feel like your VC is a proctologist, run for the hills.”

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It's time to focus on what I care about and not let the noise take over my brain.

Brain

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I wish more LPs would blog to help VCs and entrepreneurs understand them better.

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“rhetorical appeal to make the local research university the next—and you can fill in the”

Education

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Failure is sometimes the best option if you view the process of entrepreneurship as a lifelong journey.

Business

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The only thing that we know about financial predictions of start-ups is that 100 percent of them are wrong

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What I'm looking for in my interaction is critical thinking on the part of the person pitching to me.

Critical thinking

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Make sure the thing you are working on is something you love.

Funny

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I'm an optimistic person, and I tend to bury my cynicism in what I read and the movies I watch. My optimism…

Cynicism

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I separate the world of startup communities into two constituencies - leaders and feeders. The leaders are entrepreneurs and the feeders everyone…

Business

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As an investor, I'm always looking for the next great American company. Who will create tomorrow's Twitter, Facebook, or Google?

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St. Louis is a good example of a vibrant city. Having stayed in a hotel in 2011 overlooking Cardinals stadium when they…

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While I'm a venture capitalist who invests in early-stage tech companies, I often feel like a professional emailer and conference call maker.

Business

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I can't tell you the number of people who pitched something and have no idea whom they are pitching it to. They…

Customer

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From pitch perspective, the more you wear your idea, the more it fits you and your comfortable with it, the easier it…

Baseball

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As a teenager, my dad taught me about the idea of unintended consequences, and I've had the experience, and how to deal…

Consequences

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Startups are transforming our society. Over the past 100 years, we've gone from an industrial era, where a hierarchical structure dominated business…

Business

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It’s not about having a Silicon Valley attitude—it’s about having an entrepreneurial attitude. It’s about partnering with other organizations in and around…

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If you are feeling some December blues, or even depression, don't fight it. Instead, do something for yourself. Be reflective. Let the…

Better place

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Twitter has always been that refreshing place where I can quickly find out what is going on in my tech world. I…

Business

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America's future as the global leader in innovation remains in the balance until our immigration system is fixed. A large portion of…

Balance

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Both SOPA and PIPA are toxic. My view is that anyone who supports these bills either doesn't understand what they are supporting…

Friendship

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I was afraid people wouldn't take me seriously, or would stop respecting me, if I talked about how bad I was feeling.…

Ashamed

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In entrepreneurial circles, it's clear to me that violence, hatred, and discrimination - or whatever you want to label it - is…

Discrimination

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I dislike reading business books, although I skim a lot of them.

Book

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My optimism holds that the good guys eventually come out on top.

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You can’t motivate people, you can only create a context in which people are motivated.

Inspirational

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Anyone who knows me knows I'm a strong advocate for diversity across all dimensions.

Advocate

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Don't be afraid to have a big vision, but make sure it's a clear one.

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I feel like an email cross-dresser - I use a Microsoft product on my Apple product to access my Google product.

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In my world, historical revenue is the least interesting thing to consider in an acquisition strategy.

Acquisition

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A lot of times, when I interact with someone for the first time, I don't want to see the presentation.

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“Failure is a key part of entrepreneurship, but, as with many things in life, attitude impacts outcome”

Attitude

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Ever since I learned about the concept of garbage collection in 6.001 at MIT in 1984 while using Scheme on HP Chipmunks,…

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Brad Feld by topic

Business (26) Time (14) People (10) Customer (10)