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Brad Feld's mental models

3 claims Brad Feld made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Feedback loops, Play long games. Everything they said here.

Models they name

Their own words name the idea.

Feedback loops

Shorten the loop between doing and finding out; whatever a loop rewards is what you become.

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Doing creative work in public, where failures are visible, produces faster useful feedback.

  1. Brad Feld Co-founder of Foundry Group and of Techstars I'm doing it in public, where the failures show and crap gets feedback quickly so I can improve. Read Zero Knowledge As I Write Itfeld.com · 19 Jun 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsI'm doing it in public, where the failures show and crap gets feedback quickly so I can improve.

    ↗Read Zero Knowledge As I Write Itfeld.com

    19 Jun 2026

Getting feedback on a flaw early saves far more effort than discovering it after building much more on top of it.

  1. Brad Feld Co-founder of Foundry Group and of Techstars I would rather learn a chapter is broken now, from you, than after I've built ninety more on top of it. Read Zero Knowledge As I Write Itfeld.com · 19 Jun 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsI would rather learn a chapter is broken now, from you, than after I've built ninety more on top of it.

    ↗Read Zero Knowledge As I Write Itfeld.com

    19 Jun 2026

Play long games

A longer horizon makes some problems solvable and some short-term wins look like what they are.

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Entrepreneurial ecosystems are built by the entrepreneurs who lead them, take a long-term view, and give first.

  1. Brad Feld Co-founder of Foundry Group and of Techstars a great entrepreneurial ecosystem is built by the entrepreneurs who lead it, take a long-term view, and give first. RIP Josh Baerfeld.com · 17 Jun 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsa great entrepreneurial ecosystem is built by the entrepreneurs who lead it, take a long-term view, and give first.

    ↗RIP Josh Baerfeld.com

    17 Jun 2026