Monsters

Most of the quotes we discuss in The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche we found by reading his work, but a few are well-known lines that you may have heard before. This

May 26, 2021 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Eat Your Frogs First Thing In The Morning

Each morning during the week, after morning coffee together, Amy says, “Ok, time to go eat my frogs.” She’s usually told me about the one or two or three frogs

May 14, 2021 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Calculating Leader Leverage

My partner Chris Moody recently sent around a note on a concept he refers to as Leader Leverage. I encourage every CEO to read and consider it. His rant follows.

April 12, 2021 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Dealing with Reality in Business

I used to love the Matrix’s Red Pill / Blue Pill metaphor and still use it occasionally to try to make a point around dealing with reality in an entrepreneurial

February 10, 2021 · 4 min · Brad Feld

How To Lose

In the US, we are currently getting a master class in “how not to lose.” When I was young, my parents regularly said to me, “Don’t be a sore loser.”

January 19, 2021 · 2 min · Brad Feld

All Startups Should Consider Expanding In Multiple Geographies

My post The Future Of Work Is Distributed received some good comments. More interesting was the number of direct emails I received back with detailed information about “remote-first” compa

January 6, 2020 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Changing How You Think About Budgets

I received plenty of useful feedback on my rant Budgets – There Has To Be A Better Way. Two of the links that I found particularly helpful were: Turn Your

December 23, 2019 · 3 min · Brad Feld

2020 Vision

“This budget will let us have 2020 vision.” I heard that quote at the end of a board meeting yesterday and laughed out loud. As someone with terrible eyesight (I’ve

December 19, 2019 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Budgets – There Has To Be A Better Way

We are in the middle of the budget planning process at many companies. This is a recurring Q4 event that spills over into Q1. Budgets for the next year (2020)

December 16, 2019 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Fierce Prioritization

I heard this phrase at a board meeting today from another board member. Fierce prioritization What are the 30% of your activities that you should spend 100% of your time

September 24, 2019 · 1 min · Brad Feld