Co-founder of Foundry Group and of Techstars. Has blogged at Feld Thoughts since 2004 and has written or co-written nine non-fiction books on startups and venture capital.
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3 of Brad Feld's claims fit 2 mental models. Most often: Feedback loops, Play long games.
Shorten the loop between doing and finding out; whatever a loop rewards is what you become.
Their wordsI'm doing it in public, where the failures show and crap gets feedback quickly so I can improve.
Their wordsI would rather learn a chapter is broken now, from you, than after I've built ninety more on top of it.
A longer horizon makes some problems solvable and some short-term wins look like what they are.
Their wordsa great entrepreneurial ecosystem is built by the entrepreneurs who lead it, take a long-term view, and give first.