57 Brad Feld Quotes for You to Enjoy

Brad Feld

American Businessman

Born: Dec 1, 1965

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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 emotions exist. And be encouraged that, like me, you can get to a better place, but it can take time. Brad Feld

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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 holds that the good guys eventually come out on top. Brad Feld

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I've been using email since 1983. I started with MH and Rmail, then cc:Mail, then Microsoft Mail, with Compuserve mixed in. Eventually, I ended up using Pine for non-Windows stuff and Outlook for Windows stuff. For a while. Brad Feld

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Think about it for a brief moment. Suspend disbelief. Wind the clock forward 100 years. Do you think, as a species, we will still be struggling with the things that vex us today? Will we still be arguing about the same stuff? We will still be eating Cocoa Puffs? We are at the end of the beginning. Brad Feld

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A typical leader has - a natural tendency is to be defensive in the face of a crisis. The first reaction is to blame someone - or something - else. Often, the blame is aimed at something abstract or non-controllable, which often has nothing to do with the crisis but is adjacent to whatever is going on, so it's an easy target. Brad Feld

A rite of passage in America when you turn 50 and have good health insurance is a colonoscopy. Brad Feld

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

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I regularly see leaders change what they say because they get bored of saying the same thing over and over again. It's not that they vary a few words or change examples, but they change the message. Brad Feld

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

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I'm usually an excruciatingly happy person. Brad Feld

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Lots of entrepreneurs don't want to be hassled by a board of directors early on. The entrepreneurs want to control the company, don't want to be responsible to a board, or don't want to waste time communicating with board members. This is a classic error of thinking about the early stage board incorrectly. Brad Feld

Taking a great new idea with an entrepreneurial team that wants to create something significant and trying to build a real company is what is interesting. Brad Feld

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One of the consistent characteristics of the tech industry is an endless labelling of technology and approaches. Brad Feld

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Having read my share of tell-alls over the year, including some that were passed off as autobiographies, I mostly feel sad - sometimes for the writer and sometimes for all the people in his way. I hope that the process of writing the tell-all gives some release and closure on what clearly was an unpleasant and unfulfilling life experience. Brad Feld

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Over the years, I've been involved in many business crises. I qualify this, since my crises have never involved life and death or the survival of the human race. But they are still crises. Brad Feld

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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 with it, pounded into my soul over the years. Brad Feld

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By definition, as a company scales rapidly, it adds people quickly. Brad Feld

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I'm not deeply involved in politics, but about 25% of the people I interact with in politics went to law school. Brad Feld

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'Sunspring,' the first known screenplay written by an AI, was produced recently. It is awesome. Awesomely awful. But it's worth watching all ten minutes of it to get a taste of the gap between a great screenplay and something an AI can currently produce. Brad Feld

There are two great fictional TV series about technology and the computer industry that each have now had three seasons. The one everyone knows about is 'Silicon Valley.' The lesser-known one is 'Halt and Catch Fire.' Brad Feld

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

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On a daily basis, I pay almost no attention to the macro. Brad Feld

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

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