It's Not A Failure – It's Steps to Success

I’m not a sports fan, but wow, this is good. A growth mindset reframes failure… “When you work toward your goal, you’re taking steps to success.” pic.twitter.com/S6LFQoHw5y — Brian Solis (@briansolis) April 28, 2023 Thanks, Dave Mayer , for sending this to me.

April 28, 2023 · 1 min · Brad Feld

After Your First Big Success, What's Next?

As exits have been flowing nicely again the past few years, many of the entrepreneurs I work with have experienced their first big exit. I refer to this moment as when you find that you have life changing money in your bank account, which I like to call “fuck you money.” You now can do whatever you want with the rest of your life. I was on a walk with an entrepreneur recently who was wrestling with this when we ran into another entrepreneur I had backed who had an exit a while ago and had wrestled with the question of “what’s next.” We chatted briefly and then he hopped on his bike and continued his ride. ...

June 6, 2014 · 5 min · Brad Feld