Brad Feld Quotes

I think that Vancouver as well as Canada needs a boot camp for young entrepreneurs. We have already seen tens if not hundreds of people put their names forward to be involved in the program, and we just think this is an amazing way to accelerate what they're doing.

Our main funders... a lot of them are entrepreneurs and technologists themselves as well and familiar with iterative development processes.

Other than playing the game I love, my passion is investing in innovative companies and helping the entrepreneurs behind them succeed.

One reason why entrepreneurs are admired is that they often take on a degree of risk in launching a new business.

'Bazillion Dollar Club' follows six struggling startups trying to get their products together.

From the time I was a kid, I was always interested in any and all kinds of new business ideas.

So many of my rookie mistakes could have been avoided by first-hand exposure to other, more experienced technology entrepreneurs.

I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting.

If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

I think the Indian AI ecosystem is growing rapidly. A lot of Indian entrepreneurs reach out to me seeking feedback about startups and products. And some of them have very interesting business ideas.

I think co-working spaces, incubators, and accelerators outside of the Bay Area do a lot to foster a local startup scene - which is really important for early founders, but I also think that exposure to the Bay Area is extremely valuable for startups.

Like many of my fellow entrepreneurs, I didn't create Hearsay Social with my co-founder Steve Garrity because it would be fun and easy, but because we're at our best when faced with enormous challenges.

There are a lot of people building small ideas now. There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea.

Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.

What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.

I focus on consumer Internet. Sometimes it's a working prototype; sometimes it's an idea on a napkin. I don't do a ton of deals a year, and I really like working with startups - it's the only way I can invest. It fits my ADD brain.

I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs.

Before I started Code for America, I spent my career around startups. First it was game developers, small teams trying to make hits in a tough business. Then, when I started working on the Web 2.0 events, it was web startups during times of enormous opportunity and investment.

Fundly is at the dynamic intersection of high-growth technology startups, social entrepreneurship, and the exploding world of social media. Kapor Capital is proud to back this passionate team, their product, and Fundly's impressive customer base.

For a first-time entrepreneur, there's nothing better than being in Silicon Valley because there is so much going on, and there's such a large number of inventors, that even a B level idea or a C level idea could be nurtured and be given venture capital there.

All throughout my life I have been deeply immersed in startups, either because I was running one or investing in them or helping them.

Loopt wouldn't have happened without Y Combinator.

The American economy has been built and sustained by risk-taking entrepreneurs whose pioneering ideas and hard work gave birth to flourishing businesses.

Axilor Ventures helps startups to improve their odds of success, and I look forward to supporting the executive management of Axilor with this vision.

Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.