Brad Feld Quotes

I really have become very interested at working with and helping entrepreneurs at the early stages of their growth.

I'm not looking to... I'd like to build my company and make a bigger company always, but I think in the behind the scenes arena is where I'd prefer to spend my time.

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

I wanted a CFO with public company experience; I needed an HR department, new office space, and a board which could help me grow the business. Insight, the private equity firm I chose, helped me with all that.

My advice to fledgling entrepreneurs is always the same: build a company that you plan to be with for the next 10 years - that is the best way to increase your chances of success.

We worked personally with a lot of great VCs. They just work incredibly hard at supporting entrepreneurs and their companies.

The biggest challenge is to build the team and start the company, while hiring people, raising money, building a brand which has no history, all at the same time. You're doing a lot of things that in an established company are already done.

Good companies are always fundraising. Whether you're meeting people or considering firms, you're always fundraising.

I started to invest in very-early-stage companies where, even though I wasn't the founder, I could help shape the early strategy and culture.

I love business and that's why I go on other people's board because it is my hobby. Some people join a tennis club to do things in their spare time. I join boards because that's what I love.

It is not often that one of the world's best entrepreneurs rings you up and says 'I've got this business we are about to float off as an independent company and we'd like you to be chief executive.'

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

Creating the right advisory board for your startup can be the single most important step you take in building a new business.

I think a lot of entrepreneurs think they need money to build the business faster when they actually haven't figured out the business equation yet.

We want Facebook to be one of the best places people can go to learn how to build stuff. If you want to build a company, nothing better than jumping in and trying to build one. But Facebook is also great for entrepreneurs/hackers. If people want to come for a few years and move on and build something great, that's something we're proud of.

As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.

I am not a retailer - I have never run a store; I have never understood the full details of how you can make a consumer satisfied. To build a company, to do deals, to motivate people: this is what I am able to do.

I've always had an interest in business, and my interest in business has really expanded over the years.

A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.

Founders go wrong when they start to believe their business plan will materialize as written. I advise entrepreneurs to burn their business plan - it's simply too dangerous to the health of your business.

Entrepreneurship is not really building a product, it's not having an idea, it's not being in the right place at the right time. It's fundamentally company building.

Clearly, as a CEO, you have other functions that are managed by other people.

I grew up in a business-inspired environment, and over the years have started and run several businesses and philanthropic organizations. Understanding how large corporations work, by having hands-on and board experience, I apply that knowledge to the benefit of all that I do.

I know how to make stuff happen, how to create wealth, create jobs, create investment.

Young entrepreneurs should spend an awful lot of time thinking about what they want to go into.